Okavango Delta Management Plan - Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

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Theme Key Issues Proposed Pilot Sites Solid and liquid waste Manual Control of Salvinia molesta Clearing of small access channels Active Use and <strong>Management</strong> of Fire by Resource users Human/Elephant Conflict 99 Solid and liquid waste management systems in tourism facilities and villages in and around the <strong>Delta</strong> are of concern. Some tourism establishments are deep in the <strong>Delta</strong> and the terrain and structure makes it difficult to access waste collection facilities. The waste management costs are therefore high and in some cases discourage waste management efforts of such establishments. Waste collection services are not widely provided to all settlements especially the ungazetted ones. a) A sewage effluent polishing system which utilises locally available wetland resources will be designed and tested in some tourism establishments. This system should be ecologically sound, affordable and easy to implement in tourism facilities. b) A pilot project surrounding solid waste management in one or more ungazetted settlements in the eastern panhandle. People have observed that the biological control alone is not effective and suggested a combination of physical and biological control. Manual control of Salvinia molesta could improve access to wetlands goods and services thereby increasing income generation opportunities for local communities to alleviate poverty. There is a growing concern from local resource users that access channels are being blocked. A pilot project to unblock small access channels to certain areas or resources that communities are dependent on will be developed. This intervention would enhance livelihoods opportunities in several sectors such as fishing, veld products harvesting, tourism (poling), etc. This project will bring together different sectors (water, vegetation, tourism, etc) and therefore addresses the integration aspect which is one of the key principles of the project. This intervention will improve accessibility for the collection of raw material of craft production mainly used by women According to the Herbage Preservation Act, it is illegal and punishable by law to set the veld on fire on land that one does not have legal rights over. However local resource users (communities and tourism operators) see and use fire as a traditional management tool and this leads to uncontrolled burning in terms of area affected and timing. Many different sectors have expressed an interest in the use of fire to manage resources, e.g. fishermen, photographic and hunting tourism, reed harvesters, etc. In a pilot project responsibility could be given to communities and safari operators to manage fire and monitor its impact. The multi-sectoral approach will be applied as a resource management strategy. The increasing human-elephant interaction is one of the key issues raised by local communities throughout the consultative process. Novel ways to reduce human-elephant conflict are being tried elsewhere (Caprivi Strip) but such interventions should be tried specifically in the Ngamiland context. Local knowledge should be used to identify various factors influencing elephant migration and map migration routes to guide land allocation processes and inform alignment of fences and other regional planning decisions in a way that reduces incidents of human/elephant conflict. Tourism and CBNRM Tourism and CBNRM was considered to be another area which requires intervention by a pilot project. The current eco-tourism activities within the <strong>Ramsar</strong> Site are predominantly wildlife based. The communities have expressed the need to venture into tourism while on the other hand there are concerns that wildlife tourism might be over subscribed. It is from the foregoing that Department of Tourism is encouraging the diversification of the tourism product into other areas such as cultural tourism. <strong>Okavango</strong> Polers Trust – Seronga and Thuso Rehabilitation Centre. Eastern Panhandle South Eastern <strong>Delta</strong> Western <strong>Delta</strong> fringes NG 11 - The Tovera area is unique in that it is affected by cross-border fires from Namibia and the communities in this area use it for harvesting thatching grass Alternative - Concession area in the <strong>Delta</strong>. Eastern Panhandle 1. Tsodilo 2. Eastern Panhandle The project could only fund three pilot projects. The lessons drawn from these projects will guide future management options. The projects are: • Tsodilo community cultural tourism,
• clearing of small access channels to improve livelihoods within the zone NG24 for Jakotsha Community Trust and • liquid waste vegetation based polishing system at Thuso Lutheran Rehabilation Centre in Maun. The mobilisation and full implantation of the three projects was concluded in December 2006. Positive results are being obtained from the implementation of these projects. The projects are intended to be sustainable in the long-term. Figure 3-1: Map of Pilot Projects/Demonstration Sites in the ODRS 100
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i OKAVANGO DELTA MANAGEMENT PLAN PR
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2.3 ECOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL FEATU
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1.3 THE NEED FOR A MANAGEMENT PLAN
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Instrument Year Objective Relevance
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Relavant conventions which Botswana
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The District Council is responsible
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I.1.3 Manpower capacity of the fish
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