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KPA 2: SUSTAINABLE USEGuiding principles for reserve managementTourism and recreation infrastructure and services# GUIDING PRINCIPLE1In developing and maintaining tourism and recreational infrastructure and services, thereserve shall obtain the necessary authorisation in terms of the relevant building, water,drainage, health, safety, waste, traffic and environmental Acts, Regulations and By-laws.234Tourism and recreational infrastructure and services developed within the nature reservemust be appropriate to the purpose for which the reserve has been established, and must notthreaten its biodiversity or ecological function.Tourism and recreational infrastructure and services shall be developed in response totourism market demands and opportunities within the reserve, and should be carefullyassessed to determine its viability.A portion of the income derived from tourism and recreational services in the reserve shall bedistributed to the Majeje, Mthimkhulu (Mabunda) and other communities in accordance withthe relevant clauses in the Letaba Ranch Co-Management Agreement.Marketing, awareness-raising and education# GUIDING PRINCIPLEThe reserve shall collaborate and cooperate with key local, regional and institutional partnersto: (i) strengthen the marketing of the reserve’s tourism and recreational infrastructure and1 services; (ii) improve the awareness of the reserve, and its prospective uses, in localcommunities; and (iii) further develop the use of the reserve as a local educational resourcefor teaching institutions.Natural resource harvesting# GUIDING PRINCIPLEAll hunting activities shall conform to the protocols agreed with the KNP with respect to the1 use of boundary roads, bagging of weapons, sensitivities to other tourists and the crossingover of wounded animals from the LRNR to the KNP.23The reserve shall conform to the following LEDET policies, procedures and/or guidelinesrelating to natural resource use: Guidelines for culling on provincial nature reserves (12/6/12/7/7); Technical management guidelines and procedures for game capture on provincialnature reserves (12/6/12/7/8); Policy on the donation of game from State-owned nature reserves to HistoricallyDisadvantaged Individuals (HDIs) in the wildlife industry; and Draft policy for the reduction of game from (provincial) nature reserves.Sustainable use of natural and biological resources may be undertaken under strictlycontrolled conditions, provided that it does not compromise the ecological functioning orbiodiversity conservation imperatives of the reserve.Reserve Management Documents: Letaba Ranch Nature Reserve (Strategic Plan) 49