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STATE OF MANAGEMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA’S MARINE PROTECTED AREASMandateCapeNature is mandated to promote and ensure nature conservation; to generate anincome; to render services and to provide facilities for research and training. CapeNature isalso mandated through a contractual agreement with MCM to manage five MPAs.Organisational structureCapeNature has five components: Biodiversity, Operations, Business Development, HumanResources and Finance. The Operations component comprises of eight business units. TheBoland Mountain, Overberg-Hessekwa, and the Garden Route business units oversee themanagement of MPAs located within their management area. Each protected area has areserve manager and field rangers. There are no dedicated marine staff, with the exceptionof the Betty’s Bay MPA manager and the De Hoop MPA Nature Conservator, however thestaff in the protected areas do accept responsibilities and duties in both the marine andterrestrial environments.There is currently no dedicated marine/MPA section or coordinator within CapeNature. Therole of MPA coordinator has been taken on by a staff member with extensive MPAexperience, however this is over and above his normal duties and there is no remuneration.An informal Coastal and Marine Forum has been established within CapeNature andcomprises of conservation staff that work on estuaries, islands and MPAs. This forum meetsquarterly to discuss issues and hold workshops.Scientific Services, based within the Biodiversity directorate, research and monitor aquaticsystems, plants, invertebrates, freshwater fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.There is no section or personnel specifically focused on marine research and monitoringwithin scientific services. The biodiversity directorate also comprises of a section for YouthDevelopment and Community Based Natural Resource Management.CapeNature’s relations with MCM (Refer to Figure 3.5)There are five MPAs that share partial or common boundaries with coastal protected areasmanaged by CapeNature. These are Betty’s Bay MPA, De Hoop MPA, Stilbaai MPA,Goukamma MPA and Robberg MPA. In keeping with section 38(4) of the NEM:PAA,CapeNature signed an agreement with MCM in 2007 to manage these five MPAs.CapeNature agreed to conduct the management, monitoring, compliance and awareness inthe MPAs and to submit quarterly and biannual progress reports to MCM. MCM consented tocontribute funds to CapeNature for the management of MPAs on approval of the quarterlyprogress reports.Pg 37
STATE OF MANAGEMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA’S MARINE PROTECTED AREAS100%MPA management teams *80%60%40%20%AdequateA few deficienciesNeeds substantialimprovementUrgent actionrequired0%communication (local) communication (head office) information exchangeInteractions between MCM and CapeNatureFigure 3.5: Indicators of the adequacy of relations between MCM and CapeNatureCommunication and information exchange between MCM and CapeNature is conductedthrough the quarterly reports, ad-hoc meetings between the organisations and at the annualMPA managers’ forum. It was reported that there was insufficient communication andinformation exchange between the agencies and it was suggested that this could beimproved with the attendance of a MCM representative at the CapeNature Coastal andMarine Forum meetings and the appointment of a CapeNature MPA/coastal coordinator.Good relationships have been established with some of the scientists from MCM and it wasreported that they had been very helpful and had given their time and information freely.Managers at the Betty’s Bay and Robberg MPAs indicated that there were adequate levels ofcommunication between themselves and MCM.Organisational Support (Refer to Figure 3.6)It was indicated by managers that CapeNature does recognise their mandate to manageMPAs but the prioritization of MPA management by the organisation was low. This was dueto the lack of dedicated field staff, and a formalised support structure consisting of a MPA coordinatorand marine researchers. Furthermore, it was implied that the status of marineissues was second to those of terrestrial. There were mixed opinions on the adequacy ofcommunication regarding MPA issues within CapeNature. Two managers reported thatcommunication was adequate; one reported that communication could be improved; and twoindicated that communication was limited, ad-hoc and in need of improvement. MPAinformation exchange had been facilitated through the Forum and emails but a more efficientstrategy was required.Pg 38
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