Okavango Delta Management Plan - Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

3.4 EDUCATION AND PUBLIC AWARENESS................................................................................................. 82
3.5 RESEARCH AND DATA MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................. 83
3.6 ECONOMIC VALUATION........................................................................................................................ 84
3.7 CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING MANAGEMENT INTERVENTIONS ........................................................... 86
3.7.1 MANAGEMENT INTERVENTIONS DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN ............................ 86
3.7.2 MANAGEMENT INTERVENTIONS DURING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN ....................... 93
4 GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND ACTION PLANS ................................................................................. 101
4.1 DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGIC GOALS ............................................................................................... 101
4.2 DEVELOPMENT FF STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES ....................................................................................... 102
4.2.1 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES FOR THE INSTITUTIONAL SUBSYSTEM .............................................. 103
4.2.2 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES FOR THE BIO-PHYSICAL SUBSYSTEM................................................ 103
4.2.3 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES FOR THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC SUBSYSTEM .......................................... 103
4.3 STRENGTHS-WEAKNESSES-OPPORTUNITIES-THREATS (SWOT) ANALYSIS...................................... 104
4.3.1 INSTITUTIONAL SWOT ANALYSIS ........................................................................................... 104
4.3.2 BIO-PHYSICAL SWOT ANALYSIS............................................................................................. 106
4.3.3 SOCIO-ECONOMIC SWOT ANALYSIS....................................................................................... 108
4.4 DEVELOPMENT OF OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVES.................................................................................. 109
4.5 ACTION PLAN...................................................................................................................................... 112
5 MANAGEMENT PLAN AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY................................................... 113
5.1 IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES.......................................................................................................... 113
5.1.1 ESTABLISHMENT OF VIABLE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT
OF THE OKAVANGO DELTA ECOSYSTEM.................................................................................. 114
5.1.2 IMPROVEMENT OF THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR ODMP IMPLEMENTATION .............. 115
5.1.3 RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS, ENHANCING KNOWLEDGE AND CREATING A PLATFORM FOR
INFORMATION EXCHANGE AND LEARNING ABOUT THE OKAVANGO DELTA ECOSYSTEM ..... 115
5.1.4 TO MAINTAIN AND CONSERVE THE BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC STATUS OF THE OKAVANGO DELTA
AS WELL AS THEIR INTERACTIONS........................................................................................... 117
5.1.5 MAINTAINANCE AND RESTORATION OF THE OKAVANGO DELTA RAMSAR SITE HABITATS AND
ECOSYSTEM. ............................................................................................................................. 118
5.1.6 SUSTAINABLE USE OF THE OKAVANGO DELTA WETLAND RESOURCES FOR THE LONG TERM
BENEFIT OF STAKEHOLDERS .................................................................................................... 119
5.1.7 SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES UTILISATION .................................................................... 119
5.1.8 IMPROVEMENT OF LIVELIHOODS OF THE DELTA STAKEHOLDERS THROUGH IMPROVED SOCIO-
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES...................................................................................................... 120
5.2 MANAGEMENT ZONES AND GUIDELINES............................................................................................ 120
5.2.1 ODRS PLANNING ZONES.......................................................................................................... 120
5.2.2 LAND USE ZONING ................................................................................................................... 121
5.2.3 TOURISM................................................................................................................................... 124
5.2.4 FISHING..................................................................................................................................... 131
5.2.5 VEGETATION RESOURCES USE................................................................................................. 131
5.2.6 QUARRYING AND SAND EXCAVATION ..................................................................................... 132
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