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PROVINSIALE KOERANT, 19 JANUARIE 2018 No. 2875 13 PROVINCIAL NOTICE 7 OF 2018 7 National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act (10/2004): Call for public comments 2875 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENT AND TOURISM REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA INTENTION TO PUBLISH BIOREGIONAL PLANS UNDER SECTION 47(2) AND SECTION 100(1) OF THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: BIODIVERSITY ACT 10 OF 2004 CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS I, Seaparo Charles Sekoati , MEC for Economic Development, Environment and Tourism, hereby notify the public of my intention to publish bioregional plans in respect of the areas of jurisdiction of the Waterberg District municipality and the Mopani District Municipality and hereby call for public comments w.r.t. the plans. The relevant draft bioregional plan as well as copies of the official notices as published in the Provincial Gazette may be obtained from the locations set out in the Schedule. All written representations must be submitted within 30 (thirty) days of the date of publication of this notice by means of any of the following methods and for the attention of Mr. Errol Moeng: Hand Delivery: Corner of Dorp and Suid streets, Polokwane Email: [email protected] SCHEDULE SANBI Website Address – http://bgis.sanbi.org/Projects/Detail/204 :Mopani Bioregional Plan; http://bgis.sanbi.org/ Projects/Detail/183 :Waterberg Bioregional Plan Head Office: Limpopo Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism Website Address www.ledet.gov.za Address: Biodiversity Management Directorate, Corner Dorp and Suid streets, Polokwane, 0700 Contact Person: Mr. E. Moeng Contact Number: 015 295 5637
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PROVINCIAL NOTICE 7 OF 2018 7 National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act (10/2004): Call for public comments 2875
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENT AND TOURISMREPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
INTENTION TO PUBLISH BIOREGIONAL PLANS UNDER SECTION 47(2) AND SECTION 100(1) OF THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT:
BIODIVERSITY ACT 10 OF 2004
CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS
I, Seaparo Charles Sekoati , MEC for Economic Development, Environment and Tourism, hereby notify the public of my intention to publish bioregional plans in respect of the areas of jurisdiction of the Waterberg District municipality and the Mopani District Municipality and hereby call for public comments w.r.t. the plans.
The relevant draft bioregional plan as well as copies of the official notices as published in the Provincial Gazette may be obtained from the locations set out in the Schedule.
All written representations must be submitted within 30 (thirty) days of the date of publication of this notice by means of any of the following methods and for the attention of Mr. Errol Moeng:
Hand Delivery: Corner of Dorp and Suid streets, Polokwane
Email: [email protected]
SCHEDULESANBI Website Address –http://bgis.sanbi.org/Projects/Detail/204 :Mopani Bioregional Plan; http://bgis.sanbi.org/ Projects/Detail/183 :Waterberg Bioregional Plan Head Office: Limpopo Department of Economic Development, Environment and TourismWebsite Address www.ledet.gov.zaAddress: Biodiversity Management Directorate, Corner Dorp and Suid streets, Polokwane, 0700
Contact Person: Mr. E. Moeng Contact Number: 015 295 5637
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Executive Summary Purpose and objectives: The declaring of bioregions and the gazetting of bioregional plans forms part of the legislated tools identified by the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act (Act No. 10 of 2004), hereafter referred to as the Biodiversity Act, to aid in the conservation and management of South Africa’s biodiversity. The purpose of a bioregional plan is to facilitate the safeguarding of biodiversity within identified biodiversity priority areas that fall outside of the Protected Area (PA) Network. Additionally, the aim is to provide a map of biodiversity priorities with accompanying land use planning and decision-making guidelines to inform land-use planning, environmental assessment and authorisations, and natural resource management. A bioregional plan is the biodiversity sector's input into various multi-sectoral planning and authorisation processes. Need for a bioregional plan: A bioregional plan for the Mopani District is warranted based on the following:
Biodiversity value; Pressures on biodiversity; Protection of biodiversity.
Intended users and uses: The bioregional plan has both mandatory and recommended users. Mandatory users are obligated to take the bioregional plan into consideration, while recommended users could find the bioregional plan to be a useful planning and development tool. Underlying biodiversity plan: The Mopani District Bioregional Plan is based on the Critical Biodiversity Area (CBA) maps developed in the LCPv2, the current systematic biodiversity plan for the province undertaken by the Limpopo Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism (LEDET). Physical context: Mopani District Municipality (MDM) is situated in the north-eastern part of the Limpopo Province, approximately 60 km east of Polokwane. There are five Local Municipalities (LM’s), namely:
Greater Tzaneen LM; Greater Letaba LM;
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Greater Giyani LM; Ba-Phalaborwa LM; Maruleng LM.
Significance of biodiversity: The Savanna biome covers approximately 68% of the District with the remainder being made up of Grassland (16%) and Forest (10%) biomes. Azonal vegetation is found in patches along rivers and wetlands, such as the Little and Great Letaba Rivers. Mopani District, inclusive of the Kruger National Park (KNP), has twenty-five different vegetation types. Of these, 24 lie outside of the KNP. 9 of the 25 vegetation types are classified as Threatened ecosystems. Of these, 5 are classified as Vulnerable, 2 as Endangered and 2 as Critically Endangered. The majority of Threatened ecosystems are dispersed along the escarpment and in the north west of the District. Nine of the vegetation types occurring within the District are classified as endemic and five as near-endemic to the Province. Transvenosus encephalartus, the prehistoric Modjadji palm, is limited to the small Modjadji Nature Reserve within Ga-kgapane. In addition to unique and diverse vegetation, the Lowveld region has a number of important geothermal springs (the resort in the Hans Merensky Nature Reserve and Soutini Baleni on the banks of the Little Letaba River.) PAs, including a portion of the KNP, cover 31.7% of Mopani District and Private Nature Reserves (PNRs) cover an additional 10.2%. The Amalgamated Private Nature Reserves (APNR) represents the bulk of the PNRs in the District. These conservation areas also represent part of the core area of the Kruger to Canyons (K2C) Biosphere Reserve. Notwithstanding the large percentage under formal protection, 48% of the vegetation types found in the District are under-protected, which is the collective term used to refer to ecosystems that are unprotected, poorly protected and moderately protected. The Wolkberg area is highly significant, functioning as an important biodiversity hotspot, ecological corridor, centre of endemism, Important Bird Area (IBA), Strategic Water Source area and the source of the Great Letaba River system. In addition, the Haenertsburg Modjadji focus region is one of the highest scoring sites for expansion of Protected Areas in the Province, being particularly valuable in terms of Critical Biodiversity Areas and freshwater features. This was also identified as Limpopo’s largest endangered landscape. Planning environment:
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The following instruments and informants were addressed in terms of understanding the status quo of the planning environment relating to biodiversity conservation and planning within the District:
Protected Areas planning, including:
o Protected Areas; o Conservation areas; o Kruger National Park Integrated Land Use Zones; o Foot and Mouth Disease control zones; o National and Limpopo Protected Areas Expansion Strategy; o The Global Environmental Facility (GEF) Protected Areas Project.
