1. Conservation is Catching on!
Richard Knight in collaboration with Cape Nature Conservation Board and South African National Parks
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2. What is conservation?.
A traditional view was an area put aside for the preservation
of organisms and their environment!
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3. This has lead to conflicts between local communities and park boundaries
Photo South African National Parks
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4. “National Parks have not drawn us into a more thoughtful relationship with our habitat. They have not taught us that land is to be used frugally and with good sense. They have encouraged us to believe that conservation is merely a system of trading environmental write-offs against large protected areas. They have more than failed, in fact they have become a symptom of the problem” (Van Tighem 1986)
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5. Fencing and Park Boundaries have become major social and political issues.
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6. The solution is to involve local communities and manage protected areas as another type of landuse.
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7. Critical to Park Management is to establish objectives
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8. A classification of protected areas exists from the IUCN
Ia: The Strict Nature Reserve/Wilderness areas
Preserve habitats, ecosystems and species in as undisturbed state as possible
Objective:
Dassen Island and the Prince Edward Islands
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9. A classification of protected areas exists from the IUCN
II: National Park
Objective:
Protect for scientific, educational, recreational
or tourist purposes
West Coast National Park
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10. A classification of protected areas exists from the IUCN
III: Natural Monument: Protected Area
Objective:
Based on a specific natural/cultural or unique
representational significance
Kirstenbosch and Tienie Versveld
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11. A classification of protected areas exists from the IUCN
IV: Habitat/Species Management Area
Maintain a habitat for protection of significant
species/ group of species or special physical
features
Objective:
Maanschynkop
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12. A classification of protected areas exists from the IUCN
V: Protected Landscape/Seascape
No South African examples -
look at Fishing Communities
Objective:
Protect harmonious interaction of nature and
culture
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13. A classification of protected areas exists from the IUCN
IX: Biosphere Reserve
Core
Buffer
Transitional
Objective:
Integrate protected areas within a landscape
of other economic activities
Kogelberg & Proposed West Coast
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14. A classification of protected areas exists from the IUCN
X: World Heritage Site
Robben Island & proposed
for Table Mountain
Objective:
Protect for scientific, educational, recreational
or tourist purposes
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15. Other protected areas Objective:
Peace Parks- a Transfrontier conservation area
South African National Parks
Objective:
Promote regional co-operation, job creation
and biodiversity conservation
Recently Proclaimed Kalahari Park
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16. Contractual Parks Objective:
A protected area that is co-operatively managed by
Local Communities and a State Organization
South African National Parks - Nigel Dennis
Objective:
Protect natural resources and preserve
cultural lifestyles of indigenous people
Richtersveld National Park
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17. How well are we Conserving?
World Heritage Sites
How well are we Conserving?
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18. World Heritage Sites South Africa
South Africa's World Heritage Sites: World Heritage Sites recognise and protect areas of outstanding natural, historical and cultural value. Given South Africa's diverse culture and history and her spectacular natural resources and wildlife, it is not surprising that she boasts 7 World Heritage Sites.
Cultural » Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs (1999) » Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape (2003) » Robben Island (1999) Mixed » UKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park (2000) Natural » Cape Floral Region Protected Areas (2004) » Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park (1999) » Vredefort Dome (2005)

19. Proposed Peace Parks U W C Richtersveld/ Ai-Ais Gariep Kgalagadi
(Kalahari)
Limpopo/Shashe
Kruger/
Banhine-Zinave
Gonarezhou
Maputaland
Maloti/
Drakensberg
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20. South African National Parks
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21. Conserved Areas in the Western Cape
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22. Conserved Areas in Hermanus
Maan
schyn
kop
Vogelgat
Fernkloof
Cliff paths
Walker
Bay
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23. Just a final tour of Fernkloof
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