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STATE OF MANAGEMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA’S MARINE PROTECTED AREAS100%Percentage of MPAs80%60%40%AdequateA few deficienciesNeeds substantialimprovementUrgent actionrequired20%0%Prioritization Communictaion InformationexchangeCapeNature Organisational ProceduresProcess forissuesFigure 3.6: Indicators of the adequacy of relations within CapeNature4.2.2 Eastern Cape Parks BoardEastern Cape Parks Board (ECPB) is a public entity established in term of the ProvincialParks Board Act 12 of 2003 and governed by a board of directors which report to theprovincial Department of Economic Development and Environment Affairs (DEDEA).MandateThe core mandate of ECPB is to manage the provincial parks delegated to it by the DEDEAso to conserve biodiversity as well as to promote tourism and community upliftment. ECPBare also mandated to manage three MPAs within the Eastern Cape through an agreementwith MCM. ECPB is relatively new to marine conservation, having only commenced withMPA management at the end of 2007.Organisational StructureECPB has four departments: Conservation, Human Resources, Finance andCommercialisation. The province has been divided into three sections; Eastern, Central andWestern, each of which is managed by a Regional Manager who reports to the ExecutiveDirector of Conservation. All three of the MPAs which are managed by the ECPB fall underone Regional Manager. There are reserve managers and field staff who perform both marineand terrestrial duties in the three parks adjacent to MPAs in the Eastern section. TheConservation department also has a Scientific Services section, which has initiated marinebiodiversity monitoring in the MPAs, and a People and Parks section, which liaises withcommunities and aim to strengthen co-management relationships.Pg 39
STATE OF MANAGEMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA’S MARINE PROTECTED AREASDuring the assessment, the managers of the MPAs were undergoing a reallocation processand one manager resigned. Only one of the managers was able to provide information on therelations with MCM and processes within the agency.ECPB relations with MCMThere are three MPAs that share partial or common boundaries with coastal protected areasmanaged by ECPB. These are the Dwesa-Cwebe MPA, Hluleka MPA and a central portionof the Pondoland MPA. In keeping with section 38(4) of the NEM:PAA ECPB signed anagreement with MCM in December 2007 to manage the Dwesa-Cwebe MPA, Hluleka MPAand a central section of the Pondoland MPA (the coastline of which extends 8km southbeyond the coastline of the nature reserve). ECPB agreed to conduct the management,monitoring, compliance and awareness in the MPAs and to submit quarterly and biannualprogress reports to MCM. MCM consented to contribute funds to ECPB for the managementof MPAs on approval of the quarterly progress reports.Communication and information exchange between MCM and ECPB is conducted throughthe quarterly reports, ad-hoc meetings between the organisations and at the annual MPAmanagers’ forum. It was reported that there was limited ad-hoc communication and that therewere often problems with information exchange at a management level. It was suggestedthat strategies for information exchange and clear lines of communication with MCM beestablished and the feedback from MCM on quarterly reports be improved.Organisational SupportIt was indicated that ECPB did recognise their mandate to manage MPAs and that theprioritization of MPA management by the organisation was improving. However there wereno sections or personnel within the agency dedicated to MPAs or marine issues. Theregional manager indicated that communication was adequate, despite there being nocommunication strategy, and that information exchange was effective for the most part butthere were sometimes frustrations.4.2.3 Ezemvelo Kwazulu-Natal WildlifeEKZNW is the conservation management agency and biodiversity authority for the provinceof KwaZulu-Natal. This provincial agency has a long history of marine management and priorto 1994 was fully responsible for managing the marine environment adjacent to the province.MandateEKZNW’s mandate is to manage and conserve biodiversity within the province and in doingso has a statutory responsibility to apply national and provincial legislation. In additionEKZNW is mandated to conduct compliance and awareness in the marine environment forthe entire province and to manage the four MPAs. The promotion of ecotourism is also aresponsibility of the agency.Pg 40
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