Multi sectoral planning, including:
o The Olifants and Letaba Catchment Environmental Management
Framework (OLCEMF). o Integrated Development Plans (IDPs) for the District and Local
Municipalities. o Strategic Development Frameworks (SDFs) for the District and Local
Municipalities.
Other Informants, including:
o Kruger to Canyons (K2C) Biosphere Region; o National Freshwater Ecosystem Priority Areas (NFEPAs); o Strategic Water Source Areas; o Important Bird Areas (IBAs); o Wolkberg Centre of Endemism.
Other plans and programmes, including:
o USAID’s Resilience in the Limpopo River Basin (RESILIM) programme; o Environmental Outlook: Limpopo.
Critical Biodiversity Areas: One of the outputs of the LCPv2 is a map of Critical Biodiversity Areas (CBAs) and Ecological Support Areas (ESAs). These are classified into these different categories based on biodiversity characteristics, spatial configuration and requirement for meeting targets for both biodiversity pattern and ecological processes.
Protected Areas are declared and formally protected under the National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act (no 57 of 2003), hereafter referred to as the Protected Areas Act. These include National Parks, Nature Reserves, World Heritage Sites and Protected Environments that are secured by appropriate legal mechanisms.
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Critical Biodiversity Areas are sites that are required to meet each ecosystem’s biodiversity target, and need to be maintained in the appropriate condition for their category. The majority of the CBAs in the Mopani District are CBA 1, which can be considered irreplaceable in that there is little choice in terms of areas available to meet targets. Those areas falling within CBA 2 are considered optimal. Although they represent areas where there are other spatial options for achieving targets, the selected sites are the ones that best achieve targets of the systematic biodiversity plan.
Ecological Support Areas (ESAs) are areas that are important for maintaining the ecological processes on which CBAs depend. This category has also been split into ESA1 and ESA2 on the basis of land cover. ESA1s are in a largely natural state, and are important for supporting CBAs, while ESA2s are no longer intact but potentially retain significant importance from an ecological process perspective (e.g. agricultural land maintaining landscape connectivity).
Other Natural Areas (ONAs) are areas that still contain natural habitat but that are not required to meet biodiversity targets.
No Natural Areas Remaining are areas without intact habitat remaining. Mopani District Bioregional Plan: The proposed bioregional plan for the Mopani District Municipality was based on the Limpopo Conservation Plan v2 (Desmet et al., 2013) and adapted to take into account stakeholder comments, threats and agreed resolutions. These threats and resolutions were tested during an extensive stakeholder consultation process (refer to Appendix 1). In response to potential losses and threats identified during the alignment process undertaken during the development of the Mopani District Bioregional Plan, the CBAs and ESAs of the LCPv2 required updating in order to ensure that biodiversity targets remained intact within the District. Guidelines for decision-making: These guidelines provide a framework for land-uses compatible with the land management objectives of each category on the Map of CBAs. The guidelines are designed to aid planners to identify the appropriate zones and controls to impose on areas designated as Critical Biodiversity Areas or Ecological Support Areas. Importantly, the Mopani District Bioregional Plan provides guidance on appropriate land uses and does not grant or remove existing land-use rights or take the place of development application authorisation processes. The guidelines should be used in conjunction with other sector-specific guidelines applicable within the Province. Examples of such guidelines include the following:
Mining and Biodiversity Guideline (SANBI, 2013); Grazing and Burning Guidelines (SANBI, 2014);
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Guidelines for working in Freshwater Priority Areas (Nel et al., 2011); The Grassland Ecosystem Guidelines (SANBI, 2013); Guidelines for incorporating biodiversity into Environmental Impact
Assessment (Brownlie et al., 2009). Of specific relevance to the Mopani District are the various planning instruments and informants applicable to the District. These include the following:
Limpopo Protected Area Expansion Strategy Technical Report (Desmet et al, 2014);
Environmental Management Framework for the Olifants and Letaba Rivers Catchment Area (Environomics, 2009);
Guidelines for Development within Kruger to Canyons Biosphere Region (unpublished report);
Veterinary Procedural Notice for Foot and Mouth Disease Control in South Africa (DAFF, 2014);
State of the Rivers Report: Letaba and Luvuvhu River Systems (WRC, 2001); Technical Report for the National Freshwater Ecosystem Priority Areas project
(Nel et al, 2011).
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Mop
ani D
istr
ict
Bio
regi
onal
Pla
n
1
Tab
le 3
: G
uide
lines
: Pr
otec
ted
Are
as
DES
CRIP
TIO
N:
Form
al P
rote
cted
Are
as a
nd P
rote
cted
Are
as p
endi
ng d
ecla
ration
und
er t
he P
rote
cted
Are
as A
ct.
LAN
D M
AN
AG
EMEN
T O
BJE
CTI
VE:
M
aint
ain
in a
nat
ural
sta
te w
ith
limited
or
no b
iodi
vers
ity
loss
.
Reh
abili
tate
deg
rade
d ar
eas
to a
nat
ural
or
near
nat
ural
sta
te,
and
man
age
for
no f
urth
er d
egra
dation
.
Dev
elop
men
t su
bjec
t to
Pro
tect
ed A
rea
obje
ctiv
es a
nd z
onin
g in
a P
rote
cted
Are
as A
ct c
ompl
iant
and
app
rove
d m
anag
emen
t pl
an.
