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Building Stewardship Capacity in the Bokkeveld

Grantee Name: Botanical Society of South Africa

Hotspot
Succulent Karoo
Location
South Africa
Amount
$274,827
Dates
Sep 2005 – Jul 2008
Keywords
Habitat conservation and management, Livestock, Landscape Resilience

Pursue stewardship as a conservation method in the Hantam-Tankwa-Roggeveld geographic priority area and share lessons learned about appropriate stewardship models with relevant agencies and stakeholders. In the Bokkeveld, work with six landowners to prepare stewardship agreements that will ensure appropriate conservation management, farming methodologies and grazing practices on approximately 6,000 hectares. In the Hantam and Roggeveld, identify and analyze stewardship opportunities in preparation for future stewardship agreements.

Strategic Direction :

1 Expand protected area corridors through public-private-communal partnerships in the priority areas of Bushmanland-Inselbergs, Central Namaqualand Coast, Namaqualand Uplands, Knersvlakte, Hantam-Roggeveld, Central Little

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