Unesco declares a new world heritage site in SA

[Lisbeth]

There is definitely a limit built and they have already added to Nossob and Mata Mata. I doubt that they can built anymore. You must also count the camping sites on the Botswana side. You never know with Sanparks though

They are trying to build a hotel at Malelane with the well known traffic jams of the southern Kruger

[nan]

I think there is something "à venir" near TR, in the first 20km before the Aoub dry river bed
I read that when I made reservations... but where I have to search

[Lisbeth]

Maybe the one that I mentioned?

[nan]

I found that

page 61
Table 14
Mata Mata section
Rustic camping site south of Mata Mata camp In planning phase Primitive 10 Individual, fully serviced, tourism campsites High


Table 13
Picnic / day visitors site at Dertiende waterhole In planning phase LIL Day visitors site developed High
Nossob section
Picnic / day visitors site in the Bedinkt area In planning phase LIL Day visitors site developed High
Twee Rivieren section
Kamqua picnic site In existence LIL Relocate to new site High
Information centre at Twee Rivieren In planning phase HIL New information centre Medium

p. 62
Twee Rivieren section
Auob lodge development In planning phase Primitive Development of a lodge (12 x 2 bed units) on the Auob river valley north of Twee Rivieren. High

Link : https://www.sanparks.org/assets/docs/co ... t-plan.pdf

and here https://www.sanparks.org/conservation/p ... _plans.php
Kalahari Gemsbok National Park
"quote"
View the Park Management Plan

The Stakeholder Participation Report
•Buffer Zone
•Infrastructure
•Land Tenure
•Physical Map
•Regional Context
•Use Zoning
•Use Zones & Sensitivity
•Vegetation
"unquote"

maybe already posted somewhere

[Lisbeth]

It was in the Sanparks Management plans. We have discussed it somewhere. The plan is for the next 5 or 10 years and it is only a "plan". Hopefully it will remain on the paper.

[nan]

I still have a lot to do... to understand all you post on the forum

[Lisbeth]

[RogerFraser]

https://www.dfa.co.za/news/r18m-for-new-park-camp/

R18.1 million had been made available by SANParks for the development of the rest camp, which would be developed in the area between the Heritage Park and the Auob River

MORE than R18 million will be spent on the development of the Dawid Kruiper Rest Camp in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.

This was announced recently by the Minister of Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa, during the launch of the Khomani Cultural Landscape World Heritage site at Andriesvale in the Northern Cape.

Molewa said that R18.1 million had been made available by SANParks for the development of the rest camp, which would be developed in the area between the Heritage Park and the Auob River.

“This is the area in which the community has preferential commercial development rights in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, the so-called V-zone (Voorkeur zone), running between the Heritage Park and the Auob River.”

She added that planning had started for the rest camp which would include 10 tourist accommodation units, a reception building and living quarters, a swimming pool, parking, associated infrastructure, i.e. bulk services (water, electricity and sewer services) and access and internal roads.

“The selection of the site, as well as the concept design for the proposed chalets, was done with input from the Bushmen Council.

The Environmental Impact Assessment process is presently being undertaken and this authorisation is expected to be completed by the end of January next year.

“The tender for construction will then be awarded, with construction set to start in June 2018.”

The new rest camp is expected to open in July 2019.

Molema said that in terms of the management agreement, SANParks would run the rest camp, with 50 percent of the profit going to the Khomani San.

“This model will result in the lowest overheads with highest returns for both parties.”

This week’s event at Andriesvale formed part of the celebrations to acknowledge the inscription of the Khomani Cultural Landscape as South Africa’s 9th World Heritage Site, the 1 073rd World Heritage Site in 167 countries.

The Khomani Cultural Landscape joins the Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa, Maloti-Drakensberg Park (Transboundary with Lesotho), Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape, Vredefort Dome, Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape, Robben Island Museum, iSimangaliso Wetland Park and the Cape Floral Region Protected Areas as South Africa’s World Heritage Sites.

This inscription took place at the 41st session of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) World Heritage Committee in Poland in July this year.

Molewa pointed out that the red dunes of the Khomani Cultural Landscape were strongly associated with this unique culture stretching from the Stone Age to the present.

“It is a landscape that has changed little from a time long ago when humans were mainly hunter-gatherers.”

The landscape, which covers an area of 959 100ha in the Dawid Kruiper District Municipality, covers the entire Kalahari Gemsbok National Park (KGNP) and forms part of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, which is bordered by Botswana in the east and Namibia in the west.

Molewa said at this week’s event that the World Heritage status meant the protection of a region of South Africa where a community has survived life in the extreme desert landscape of the southern Kalahari through their knowledge of the land.

“Because issues of nature and culture know no political boundaries, the establishment of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Conservation Area was critical in order to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of biological and cultural resources with the primary objective of facilitating and promoting regional peace, co-operation and socio-economic development.”

She added that this was a unique culture that South Africa and the world was proud of and one that has been protected and preserved by the Khomani community.

“I hope that the Khomani San community will never stop respecting and nurturing your culture and will continue to transfer your rich traditional knowledge from one generation to the next in honour of those that went before you, such as Oupa Dawid Kruiper and Ouma Una Rooi.”

[okie]

This is interesting .
For good additional background also read the book by Patricia Glyn : " What Dawid knew , a journey with the Kruipers " , and tells how she accompanied Dawid and his Khomani clan on his last trip into Kgalagadi .

[Lisbeth]

“It is a landscape that has changed little from a time long ago when humans were mainly hunter-gatherers.”

and

.....tells how she accompanied Dawid and his Khomani clan on his last trip into Kgalagadi .

If it is really "last" and not "Latest" plus the construction of a new camp means IMO that the landscape is changing much faster now

Man is simply not able to leave anything alone. Especially NATURE