LAN
D M
AN
AG
EMEN
T REC
OM
MEN
DATI
ON
:
Mai
ntai
n or
obt
ain
form
al c
onse
rvat
ion
prot
ection
. STA
TUTO
RY
REQ
UIR
EMEN
TS:
As
per G
over
nmen
t N
otic
e N
o. R
985,
cer
tain
typ
es o
f dev
elop
men
t pr
opos
ed in
side
or w
ithi
n a
cert
ain
prox
imity
to a
Pro
tect
ed
Are
a id
entifie
d in
ter
ms
of P
rote
cted
Are
as A
ct w
ill b
e su
bjec
t to
, at
a m
inim
um, a
Bas
ic A
sses
smen
t Pr
oces
s.
CO
MPA
TIBLE
LAN
D U
SE:
As
dete
rmin
ed in
the
app
licab
le P
rote
cted
are
a m
anag
emen
t pl
an.
Con
serv
atio
n an
d as
soci
ated
act
ivitie
s (s
uch
as e
co-t
ourism
ope
ration
s) a
nd r
equi
red
supp
ort
infr
astr
uctu
re.
M
inin
g is
pro
hibi
ted
in P
rote
cted
Are
as (
incl
udin
g N
atio
nal Pa
rks,
Nat
ure
Res
erve
s, W
orld
Her
itag
e Sites
, Pr
otec
ted
Envi
ronm
ents
, an
d N
atur
e Res
erve
s) a
nd a
reas
dec
lare
d un
der
Sec
tion
49
of t
he M
iner
al a
nd P
etro
leum
Res
ourc
es
Dev
elop
men
t Act
.
M
inin
g m
ay o
nly
be a
llow
ed i
n Pr
otec
ted
Envi
ronm
ents
if
both
the
Min
iste
r of
Min
eral
Res
ourc
es a
nd M
inis
ter
of
Envi
ronm
enta
l Affai
rs a
ppro
ve it
. G
UID
ELIN
ES:
Gen
eral:
No
Furt
her
loss
of
natu
ral ha
bita
t sh
ould
occ
ur i.e
. la
nd in
this
cat
egor
y sh
ould
be
mai
ntai
ned
as n
atur
al v
eget
atio
n co
ver
as f
ar a
s po
ssib
le.
Rem
ove
exis
ting
min
ing
area
s fr
om P
A n
etw
ork.
Off
set
loss
of
PA/C
BA1
by a
dditio
n of
are
a to
the
PA n
etw
ork.
Enfo
rce
envi
ronm
enta
l per
form
ance
req
uire
men
ts for
ope
ration
and
clo
sure
of th
e m
ine(
s).
En
forc
e En
viro
nmen
tal I
mpa
ct A
sses
smen
t (E
IA)
and
Wat
er U
se L
icen
se (
WU
LA)
requ
irem
ents
in a
ll Pr
otec
ted
Are
as.
En
forc
e pl
anni
ng c
ontr
ols
to s
top
the
deve
lopm
ent
of in
com
patibl
e la
nd u
ses
in P
rote
cted
Are
as.
Pro
tect
ion
:
Mai
ntai
n fo
rmal
pro
tect
ion in
ter
ms
of t
he P
rote
cted
Are
as A
ct.
Pr
ioritise
con
serv
atio
n ar
eas
and
PNRs
for
proc
lam
atio
n as
PAs
Ver
ify d
esig
nation
of
PNRs
and
cons
erva
tion
are
as.
Reh
abilit
ati
on
:
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Mop
ani D
istr
ict
Bio
regi
onal
Pla
n
2
As
dete
rmin
ed in
the
app
licab
le p
rote
cted
are
a m
anag
emen
t pl
an.
Deve
lop
men
t:
As
dete
rmin
ed in
the
app
licab
le p
rote
cted
are
a m
anag
emen
t pl
an.
Aq
uat
ic e
cosy
stem
s:
As
dete
rmin
ed in
the
app
licab
le p
rote
cted
are
a m
anag
emen
t pl
an.
4.1
.1
CB
A 1
Tab
le 4
: G
uide
lines
: CBA1
DES
CRIP
TIO
N:
Irre
plac
eabl
e Sites
- a
reas
req
uire
d to
mee
t bi
odiv
ersi
ty p
atte
rn a
nd /
or
ecol
ogic
al p
roce
sses
tar
gets
and
whe
re n
o al
tern
ativ
e si
tes
are
avai
labl
e to
mee
t th
ese
targ
ets.
LA
ND
MAN
AG
EMEN
T O
BJE
CTI
VE:
M
aint
ain
in a
nat
ural
sta
te w
ith
limited
or
no b
iodi
vers
ity
loss
.
Reh
abili
tate
deg
rade
d ar
eas
to a
nat
ural
or
near
nat
ural
sta
te,
and
man
age
for
no f
urth
er d
egra
dation
.
Obt
ain
form
al p
rote
ctio
n w
here
pos
sibl
e.
Im
plem
ent
appr
opri
ate
zoni
ng t
o av
oid
loss
of in
tact
hab
itat
or
inte
nsifi
cation
of la
nd u
se.
LAN
D M
AN
AG
EMEN
T REC
OM
MEN
DATI
ON
:
Obt
ain
form
al c
onse
rvat
ion
prot
ection
whe
re p
ossi
ble.
Impl
emen
t ap
prop
riat
e zo
ning
to
avoi
d lo
ss o
f in
tact
hab
itat
or
inte
nsifi
cation
of la
nd u
se.
STA
TUTO
RY
REQ
UIR
EMEN
TS:
As
per
Gov
ernm
ent
Not
ice
No.
R98
5, a
ny d
evel
opm
ent
that
occ
urs
in t
he L
impo
po P
rovi
nce
withi
n a
CBA w
ill b
e su
bjec
t to
, at
a
min
imum
, a
Bas
ic A
sses
smen
t Pr
oces
s. E
nvir
onm
enta
l sc
reen
ing,
EIA
s an
d th
eir
asso
ciat
ed s
peci
alis
t st
udie
s m
ust
be
cond
ucte
d.
CO
MPA
TIBLE
LAN
D U
SE:
Con
serv
atio
n an
d as
soci
ated
act
ivitie
s.
