Uilkraals Situation Assessment - Anchor Environmental

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Table 11.Goals and strategies in the Western Cape Integrated Coastal Management Programme with particular relevance to management of the Uilkraals Estuary.Goal # Goal StrategiesGoal B3:Goal C1:Goal C3:Goal C4:Goal C5:Goal D1Goal D2:To preserve, promote or protect archaeological, historical andcultural resources and activities of the coastTo promote the diversity, vitality and long term viability of coastaleconomies and activities, giving preference to those that aredistinctly coastal or dependent on a coastal locationTo maintain an appropriate balance between built, rural andwilderness coastal areas in the Western CapeTo design and manage coastal settlements to be in harmony with theaesthetic, environmental and cultural attributes of the Western CapeCoastTo plan and manage coastal development so as to avoid increasingthe incidence and severity of natural hazards and to avoid exposureof people, property and economic activities to significant risk fromdynamic coastal processesTo maintain the diversity, health and productivity of coastal andmarine processes and ecosystemsTo establish and effectively manage a system of coastal protectedareasB3.1.1: Implementation of section 38 of the National Heritage Resources ActB3.1.2: Encouragement of heritage conservation planningB3.1.6: Termination of inappropriate uses of places, illegal activitiesC1.7.1: Diversify tourism opportunitiesC1.7.3: Build capacity of communities to initiate and effectively participate in sustainabletourism venturesC1.7.4: Identify and address the limits imposed by natural and manmade environmentswhen planning tourism (and other) initiativesC3.4.2: Ensure the protection and conservation of natural/wilderness areasC4.1.1: Determine adequate setback and buffer zones along the coastC4.1.2: Control the sitting of infrastructure in the coastal zoneC4.1.3: Restrict non‐coastal related land uses from being located in the coastal zoneC4.1.4: Encourage appropriate forms of coastal settlement and buildingC4.1.5: Formulate design guidelines for all buildings and structures in the coastal zoneC4.2.1: Develop regulations to restrict the alteration of landforms and vegetation cover indynamic coastal zonesC4.2.3: Manage pedestrian and vehicular access in coastal environmentsC5.1.1 Protect and maintain dynamic coastal features that act as a buffer against naturalcoastal processes and hazardsC5.2.1: Incorporate appropriate preventative and adaptive measures into all planning andmanagement policies, plans and decision‐making processes to account for projectedchanges in climate, particularly increases in sea levelD1.2.1 Identify and protect unique sensitive environments and habitats in the coastal andmarine zonesD2.1.3: Ensure proper management of protected areas that caters for ecological andhuman use requirementsGoal D3: To ensure that the use of renewable resources and associated user D3.1.2: Adopt holistic rather than single species management approachesUilkraals Estuary Situation Assessment 45Anchor Environmental
Goal # Goal Strategiespractices do not compromise the regenerative capacity of coastalecosystemsD3.1.3: Set harvest levels that correspond to the regenerative capacity of coastalresourcesD3.1.5: Develop adequate strategies for monitoring and complianceD3.1.6: Promote participation of all stakeholders in managementGoal D5:Goal E1:Goal E2:To rehabilitate damaged or degraded coastal ecosystems andhabitatsTo implement pollution control and waste‐management measures inorder to prevent, minimize and strictly control harmful dischargesinto coastal ecosystemsTo manage polluting activities to ensure that they have minimaladverse impact on the health of coastal communities, and on coastalecosystems and their ability to support beneficial human usesD5.1.1: Identification of significantly degraded coastal areas and ecosystems anddevelopment of rehabilitation management plansD5.2.1: Put in place procedures to enforce rehabilitation of degraded coastal areas bythose responsibleE1.2.3: Inclusion of pollution and waste management into land‐use planningE2.1.7: Reduce pollution entering rivers and estuaries by promoting catchmentmanagementUilkraals Estuary Situation Assessment 46Anchor Environmental
Page 1: C.A.P.E. Estuaries Management Progr
Page 6 and 7: Need for protection of the Uilkraal
Page 8 and 9: TABLE OF CONTENTS1. INTRODUCTION...
Page 10 and 11: 1. INTRODUCTIONThe Uilkraals Estuar
Page 12 and 13: 2. GEOGRAPHIC AND SOCIO‐ECONOMIC
Page 14 and 15: 2.2 Catchment climate, vegetation a
Page 16 and 17: Figure 7: Annual rainfall for the U
Page 18 and 19: EconomyAgriculture dominates much o
Page 20 and 21: Figure 9. An aerial view of the Uil
Page 22 and 23: Figure 12. Pictures of the exposed
Page 24 and 25: 3.4 VegetationThere are four main v
Page 26 and 27: covered 19 ha and grassland 1.3 ha.
Page 28: Because the Uilkraals Estuary is ca
Page 31 and 32: For this study, a count of water‐
Page 33 and 34: iophysical variables. The current s
Page 36 and 37: Table 8. Ecosystem goods, services
Page 38 and 39: Estuaries are typically shallow and
Page 40 and 41: strands of remnant undisturbed fynb
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Page 44 and 45: ProtectedareasUse of living resourc
Page 48 and 49: 5.3 Water quantity and quality requ
Page 50 and 51: Development planning has been rathe
Page 52 and 53: and weakening or destruction of the
Page 54 and 55: • take into consideration whether
Page 56 and 57: principles involve identifying an o
Page 58 and 59: Component Strategy with spatial imp
Page 64 and 65: Component Description PoliciesConse
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Page 68 and 69: Other recreational activities are o
Page 70 and 71: 2. Establish a Marine Protected Are
Page 72 and 73: Gillanders, B.M. & Kingsford, M.J.
Page 74 and 75: APPENDIX 1: TERMS OF REFERENCEThe d
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