the richtersveld cultural and botanical landscape - SAHRA

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Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape World Heritage Site Nomination 141 Tourism There are several field guides and cultural guides available to escort visitors around the Conservancy. Cultural Guides are available for town tours to gain insight into local culture and history, and also there are Registered Field Guides who can guide people deeper into the Conservancy to explore the wilderness and ecological wealth. These guides are trained in First Aid and certified guides with the Field Guides Association of South Africa (FGASA) and registered with the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEA&T). Additional professional staff includes the Tourism Information Officer, located in Eksteenfontein and the Curator of the Eksteenfontein Museum who both are well versed in the local culture and heritage of the Conservancy and facilitate tourism activities for tours, camping and overnights at the Conservancy guesthouses. Under a grant from Conservation International and a Medium-Sized Project from the GEF necessary training will continue over the next two years, increasingly focusing also on the capacity building of the Management Committee.
Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape World Heritage Site Nomination 142 6. Monitoring Monitoring methods which can be implemented to record changes, improvements or deterioration in the natural and cultural Richtersveld environment include the following: • Assessment of localities of specific species to understand and monitor trends and populations. This can be done through regular mapping exercises. Specific species which can be targeted are Aloe pillansii, A.dichotoma and Pachypodium namaquanum. Exact numbers of specific species, numbers of young plants and locations within rainfall zones must be determined to identify population threats. • Monitoring of grazing activities and trends and use of seasonal livestock posts through surveys in the summer and winter months to determine usage and increases or decreases in utilization of livestock posts in the Conservancy. • Survey of impact of grazing on vegetation, with an emphasis on succulents. This can be carried out through the observation and study of different fenced plots with varying numbers of present livestock. • Survey of overall vegetation cover through satellite imagery and aerial photographs. • Comprehensive study on number and location of |haru oms. This can expand on the previous work undertaken cataloguing the Richtersveld’s |haru oms. The study must incorporate condition and usage of |haru oms to determine the overall status of the traditional architecture and its role in Nama society. • Fixed point photography of sensitive areas can be carried out at regular intervals to assess vegetation cover and trends.
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