Ex
tens
ive
gam
e fa
rmin
g an
d ec
otou
rism
ope
ration
s w
ith
strict
con
trol
on
envi
ronm
enta
l im
pact
s an
d ca
rryi
ng c
apac
ity.
Exte
nsiv
e liv
esto
ck p
rodu
ctio
n w
ith
strict
con
trol
on
envi
ronm
enta
l im
pact
s an
d ca
rryi
ng c
apac
ity.
Req
uire
d su
ppor
t in
fras
truc
ture
for
the
abo
ve.
U
rban
ope
n sp
ace.
Urb
an la
nd u
ses
(res
iden
tial
, go
lf es
tate
s, r
ural
res
iden
tial
, res
orts
, bu
sine
ss, m
inin
g an
d in
dust
rial
infr
astr
uctu
re s
uch
as r
oads
, po
wer
line
s an
d pi
pelin
es)
are
not
perm
itte
d.
I n
tens
ive
anim
al p
rodu
ctio
n (
all t
ypes
incl
udin
g da
iry
farm
ing,
fee
dlot
s, im
port
ed f
oods
tuff
s an
d im
prov
ed /
irriga
ted
past
ures
) is
not
per
mitte
d.
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Mop
ani D
istr
ict
Bio
regi
onal
Pla
n
3
Ara
ble
agricu
ltur
e (f
ores
try,
dry
land
and
irriga
ted
crop
ping
) is
not
per
mitte
d.
Sm
allh
oldi
ngs
are
not
perm
itte
d.
GU
IDEL
INES
: G
en
eral:
No
Furt
her
loss
of
natu
ral ha
bita
t sh
ould
occ
ur i.e
. la
nd in
this
cat
egor
y sh
ould
be
mai
ntai
ned
as n
atur
al v
eget
atio
n co
ver
as f
ar a
s po
ssib
le.
Th
ese
area
s of
land
can
act
as
poss
ible
bio
dive
rsity
offs
et r
ecei
ving
are
as.
Pr
ioritise
CBAs
for
land
car
e pr
ojec
ts,
Wor
king
for
Wat
er (
WfW
) an
d N
GO
s to
dir
ect
thei
r co
nser
vation
pro
ject
s,
prog
ram
mes
and
act
ivitie
s.
Pr
ioritise
CBAs
for
inva
sive
alie
n pl
ant
rem
oval
.
Fire
man
agem
ent
regi
mes
sho
uld
be a
ppro
pria
te f
or t
he e
cosy
stem
typ
e co
ncer
ned.
Con
trol
of
illeg
al a
ctiv
itie
s (s
uch
as h
unting
and
dum
ping
), w
hich
im
pact
bio
dive
rsity
shou
ld b
e pr
ioritize
d in
CBA
area
s.
Cap
acitat
e lo
cal,
dist
rict
and
pro
vinc
ial au
thor
itie
s to
enf
orce
the
bio
regi
onal
pla
n
En
forc
e EI
A r
equi
rem
ents
in a
ll CBA a
reas
. In
stitut
e pe
naltie
s if
requ
ired
Enfo
rce
WU
LA r
equi
rem
ents
in a
ll CBA a
reas
. In
stitut
e pe
naltie
s if
requ
ired
Enfo
rce
plan
ning
con
trol
s to
sto
p th
e sp
read
of in
com
patibl
e la
nd u
se
M
onitor
thr
eat
area
s fo
r fu
rthe
r sp
read
of in
com
patibl
e la
nd u
se.
M
onitor
tre
nds
in o
ther
are
as.
Rev
ise
Min
ing
Rig
hts
area
s to
exc
lude
CBA a
reas
of
the
bior
egio
nal pl
an
En
forc
e EI
A r
equi
rem
ents
for
min
e ex
pans
ion
and
new
min
es in
all
CBA a
reas
reg
ardl
ess
of m
inin
g ri
ght
stat
us.
En
forc
e pl
anni
ng c
ontr
ols
to s
top
the
expa
nsio
n an
d de
velo
pmen
t of
min
es in
CBA a
reas
Enfo
rce
plan
ning
con
trol
s to
sto
p th
e de
velo
pmen
t of
inco
mpa
tibl
e la
nd u
ses
in C
BA a
reas
P
rote
ctio
n:
CBAs
not
form
ally
pro
tect
ed s
houl
d be
rez
oned
whe
re p
ossi
ble
to c
onse
rvat
ion
or a
ppro
pria
te o
pen
spac
e zo
ning
, an
d w
here
pos
sibl
e de
clar
ed in
ter
ms
of t
he P
rote
cted
Are
as A
ct.
Th
e Bio
dive
rsity
Ste
war
dshi
p pr
ogra
m s
houl
d pr
ioritise
priva
tely
ow
ned
erve
n in
CBAs
to b
e in
corp
orat
ed i
nto
the
prot
ecte
d ar
ea n
etw
ork
thro
ugh
Bio
dive
rsity
Ste
war
dshi
p Agr
eem
ents
and
ince
ntiv
es.
Reh
abilit
ati
on
:
Deg
rade
d or
dis
turb
ed C
BAs
shou
ld b
e pr
ioritize
d fo
r re
habi
litat
ion
thro
ugh
prog
ram
mes
suc
h as
Wor
king
for
Wat
er,
Wor
king
for
Wet
land
s.
Deve
lop
men
t:
Whe
re in
fras
truc
ture
is p
ropo
sed:
Rez
onin
g of
pro
pert
ies
to a
ffor
d ad
dition
al la
nd-u
se r
ight
s th
at w
ill r
esul
t in
incr
ease
d bi
odiv
ersi
ty lo
ss s
houl
d no
t be
gr
ante
d.
22 No. 2875 PROVINCIAL GAZETTE, 19 JANUARY 2018
Mop
ani D
istr
ict
Bio
regi
onal
Pla
n
4
Pe
rmis
sion
to
incr
ease
the
per
mitte
d nu
mbe
r of
uni
ts p
er e
rf o
r pe
r H
a sh
ould
not
be
gran
ted.
Dev
elop
men
ts s
houl
d be
lim
ited
to
exis
ting
dev
elop
ed /
deg
rade
d fo
otpr
ints
, if
pres
ent.
