the richtersveld cultural and botanical landscape - SAHRA

Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape World Heritage Site Nomination 145
Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) Programme. These
two structures will form the base from which monitoring will be conducted and
recorded. Monitoring activities will be carried out in accordance with the Monitoring
Plan of the Conservancy which will be completed by mid-2006, after which it will be
endorsed by the Management Committee and made as an annex to the
Management Plan.
The Management Committee and the Richtersveld CBNRM Programme will receive
technical support from several support and research organisations including
International Knowledge Management and the South African National Biodiversity
Institute (SANBI) with leading authorities on botanical research. Additionally, for the
next five years the Global Environment Facility Project in the Richtersveld will be
conducting biological asset mapping and inventory in the Core Area and Buffer
Zones. All activities will pay special attention to capacity building of local human
resources to ensure sustainable monitoring programmes into the future.
6.c. Previous Reporting Exercises
Specific reporting exercises relating to World Heritage in the Richtersveld
Community Conservancy include the Annual Reports of the Sida !hub
Community Property Association (CPA) 2001, 2002, 2004. Specific references
to World Heritage nomination were made in all three annual reports.
The Manager of the Conservancy does monthly reporting and a special section will
be created for the World Heritage Site in this reporting. In addition, quarterly
reporting is carried out by the Management Committee of the Richtersveld
Community Conservancy. They report on development initiatives, funding reports,
conservation programmes, monitoring of the area, relations with stakeholders as
well as day-to-day operational issues. This reporting is recorded in the Minutes of
the Richtersveld Community Conservancy Management Committee meetings.
On a broader scale for all the communal land in the Richtersveld including the
Conservancy, reporting exercises are recorded in the Minutes of specific and
relevant meetings of the CPA.