Salt Rock, KZN North Coast

28 September 2017

Malaika Koali-Lebona

National Biodiversity Stewardship

Conference 2017

ECPTA Priority Expansion Areas

Eastern Cape Protected Areas

Expansion Strategy

Status Ha

Protected Environments 103327

Nature Reserve 47525

Total 150852

Total Ha declared to date (2012-2016).

Challenges• To maintain/service the declared sites– Risk of loosing declared sites

– Jeopardize established relationships

– Affect future potential sites

• Secure long term financial sustainability– Required by both agencies & MAs

– To secure permanent staff contracts

• Conflicting government mandates – Objections

– Biodiversity loss

•Partnerships support with NGOs

•Willing landowners – 63,000ha

•Linkages with NRM Programmes

•Linkages with biodiversity economy

•Secure long term financial sustainability

•ECPTA Board – approved 5 additional stewardship posts

•High level ministerial decision – conflicting mandates

Opportunities

Stewardship initiatives in NE Grasslands

65,000ha

NE Grasslands

5,000ha

Proposed watershed PA• Western area - 65 000ha watershed PA – GEF-5 Project• Central & Eastern areas – ERS (Green Trust), EWT, KZN Wildlife

65,000ha

Katberg-Amathole-Hogsback

Malaika Koali-Lebona

Manager: Biodiversity Stewardship Programme

Tel: +27 43 705 4400

Cell: 079 496 7931

Email: Malaika.Koali-Lebona@ecpta.co.za

Website: www.visiteasterncape.co.za

Thank you