Uni
ts
care
fully
di
sper
sed
or
clum
ped
to
achi
eve
leas
t im
pact
, pa
rtic
ular
ly
with
rega
rd
to
habi
tat
loss
an
d fr
agm
enta
tion
.
The
inst
alla
tion
of
infr
astr
uctu
re in
CBAs
is n
ot d
esir
able
and
sho
uld
only
be
cons
ider
ed i
f al
l al
tern
ativ
e al
ignm
ent
and
desi
gn o
ptio
ns h
ave
been
ass
esse
d an
d fo
und
to b
e no
n-vi
able
. Und
er s
uch
cond
itio
ns, a
t le
ast a
Bas
ic A
sses
smen
t (B
A)
shou
ld b
e un
dert
aken
, an
d if
appr
oved
, a
com
preh
ensi
ve E
MP
mus
t be
dev
elop
ed a
nd b
est-
prac
tice
res
tora
tion
ef
fort
s st
rict
ly im
plem
ente
d.
Ec
olog
ical
spe
cial
ist
to c
ondu
ct t
he e
colo
gica
l ass
essm
ent.
W
here
dev
elop
men
t pr
opos
als
othe
r th
an t
he p
refe
rred
bio
dive
rsity-
com
patibl
e la
nd-u
ses
(see
tab
le a
bove
) ar
e su
bmitte
d in
ter
ms
of t
he N
EMA:
EIA R
egul
atio
ns o
r la
nd d
evel
opm
ent
appl
icat
ion
proc
ess:
:
A S
cree
ning
Exe
rcis
e sh
ould
be
unde
rtak
en b
y a
Bio
dive
rsity
Spe
cial
ist
or E
colo
gist
to
verify
the
CBA m
ap c
ateg
ory
on s
ite.
If t
he s
ite
is v
erifi
ed a
s a
CBA,
deve
lopm
ents
oth
er t
han
the
pref
erre
d bi
odiv
ersi
ty-c
ompa
tibl
e la
nd-u
ses
shou
ld b
e in
vest
igat
ed in
det
ail a
nd t
he m
itig
atio
n hi
erar
chy
appl
ied
in f
ull.
If
the
app
licat
ion
is p
ursu
ed t
hey
shou
ld b
e in
form
ed b
y a
spec
ialis
t bi
odiv
ersi
ty a
sses
smen
t.
EI
A’s
and
the
ir a
ssoc
iate
d sp
ecia
list
stud
ies
shou
ld f
ocus
on
conf
irm
ing
the
pres
ence
and
sig
nific
ance
of
thes
e bi
odiv
ersi
ty f
eatu
res,
ide
ntify
ing
feat
ures
(e.
g. t
hrea
tene
d sp
ecie
s) n
ot i
nclu
ded
in t
he e
xist
ing
data
sets
, an
d on
pr
ovid
ing
site
-spe
cific
info
rmat
ion
to g
uide
the
app
licat
ion
of t
he m
itig
atio
n hi
erar
chy.
If
min
ing
auth
oris
atio
n is
gra
nted
:
The
auth
oris
atio
ns s
houl
d se
t lim
its
on a
llow
ed a
ctiv
itie
s an
d im
pact
s, a
nd m
ay s
peci
fy b
iodi
vers
ity
offs
ets
that
wou
ld
be w
ritt
en i
nto
licen
ce a
gree
men
ts a
nd/o
r au
thor
isat
ions
. Th
is m
ust
be m
onitor
ed t
o en
sure
tha
t th
ese
limits
and
biod
iver
sity
off
sets
are
impl
emen
ted.
A
qu
atic
eco
syst
em
s:
M
aint
ain
wat
er q
ualit
y an
d flo
w r
egim
es s
houl
d be
mai
ntai
ned
as c
lose
to
natu
ral a
s po
ssib
le.
W
here
Env
iron
men
tal Res
erve
s or
Env
iron
men
tal Fl
ow R
equi
rem
ents
hav
e be
en d
eter
min
ed t
hese
sho
uld
be s
tric
tly
adhe
red
to.
All
efflu
ent
(inc
ludi
ng m
unic
ipal
, m
inin
g an
d in
dust
rial
was
te w
ater
) as
wel
l as
aci
d m
ine
drai
nage
sho
uld
be t
reat
ed
to r
equi
red
spec
ifica
tion
s be
fore
rel
ease
.
Sto
rm w
ater
flo
w s
houl
d be
man
aged
to
avoi
d da
mag
e to
CBA a
reas
.
Whe
re C
BAs
incl
ude
flood
plai
ns (
e.g.
are
as w
ithi
n th
e 1:
100
year
flo
od lin
e),
ripa
rian
are
as (
e.g.
as
a m
inim
um,
a 32
m b
uffe
r ar
ound
riv
ers)
or
buff
ers
arou
nd w
etla
nds,
par
ticu
lar
atte
ntio
n sh
ould
app
lied
to e
nsur
e th
at t
hese
rem
ain
in a
nat
ural
sta
te o
r ar
e re
habi
litat
ed t
o th
is s
tate
. In
add
itio
n to
avo
idin
g ir
reve
rsib
le l
and
use
mod
ifica
tion
, ot
her
activi
ties
suc
h as
live
stoc
k ac
cess
may
nee
d to
be
cont
rolle
d an
d al
ien
vege
tation
man
aged
to
avoi
d da
mag
e to
ban
ks.
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Mop
ani D
istr
ict
Bio
regi
onal
Pla
n
5
Do
not pe
rmit in
fillin
g, e
xcav
atio
n, d
rain
age,
har
dene
d su
rfac
es (
incl
udin
g bu
ildin
gs a
nd a
spha
lt),
inte
nsiv
e ag
ricu
ltur
e or
any
new
dev
elop
men
ts w
ithi
n a
rive
r or
wet
land
.
Are
as t
hat
are
degr
aded
or
dist
urbe
d sh
ould
be
reha
bilit
ated
, th
roug
h pr
ogra
mm
es s
uch
as W
orki
ng f
or W
ater
, W
orki
ng f
or W
etla
nds
and
a sy
stem
atic
alie
n ve
geta
tion
era
dica
tion
pro
gram
me
impl
emen
ted.
