the richtersveld cultural and botanical landscape - SAHRA

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Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape World Heritage Site Nomination 115 • areas designated for conservation or protection by the Republic in terms of any international agreement, treaty or convention to which the Republic is a party. Regarding the Richtersveld Community Conservancy proposed World Heritage Site, relevant listed activities include off-road driving in sensitive areas, tourism and other development and road works. The Conservancy Management Committee encourages the implementation of the new regulations and has been trained in Environmental Management - specifically, EIA, Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and Heritage Impact assessment (HIA) - with several members continuing to undergo advanced EIA training. National Heritage Resources Act (1999) The purpose of the National Heritage Resources Act (NHRA) is to promote good management and protection of the nation’s heritage resources and to protect the ‘national estate’. The NHRA emphasises the value of cultural diversity in South Africa and the importance of its preservation in modern South Africa as a measure of healing, national wellbeing and understanding of the nation’s different cultures. The primary stipulations of the Act include the following: • Introduction of integrated and interactive systems to manage national heritage resources • Promotion of good governance • Empowerment of civil society to nurture and conserve that which it values • Setting of standards for heritage management throughout the country • Control of trade in cultural objects The Act makes numerous specifications relevant to the proposed World Heritage Site, incorporating the broad nature of cultural heritage. It defines heritage sites as part of the national estate and includes:
Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape World Heritage Site Nomination 116 • places to which oral traditions are attached or which are associated with living heritage (such as the many physical sites and natural features of the Richtersveld Community Conservancy); • landscapes and natural features of cultural significance (such as the Richtersveld Cultural Landscape); • structures and historical settlements (such as a the |haru oms); • ancestral graves (such as the Nama and San graves of the Richtersveld); • archaeological and palaeontological sites (such as middens and petroglyphs); • places with strong association with a particular community or cultural group for social, cultural or spiritual reasons (such as the Richtersveld for the Nama and Bosluis Baster people). The implementation of the Act is carried out jointly by the South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) and Provincial Heritage Resources Authorities, in this particular case Ngao Boshwa Kapa Bokoni (Heritage Northern Cape), the heritage authority of the Northern Cape Province. In line with contemporary international practice the NHRA provides for a wide range of measures for protecting different aspects of the national estate and, in accordance with the national Constitution which prescribes that responsibility for cultural matters is a shared competency of national and provincial government, allocates responsibility for different aspects of heritage conservation to SAHRA or the Provincial Heritage Resources Authorities. In terms of the NHRA the following areas appropriate to the Richtersveld Community Conservancy enjoy automatic protection: • Rock art • Archaeological sites and material • Burial grounds and graves • Structures older than 60 years of age The Act also provides for the inclusion of heritage resources into the provisions for Environmental Impact Assessment described under discussion of the
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