the richtersveld cultural and botanical landscape - SAHRA

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Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape World Heritage Site Nomination 89 Conservancy and never made their mark there. Additionally and crucially, the large Communal Grazing Area which surrounds the Conservancy is also unmined and provides a necessary buffer zone around the Conservancy, and on its northern boundary lies the vast expanse of the mountainous and largely impenetrable regions of the Richtersveld National Park, serving as a natural physical buffer to the Conservancy. All of these factors provide evidence that mining cannot occur in the Conservancy and that the Conservancy is well ‘insulated’ from mining activities which occur elsewhere and a substantial distance from the Conservancy.
Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape World Heritage Site Nomination 90 4. State of Conservation and Factors Affecting the Property 4.a. Present State of Conservation The Succulent Karoo is poorly protected in South Africa in formally gazetted parks and reserves with only 2.5% included in national parks. It is also home to high numbers of threatened species, many of which are under threat because of their limited and confined microhabitats. However, where sustainable grazing is practiced, the Succulent Karoo can be effectively conserved, as opposed to places where there is irreversible damage by other land uses such as human settlement, mining, unsustainable livestock farming and agriculture which pose the largest threats to the Succulent Karoo. In the Conservancy, one finds an in tact and floristically well representative area with no agriculture, mining and with sustainable grazing practices. Details on the Conservancy’s conservation status and future plans are outlined in Section 5. Details of the Succulent Karoo Biodiversity Hotspot Original extent of the Succulent Karoo Biodiversity Hotspot 102,691 sq. km Vegetation Remaining in the Succulent Karoo Biodiversity Hotspot 29,780 sq. km. Area Protected 2,567 sq. km. Total known plant species 6,356 Endemic Plant Species 2,439 Human population density 4 per sq. km. 4.b. Factors Affecting the Property 4.b (i) Development Pressures There is very little development in the Core Area with most people residing in the two towns along its boundary: Kuboes and Eksteenfontein. These two towns have limits preventing them from growth, such as availability of water, employment opportunities and limited options for land use. Development in the region is mainly occurring in the larger urban centres, such as Port Nolloth, but in the interior of the
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