Reh
abili
tation
wor
k sh
ould
be
unde
rtak
en in
a w
ay t
hat
does
not
neg
ativ
ely
impa
ct o
n th
e su
rviv
al o
f th
reat
ened
spe
cies
. 4
.1.2
C
BA
2
Tab
le 5
: G
uide
lines
: CBA2
DES
CRIP
TIO
N:
Bes
t de
sign
sel
ecte
d si
tes
– ar
eas
sele
cted
to
mee
t bi
odiv
ersi
ty p
atte
rn a
nd /
or
ecol
ogic
al p
roce
ss t
arge
ts w
here
alter
native
si
tes
may
be
avai
labl
e to
mee
t th
ese
targ
ets.
LA
ND
MAN
AG
EMEN
T O
BJE
CTI
VE:
M
aint
ain
in a
nat
ural
sta
te w
ith
limited
or
no b
iodi
vers
ity
loss
.
Mai
ntai
n cu
rren
t ag
ricu
ltur
al a
ctiv
itie
s.
En
sure
tha
t la
nd u
se is
not
inte
nsifi
ed a
nd t
hat
activi
ties
are
man
aged
to
min
imiz
e im
pact
on
thre
aten
ed s
peci
es.
LAN
D M
AN
AG
EMEN
T REC
OM
MEN
DATI
ON
:
Avo
id the
con
vers
ion
of a
gric
ultu
ral l
and
to m
ore
inte
nsiv
e la
nd u
ses,
whi
ch m
ay h
ave
a ne
gative
impa
ct o
n th
reat
ened
sp
ecie
s or
eco
logi
cal p
roce
sses
. STA
TUTO
RY
REQ
UIR
EMEN
TS:
As
per
Gov
ernm
ent
Not
ice
No.
R98
5, a
ny d
evel
opm
ent
that
occ
urs
in t
he L
impo
po P
rovi
nce
withi
n a
CBA w
ill b
e su
bjec
t to
, at
a m
inim
um,
a Bas
ic A
sses
smen
t Pr
oces
s. E
nvir
onm
enta
l sc
reen
ing,
EIA
s an
d th
eir
asso
ciat
ed s
peci
alis
t st
udie
s m
ust
be
cond
ucte
d.
CO
MPA
TIBLE
LAN
D U
SE:
Cur
rent
agr
icul
tura
l pr
actice
s (a
rabl
e ag
ricu
ltur
e, in
tens
ive
and
exte
nsiv
e an
imal
pro
duct
ion)
.
Gam
e an
d ec
otou
rism
ope
ration
s, s
o lo
ng a
s th
ese
are
man
aged
in a
way
to
ensu
re p
opul
atio
ns o
f th
reat
ened
spe
cies
ar
e m
aint
aine
d an
d th
e ec
olog
ical
pro
cess
es t
hat
supp
ort
them
are
not
impa
cted
.
Any
act
ivitie
s co
mpa
tibl
e w
ith C
BA 1
.
Urb
an la
nd u
ses
(res
iden
tial
, go
lf es
tate
s, r
ural
res
iden
tial
, res
orts
, bu
sine
ss, m
inin
g an
d in
dust
rial
infr
astr
uctu
re s
uch
as r
oads
, po
wer
line
s an
d pi
pelin
es)
are
not
perm
itte
d.
M
ore
inte
nsiv
e ag
ricu
ltur
al p
rodu
ctio
n th
an is
cur
rent
ly u
nder
take
n on
site
is n
ot p
erm
itte
d.
Not
e: c
erta
in a
ctiv
itie
s m
ay b
e pe
rmitte
d su
bjec
t to
det
aile
d im
pact
ass
essm
ents
to
ens
ure
that
dev
elop
men
ts w
ere
desi
gned
to
ensu
re t
he C
BA n
etw
ork
still
mee
ts t
he r
equi
res
targ
ets.
G
UID
ELIN
ES:
Gen
eral:
24 No. 2875 PROVINCIAL GAZETTE, 19 JANUARY 2018
Mop
ani D
istr
ict
Bio
regi
onal
Pla
n
6
Lo
ss o
f na
tura
l hab
itat
sho
uld
be m
inim
ized
i.e.
land
in thi
s ca
tego
ry s
houl
d be
mai
ntai
ned
as n
atur
al v
eget
atio
n co
ver
as f
ar a
s po
ssib
le.
Th
ese
area
s of
land
can
act
as
poss
ible
bio
dive
rsity
offs
et r
ecei
ving
are
as.
Pr
ioritise
CBAs
for
land
car
e pr
ojec
ts,
Wor
king
for
Wat
er (
WfW
) an
d N
GO
s to
dir
ect
thei
r co
nser
vation
pro
ject
s,
prog
ram
mes
and
act
ivitie
s.
Pr
ioritise
CBAs
for
inva
sive
alie
n pl
ant
rem
oval
.
Fire
man
agem
ent
regi
mes
sho
uld
be a
ppro
pria
te f
or t
he e
cosy
stem
typ
e co
ncer
ned.
Con
trol
of
illeg
al a
ctiv
itie
s (s
uch
as h
unting
and
dum
ping
), w
hich
im
pact
bio
dive
rsity
shou
ld b
e pr
ioritize
d in
CBA
area
s.
Cap
acitat
e lo
cal,
dist
rict
and
pro
vinc
ial au
thor
itie
s to
enf
orce
the
bio
regi
onal
pla
n
En
forc
e EI
A r
equi
rem
ents
in a
ll CBA a
reas
. In
stitut
e pe
naltie
s if
requ
ired
Enfo
rce
WU
LA r
equi
rem
ents
in a
ll CBA a
reas
. In
stitut
e pe
naltie
s if
requ
ired
Enfo
rce
plan
ning
con
trol
s to
sto
p th
e sp
read
of in
com
patibl
e la
nd u
se
M
onitor
thr
eat
area
s fo
r fu
rthe
r sp
read
of in
com
patibl
e la
nd u
se.
M
onitor
tre
nds
in o
ther
are
as.
