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Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape World Heritage Site Nomination 129 • South African National Parks (SANParks). SANParks has assisted the Conservancy in Protected Area Management training through workshops in the region and through invitations to several South African national parks, both in and outside of the region, to provide expertise and training to the Conservancy Management. • Legal Resources Centre (LRC). The LRC was pivotal in assisting the greater Richtersveld Community in regaining traditional land which was taken from them during Apartheid. It helped the community win an historic land claim in the Constitutional Court and is available for advice and assistance in landbased legal matters. • South African Biodiversity Institute (SANBI). SANBI is an important resource for botanical information and data for the Conservancy. Access to information and botanical experts assist the Conservancy in managing its valuable biological estate. • International Knowledge Management (IKM). IKM is a non-profit organisation very active in the Richtersveld which offers technical advice and on-the-ground operational assistance to the Conservancy. IKM gives the Conservancy access to a wide diversity of scientists and experts in sustainable livelihood creation, financial management, biodiversity conservation, capacity building and research. • McGregor Museum. The McGregor Museum offers expertise in the preservation and presentation of cultural artefacts to the Conservancy and the Eksteenfontein Museum. • Member of Executive Committee for Department of Environmental and Tourism (Northern Cape Province). At Provincial level, the MEC has supported and offered resources to the Conservancy to develop its human capacity and to grow as a protected area.
Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape World Heritage Site Nomination 130 • Richtersveld Municipality. As a staunch supporter of the Conservancy, local government has given technical advice, strategic direction and governmental support to the Conservancy. Integration between local government and the Conservancy Management has resulted in useful access to resources and expertise available to the Conservancy. • Richtersveld Community Based Natural Resource Management Programme (CBNRM). The CBNRM Programme is funded by Conservation International and based in Eksteenfontein, the management centre for the Conservancy. The CBNRM Coordinator has been involved and active from the very beginning of the development of the Conservancy and continues to provide daily operational, managerial and technical advice to the Conservancy Management. The CBNRM Programme also assists in harnessing synergies between the Conservancy and other Protected Areas and in developing the evolving Greater !Gariep Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA). • EcoAfrica Environmental Consultants has played the leading role in terms of facilitation, integrated conservation and development planning, fund raising activities and providing expertise directly to the conservancy itself in terms of institutional capacity building and the establishment of the management plan over the last eight years. It has also mustered expertise from academics and experts from a range of institutions and organisations, including the University of Cape Town, CapeNature, BluePebble Independent Environmental Assessment and many others. The organisation strongly encourages the involvement of all potential partners that can add value to the conservancy and strives to devolve its own roles to that of the Operational and Management Committee as speedily as possible. 5.h. Visitor Facilities The Richtersveld represents one of the most remote areas of South Africa and Namibia. The Richtersveld Community Conservancy is a young protected area, but has since its inception been the focus of several tourism and development
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