Okavango Delta Management Plan - Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

Strategic Goal 3: To sustainably use the <strong>Delta</strong> resources for improvement of livelihoods of all stakeholders that are directly and indirectly dependent on the ecosystem products and services
of the <strong>Okavango</strong> <strong>Delta</strong> (and associated dry lands) in an equitable way.
Strategic Objective 3.2: To develop socio-economic opportunities to improve livelihoods of the <strong>Okavango</strong> <strong>Delta</strong> stakeholders
S.2.6 Traditional access
rights to natural
resources in
concession areas
need to be upheld.
S.2.7 The
livestock/wildlife
interactions need to
be reduced.
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TLB to ensure that
traditional access
rights to natural
resources for
subsistence in
concession areas are
respected
DAH to develop
programmes for the
reduction of
livestock/wildlife
conflicts.
Carry out inspections to
ensure that traditional
access rights contained
in the lease agreements
are respected
Improve maintenance of
veterinary fences
Mount public awareness
on livestock disease
control strategies
Assess feasibility of
providing livestock
watering points in sand
veld areas.
Potential impact Mitigation measure Sustainable criteria
• Improved access by
communites to natural
resource utilisation
• Lack of awareness by some
communities of their
traditional access rights
• Poor communities can be
bought out by rich individuals
forfeiting their rights
• Fragmentation of ecological
habitiats
• Cutting animals to traditional
watering places and
migratory routes
• Community awareness
programmes should be
implemented to ensure
communities are not
denied their access rights
• Review relevant sections of
the lease agreement to
address loopholes
• Large areas or buffers
should be mainained
where possible and new
fences should be only be
preceded by a full EIA
study
• Promote the undertaking
of appropriate activities in
such areas such as CBNRM
Traditional rights should
maintain fair and equitable
access by all those conerned
Fencing and other livestock
production programmes
should respect the integrity of
ecosystems