Rev
ise
Min
ing
Rig
hts
area
s to
exc
lude
CBA a
reas
of
the
bior
egio
nal pl
an
En
forc
e EI
A r
equi
rem
ents
for
min
e ex
pans
ion
and
new
min
es in
all
CBA a
reas
reg
ardl
ess
of m
inin
g ri
ght
stat
us.
En
forc
e pl
anni
ng c
ontr
ols
to s
top
the
expa
nsio
n an
d de
velo
pmen
t of
min
es in
CBA a
reas
Enfo
rce
plan
ning
con
trol
s to
sto
p th
e de
velo
pmen
t of
inco
mpa
tibl
e la
nd u
ses
in C
BA a
reas
P
rote
ctio
n:
CBAs
not
form
ally
pro
tect
ed s
houl
d be
rez
oned
whe
re p
ossi
ble
to c
onse
rvat
ion
or a
ppro
pria
te o
pen
spac
e zo
ning
, an
d w
here
pos
sibl
e de
clar
ed in
ter
ms
of t
he P
rote
cted
Are
as A
ct.
Th
e Bio
dive
rsity
Ste
war
dshi
p pr
ogra
m s
houl
d pr
ioritise
priva
tely
ow
ned
erve
n in
CBAs
to b
e in
corp
orat
ed i
nto
the
prot
ecte
d ar
ea n
etw
ork
thro
ugh
Bio
dive
rsity
Ste
war
dshi
p Agr
eem
ents
and
ince
ntiv
es.
Reh
abilit
ati
on
:
Deg
rade
d or
dis
turb
ed C
BAs
shou
ld b
e pr
ioritize
d fo
r re
habi
litat
ion
thro
ugh
prog
ram
mes
suc
h as
Wor
king
for
Wat
er,
Wor
king
for
Wet
land
s.
Deve
lop
men
t:
Whe
re in
fras
truc
ture
is p
ropo
sed:
Rez
onin
g of
pro
pert
ies
to a
ffor
d ad
dition
al l
and
use
righ
ts t
hat
will
res
ult
in i
ncre
ased
bio
dive
rsity
loss
thr
ough
co
nver
sion
of la
nd fro
m a
gric
ultu
re s
houl
d no
t be
gra
nted
.
Perm
issi
on t
o in
crea
se t
he p
erm
itte
d nu
mbe
r of
uni
ts p
er e
rf o
r pe
r ha
sho
uld
not
be g
rant
ed.
D
evel
opm
ents
sho
uld
be li
mited
to
exis
ting
deve
lope
d /
degr
aded
foo
tpri
nts,
if p
rese
nt a
nd s
houl
d av
oid
encr
oach
ing
on n
atur
al o
r ag
ricu
ltur
al la
ndsc
apes
.
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Mop
ani D
istr
ict
Bio
regi
onal
Pla
n
7
Sho
uld
addi
tion
al in
fras
truc
ture
be
requ
ired
, th
e re
quir
emen
ts o
f th
reat
ened
spe
cies
sho
uld
be t
aken
into
acc
ount
. At
leas
t a
Bas
ic A
sses
smen
t (B
A)
shou
ld b
e un
dert
aken
for
any
dev
elop
men
t w
hich
res
ults
in t
he in
tens
ifica
tion
of la
nd-
use,
and
if t
he in
tens
ifica
tion
of la
nd u
se is
app
rove
d, a
com
preh
ensi
ve E
MP
mus
t be
dev
elop
ed t
o m
inim
ize
impa
cts
on t
hrea
tene
d sp
ecie
s.
Ec
olog
ical
spe
cial
ist
to c
ondu
ct t
he e
colo
gica
l ass
essm
ent.
W
here
dev
elop
men
t pr
opos
als
othe
r th
an t
he p
refe
rred
bio
dive
rsity-
com
patibl
e la
nd-u
ses
(see
tab
le a
bove
are
sub
mitte
d in
te
rms
of t
he N
EMA:
EIA R
egul
atio
ns o
r la
nd d
evel
opm
ent
appl
icat
ion
proc
ess:
:
A S
cree
ning
Exe
rcis
e sh
ould
be
unde
rtak
en b
y a
Bio
dive
rsity
Spe
cial
ist
or E
colo
gist
to
verify
the
CBA m
ap c
ateg
ory
on s
ite.
If t
he s
ite
is v
erifi
ed a
s a
CBA,
deve
lopm
ents
oth
er t
han
the
pref
erre
d bi
odiv
ersi
ty-c
ompa
tibl
e la
nd-u
ses
shou
ld b
e in
vest
igat
ed in
det
ail a
nd t
he m
itig
atio
n hi
erar
chy
appl
ied
in ful
l.
If
the
app
licat
ion
is p
ursu
ed t
hey
shou
ld b
e in
form
ed b
y a
spec
ialis
t bi
odiv
ersi
ty a
sses
smen
t.
EI
A’s
and
the
ir a
ssoc
iate
d sp
ecia
list
stud
ies
shou
ld f
ocus
on
conf
irm
ing
the
pres
ence
and
sig
nific
ance
of
thes
e bi
odiv
ersi
ty f
eatu
res,
ide
ntify
ing
feat
ures
(e.
g. t
hrea
tene
d sp
ecie
s) n
ot i
nclu
ded
in t
he e
xist
ing
data
sets
, an
d on
pr
ovid
ing
site
-spe
cific
info
rmat
ion
to g
uide
the
app
licat
ion
of t
he m
itig
atio
n hi
erar
chy.
If
min
ing
auth
oris
atio
n is
gra
nted
:
The
auth
oris
atio
ns s
houl
d se
t lim
its
on a
llow
ed a
ctiv
itie
s an
d im
pact
s, a
nd m
ay s
peci
fy b
iodi
vers
ity
offs
ets
that
wou
ld
be w
ritt
en i
nto
licen
ce a
gree
men
ts a
nd/o
r au
thor
isat
ions
. Th
is m
ust
be m
onitor
ed t
o en
sure
tha
t th
ese
limits
and
biod
iver
sity
off
sets
are
impl
emen
ted.
A
qu
atic
eco
syst
em
s:
M
aint
ain
wat
er q
ualit
y an
d flo
w r
egim
es s
houl
d be
mai
ntai
ned
as c
lose
to
natu
ral a
s po
ssib
le.
