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APPENDICES
Appendix 1. The Wetlands Management Continuum
The Wetlands Management Continuum
5V Priority Class I – Vital critical 24 II – Vital not critical III – Valuable critical IV – Valuable not
V –Victim /
critical
Vanquished
Management option Total Protection Conservation HIGH Conservation LOW Conversion LOW Conversion HIGH
Description
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---- Activity types
Total protection of
the ecosystem;
access and use
very restricted.
Total protection of the
ecosystem; some
sustainable uses and
access allowed.
Reduced protection of the
system; wider sustainable
use and access allowed;
hydrology not modified.
Limited ecosystem
modification allowed;
hydrology may be
managed; no drainage
or infilling.
Total modification of
the natural environment
allowed, including
hydrology.
Tourism, research
Biodiversity protection:
Ramsar sites
Renewable resource
harvesting
• Water (domestic &
livestock)
• herbaceous plants if converted to pasture
• grazing of livestock
(traditional)
• timber
• fishing (traditional)
• hunting
Non-renewable resource
harvesting
• sand and clay
Enhancement of
existing species
• tree planting
24 CRITICAL: is a qualifier and refers to a time element or to urgency in the need for immediate action e.g. gazetting, to curtail further abuse and degradation of the wetland or
its attributes and associated resources.