2013_14 IDP Review.pdf - KZN Development Planning

Training and education on the implication of overexploitation of medicinal plants must beconducted with the local communities.All EIA‘s for developments to consider their potential impact on Red Data species.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 within itswater management area.A greening‘ programme in urban and rural areas to provide shade, erosion protection,and beatificationPrepare and adopt an Invasive Species Monitoring, Control and Eradication Plan that isintegrated and aligned with the IDPPrioritize areas for eradication which is accessible and degrading tourism as well asagricultural value.Include the local community in eradication programs as an economic empowermentproject.Landowners educated and empowered considering their mandate to clear invasivespecies on their land.2.3.3 Cultural ResourcesAssetsAmbush RockTalana MuseumFugitives DriftHlathikuluHeritage SiteArts and craft centresManagement StatusTourism and conservation plays an important role in the area. The concentration of tourismfacilities is mainly around Dundee, and it is estimated that 75% of visitors to the battlefield sitesare domestic tourists. The key to tourism is the Battlefields area that forms part of broadercultural historical system in central KZN. The assessment of the area has shown some uniqueenvironmental features but environmental related tourisms and formal conservation initiativesseem to be minimal.Management MeasureConservation in South Africa is managed through a system of protect areas as set out in theNational Environmental Management Act, No. 107 of 1998 and the National EnvironmentalManagement: Protected Areas Act 57of 2003. In terms of these acts, the system of protectedareas in South Africa consists of the following kinds of protected areas: special nature reserves,nature reserves (including wilderness areas) and, world heritage sites, specially protected forestareas, forest nature reserves and forest wilderness areas declared in terms of the NationalDraft 2013/14 IDP Review Page 64Prepared by Umzinyathi District Municipality22 March 2013