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<strong>II</strong>SD<br />

<strong>Northern</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> PSDF<br />

<strong>Volume</strong> 2<br />

Office of the Premier &<br />

Department of Rural <strong>Development</strong> & Land Reform<br />

International Institute for Sustainable <strong>Development</strong>.<br />

Indigenous Native to a particular area.<br />

LRAD Land Reform and Agricultural <strong>Development</strong>.<br />

xvii<br />

December 2011<br />

Irreplaceability <strong>The</strong> potential contribution of a site to a preservation or representation goal. It is a<br />

fundamental way of measuring the conservation value of any site. An irreplaceable<br />

site will appear in every analysis of alternative combinations of sites. In other words,<br />

it is one which must be included in a conservation area because significant options<br />

for preservation are lost if the site is excluded.<br />

ISO<br />

IUCN<br />

<strong>The</strong> “International Organisation for Standardisation” is an international‐standard<br />

setting body composed of representatives from various national standard<br />

organizations. <strong>The</strong> organization promulgates worldwide proprietary industrial and<br />

commercial standards.<br />

International Union for the Conservation of Nature.<br />

JPTC Joint Permanent Technical Committee.<br />

LED Local Economic <strong>Development</strong>.<br />

MAB<br />

Man and the Biosphere.<br />

MaB Program Launched in 1971 by UNESCO, it is a global program of international scientific co‐<br />

operation, dealing with people‐environment interactions over the entire realm of<br />

bioclimatic and geographic situations of the biosphere.<br />

Macro biogeographical<br />

region<br />

A region defined by its unique biological characteristics (flora and fauna) and<br />

biophysical characteristics (climate, geology, soils), giving rise to a variety of major<br />

landscapes, and variations in human settlement patterns and economic activity.<br />

MDGs Millennium <strong>Development</strong> Goals.<br />

MW Megawatt is equal to one million watts. Watts are the yardstick for measuring<br />

power.<br />

NEMA National Environmental Management Act 107 of 1998.<br />

NEPAD New Partnership for Africa’s <strong>Development</strong>.<br />

NGO Non‐Governmental Organisation.<br />

<strong>Northern</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> PSDF <strong>Northern</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> <strong>Provincial</strong> <strong>Spatial</strong> <strong>Development</strong> Framework.<br />

NSDP National <strong>Spatial</strong> <strong>Development</strong> Perspective.<br />

ORASECOM Orange‐Senqu River Commission.<br />

PWC Permanent Water Commission.<br />

PGDS <strong>Northern</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> <strong>Provincial</strong> Growth and <strong>Development</strong> Strategy, 2004 ‐ 2014.<br />

PSDF <strong>Provincial</strong> <strong>Spatial</strong> <strong>Development</strong> Framework.<br />

Quaternary catchment<br />

Usually the area that feeds a tributary of a river or a part of the main river.<br />

Dennis Moss Partnership

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