2013_14 IDP Review.pdf - KZN Development Planning

All EIA‘s for developments to consider their potential impact on Red Dataspecies.Developments should be avoided in areas that contain Red Data Species.Compile an inventory of wetlands in the districtCompile guidelines for the protection of all wetland areasCo-ordinate activities of water users and of water management institutions withinits water management area.A greening‘ programme in urban and rural areas to provide shade, erosionprotection, and beatificationPrepare and adopt an Invasive Species Monitoring, Control and Eradication Planthat is integrated and aligned with the IDPPrioritize areas for eradication which is accessible and degrading tourism as wellas agricultural value.Include the local community in eradication programs as an economicempowerment project.Landowners educated and empowered considering their mandate to clearinvasive species on their land.2.2.3 Cultural ResourcesAssetsAmbush RockTalana MuseumFugitives DriftHlathikuluHeritage SiteArts and craft centresManagement StatusTourism and conservation plays an important role in the area. The concentration oftourism facilities is mainly around Dundee, and it is estimated that 75% of visitors to thebattlefield sites are domestic tourists. The key to tourism is the Battlefields area thatforms part of broader cultural historical system in central KZN. The assessment of thearea has shown some unique environmental features but environmental related tourismsand formal conservation initiatives seem to be minimal.Management MeasureConservation in South Africa is managed through a system of protect areas as set out inthe National Environmental Management Act, No. 107 of 1998 and the NationalEnvironmental Management: Protected Areas Act 57of 2003. In terms of these acts, thesystem of protected areas in South Africa consists of the following kinds of protectedareas: special nature reserves, nature reserves (including wilderness areas) and, worldheritage sites, specially protected forest areas, forest nature reserves and forestwilderness areas declared in terms of the National Forests Act, 1998 (Act No. 84 of1998) and mountain catchment areas declared in terms of the Mountain CatchmentAreas Act, 1970 (Act No. 63 of 1970).Draft 2013/14 IDP Review Page 243Prepared by Umzinyathi District Municiplity22 March 2013