Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Informing the Development of an Integrated Land Use Management Plan for the Commons of the Namaqualand Uplands

Grantee Name: Agricultural Research Council-Range and Forage Institute

Hotspot: Succulent Karoo
Location: South Africa
Amount: $77,065
Dates: Dec 2005 – Mar 2010
Keywords: Land use planning, Landscape Resilience

Collaborate with partners to develop and implement an integrated land-use management plan for the area. Collect and analyze biological and social data, and select and create a pilot site to test different land-use options. Feed these data and pilot site results into the integrated land-use management plan that will be implemented by the Kamiesberg Municipality.

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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Informing the Development of an Integrated Land Use Management Plan for the Commons of the Namaqualand Uplands

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