Okavango Delta Management Plan - Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

No. <strong>Management</strong> Area Key issues Key Activities Status and documentation Recommendations
8 Vegetation
resources
management
9 Settlement
development
planning
10 Sustainable landuse
11 Waste
management
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Sustainable
livestock
management
Ensure sustainable management
of vegetation resources and
resolution of conflicts:
Settlement development plan
for the village of Shakawe, as
pilot for other settlement and
infrastructure plans across the
unique environment of the
<strong>Delta</strong>.
Lack of an integrated land use
plan
Develop a solid and liquid waste
management system for the OD
<strong>Ramsar</strong> Site.
Ensure sustainable management
of livestock and the concomitant
conservation of wildlife:
Undertake biomass assessment The bio-mass assessment has been undertaken,
the report is still being compiled
Undertake a vegetation profiling
survey
Undertake baseline survey of rare
and endangered plant species
The vegetation profiling survey has been
undertaken and the report is still being compiled
The study has been completed and an action plan
developed for the protection of the species
(ODMP – Assessment of occurrence and
distribution of threatened and endangered plant
species in the <strong>Okavango</strong> <strong>Delta</strong> <strong>Ramsar</strong> Site, 2006)
Undertake baseline survey of alien
and invasive plant species
Study to be undertaken.
Develop a vegetation management To be consolidated after completion of bio-mass
plan
assessment, vegetation profiling and study on
alien and invasive plant species.
Develop a fire management plan The plan has been drawn
Prepare Shakawe settlement plan
Develop an integrated land use
management plan of the entire
<strong>Ramsar</strong> site.
Develop a waste management
strategy for the district.
Mount public education on disease
control strategies
Assess the buffalo fence
maintenance programme
Assess feasibility of providing
livestock watering points away
from <strong>Delta</strong> to reduce livestock
wildlife interactions.
The plan has been drawn and is awaiting input
from the Tourism component (ODMP – Land Use
and Land <strong>Management</strong> <strong>Plan</strong>, 2005).
Implementation of the Action <strong>Plan</strong> to
conserve the species has been
recommended.