Okavango Delta Management Plan - Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

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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 iii
5.2.7 FIRE MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................................. 132 5.2.8 WATER QUALITY...................................................................................................................... 134 5.3 BUFFER ZONES.................................................................................................................................... 134 5.3.1 DEVELOPMENT WITHIN FLOOD PLAINS ................................................................................... 134 5.3.2 BUFFER AROUND MOREMI GAME RESERVE ............................................................................ 134 6 MONITORING AND EVALUATION PLAN ..................................................................................... 135 6.1 PLAN FOR TRACKING IMPLEMENTATION AND PRODUCTION OF OUTPUTS......................................... 135 6.2 MONITORING FOR CHANGES............................................................................................................... 135 6.3 ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACTS OF THE PLAN OR SECTORAL PROGRAMMES ...................................... 135 7 CONCLUSIONS ................................................................................................................................... 137 8 REFERENCES ...................................................................................................................................... 139 Table of Appendices APPENDIX I. 1: ACTION PLAN FOR INSTITUTIONAL THEMATIC AREA......................................................... 152 APPENDIX I. 2: ACTION PLAN FOR THE BIO-PHYSICAL THEMATIC AREA.................................................... 157 APPENDIX I. 3: ACTION PLAN FOR THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC THEMATIC SUBSYSTEM.................................... 159 APPENDIX II. 1: PLAN FOR MONITORING IMPLEMENTATION AND OUTPUTS FOR THE INSTITUTIONAL THEMATIC AREA ................................................................................................................... 163 APPENDIX II. 2: PLAN FOR MONITORING IMPLEMENTATION AND OUTPUTS FOR THE BIO-PHYSICAL THEMATIC AREA ................................................................................................................... 168 APPENDIX II. 3: PLAN FOR MONITORING IMPLEMENTATION AND OUTPUTS FOR THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC THEMATIC AREA ................................................................................................................... 170 APPENDIX II. 4: PLAN FOR MONITORING CHANGES IN THE INSTITUTIONAL THEMATIC AREA................... 173 APPENDIX II. 5: PLAN FOR MONITORING FOR CHANGES IN THE BIO-PHYSICAL THEMATIC AREA ............. 176 APPENDIX II. 6: PLAN FOR MONITORING FOR CHANGES IN THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC THEMATIC AREA........ 178 APPENDIX III. 1: ASSESSING IMPACTS OF THE ACTION PLANS, MITIGATION MEASURES OF HOW TO ADDRESS THEM AND SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA FOR INSTITUTIONAL THEMATIC AREA .... 181 APPENDIX III. 2: ASSESSING IMPACTS OF THE ACTION PLANS, MITIGATION MEASURES OF HOW TO ADDRESS THEM AND SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA FOR THE BIO-PHYSICAL THEMATIC AREA ..................................................................................................................................... 186 APPENDIX III. 3: ACTION ASSESSING IMPACTS OF THE ACTION PLANS, MITIGATION MEASURES OF HOW TO ADDRESS THEM AND SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIAFOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC SUBSYSTEM ........................................................................................................................... 188 iv
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capacity of these processes to elim
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dominated channel fringe and backsw
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grasslands which overlaps with the
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zooplankton biomass has been record
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15000 in 1988 and 35000 in 2002 (Bo
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Figure 2-11: Spatial Distribution o
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Figure 2-12: Land use map of the OR
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Parks and Game Reserves provide for
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2.4.3.1 Angola Quantities of water
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Table 2-10: Tourism Enterprise Lice
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2.4.6 2.4.6 FISHING The Oka
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2.4.8.2 Arable Farming Arable farmi
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can the correct management question
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2.7 TOTAL ECONOMIC VALUE Total Econ
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household investors after deduction
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Table 2-16: Summary of the annual p
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2.7.2 INDIRECT USE VALUES In this s
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use value of ecosystems (refs). Thu
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HOORC-UB has developed into a resou
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found in the fringes of the <strong
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natural factors. There are two majo
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molesta as well as of planktonic an
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employed. Cross-border re-invasion
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and use of the area’s resources,
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3.7 CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING MANAGE
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No. Management Are
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Table 3-2: Priority issues to be ad
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2 = Moderate social benefits 3 = Lo
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• clearing of small access channe
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The overall goal of the ODMP sets t
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Strategic Objectives • To sustain
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Strategic Object 1.3: To raise publ
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4.3.3 SOCIO-ECONOMIC SWOT ANALYSIS
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Table 4-4: Operational Objectives t
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THEMATIC AREA: SOCIO-ECONOMIC Strat
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5.1.1 ESTABLISHMENT OF VIABLE MANAG
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upstream - downstream interactions
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photography, birding, sightseeing e
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c) Existing lodges would continue,
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d) There should be adequate equipme
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implementers are presented in Appen
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138 District and National Developme
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Butzer, K. W., 1984. Archeogeology
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Hancock, P. 2003b. Saddle-billed St
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McCarthy, T.S., W.N. Ellery and A.
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ODMP, 2006. Slaty Egret Baseline Su
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simulated SPOT VEGETATION imagery.
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Tyson, P.D.R. Fuchs, C. Fu, L. Lebe
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Strategic Goal 1: To establish viab
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Strategic Goal 3: To sustainably us
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I.1.3 Manpower capacity of the fish
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