W
here
Env
iron
men
tal Res
erve
s or
Env
iron
men
tal Fl
ow R
equi
rem
ents
hav
e be
en d
eter
min
ed t
hese
sho
uld
be s
tric
tly
adhe
red
to.
All
efflu
ent
(inc
ludi
ng m
unic
ipal
, m
inin
g an
d in
dust
rial
was
te w
ater
) as
wel
l as
aci
d m
ine
drai
nage
sho
uld
be t
reat
ed
to r
equi
red
spec
ifica
tion
s be
fore
rel
ease
.
Sto
rm w
ater
flo
w s
houl
d be
man
aged
to
avoi
d da
mag
e to
CBA a
reas
.
Whe
re C
BAs
incl
ude
flood
plai
ns (
e.g.
are
as w
ithi
n th
e 1:
100
year
flo
od lin
e),
ripa
rian
are
as (
e.g.
as
a m
inim
um,
a 32
m b
uffe
r ar
ound
riv
ers)
or
buff
ers
arou
nd w
etla
nds,
par
ticu
lar
atte
ntio
n sh
ould
app
lied
to e
nsur
e th
at t
hese
rem
ain
in a
nat
ural
sta
te o
r ar
e re
habi
litat
ed t
o th
is s
tate
in
orde
r to
mai
ntai
n ec
olog
ical
fun
ctio
n. D
o no
t pe
rmit i
nfill
ing,
ex
cava
tion
, dr
aina
ge,
hard
ened
su
rfac
es
(inc
ludi
ng
build
ings
an
d as
phal
t),
inte
nsiv
e ag
ricu
ltur
e or
any
new
de
velo
pmen
ts w
ithi
n a
rive
r or
wet
land
.
Are
as t
hat
are
degr
aded
or
dist
urbe
d sh
ould
be
reha
bilit
ated
, th
roug
h pr
ogra
mm
es s
uch
as W
orki
ng f
or W
ater
, W
orki
ng f
or W
etla
nds
and
a sy
stem
atic
alie
n ve
geta
tion
era
dica
tion
pro
gram
me
impl
emen
ted.
Reh
abili
tation
wor
k sh
ould
be
unde
rtak
en in
a w
ay t
hat
does
not
neg
ativ
ely
impa
ct o
n th
e su
rviv
al o
f th
reat
ened
spe
cies
.
26 No. 2875 PROVINCIAL GAZETTE, 19 JANUARY 2018
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ani D
istr
ict
Bio
regi
onal
Pla
n
8
4.1
.3
ES
A 1
Tab
le 6
: G
uide
lines
: ES
A1
DES
CRIP
TIO
N:
Nat
ural
, ne
ar n
atur
al o
r de
grad
ed a
reas
sup
port
ing
CBAs
by m
aint
aini
ng e
colo
gica
l pro
cess
es.
LAN
D M
AN
AG
EMEN
T O
BJE
CTI
VE:
M
aint
ain
ecos
yste
m fun
ctio
nalit
y an
d co
nnec
tivi
ty a
llow
ing
for
limited
loss
of
biod
iver
sity
pat
tern
.
Impl
emen
t ap
prop
riat
e zo
ning
and
land
man
agem
ent
guid
elin
es t
o av
oid
impa
ctin
g ec
olog
ical
pro
cess
es.
Avo
id in
tens
ifica
tion
of la
nd u
se.
Avo
id fra
gmen
tation
of
natu
ral l
ands
cape
. LA
ND
MAN
AG
EMEN
T REC
OM
MEN
DATI
ON
:
Impl
emen
t ap
prop
riat
e zo
ning
and
land
man
agem
ent
guid
elin
es t
o av
oid
impa
ctin
g ec
olog
ical
pro
cess
es.
Avo
id in
tens
ifica
tion
of la
nd u
se.
Avo
id fra
gmen
tation
of
natu
ral l
ands
cape
. STA
TUTO
RY
REQ
UIR
EMEN
TS:
As
per
Gov
ernm
ent
Not
ice
No.
R98
3, R
984
and
R98
5, a
ll pr
opos
ed d
evel
opm
ents
:
Of
a ce
rtai
n ca
tego
ry o
r ty
pe;
Th
at e
xcee
ds a
cer
tain
are
a or
ext
ent;
That
is li
kely
to
resu
lt in
pol
lution
or
emis
sion
s;
Th
at o
ccur
s in
clo
se p
roxi
mity
to w
ater
res
ourc
es;
W
ithi
n se
nsitiv
e ar
eas
as id
entifie
d in
an
envi
ronm
enta
l man
agem
ent
fram
ewor
k;
Will
be
subj
ect
to,
at a
min
imum
, a
Bas
ic A
sses
smen
t Pr
oces
s.
CO
MPA
TIBLE
LAN
D U
SE:
Con
serv
atio
n an
d as
soci
ated
act
ivitie
s.
Ex
tens
ive
gam
e fa
rmin
g an
d ec
otou
rism
ope
ration
s.
Ex
tens
ive
lives
tock
pro
duct
ion.
Urb
an o
pen
spac
e sy
stem
s
Low
den
sity
rur
al r
esid
ential
, sm
all h
oldi
ngs
or r
esor
ts w
here
dev
elop
men
t de
sign
and
ove
rall
deve
lopm
ent
dens
itie
s al
low
mai
nten
ance
of
ecol
ogic
al fun
ctio
ning
.
Urb
an lan
d us
es (
resi
dent
ial,
golf
esta
tes,
bus
ines
s, m
inin
g an
d in
dust
rial
inf
rast
ruct
ure
such
as
road
s, p
ower
lines
an
d pi
pelin
es)
are
not
perm
itte
d.
I n
tens
ive
anim
al p
rodu
ctio
n (
all t
ypes
incl
udin
g da
iry
farm
ing,
fee
dlot
s, im
port
ed f
oods
tuff
s an
d im
prov
ed /
irriga
ted
past
ures
) is
not
per
mitte
d.
Ara
ble
agricu
ltur
e (f
ores
try,
dry
land
and
irriga
ted
crop
ping
) is
not
per
mitte
d.
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Mop
ani D
istr
ict
Bio
regi
onal
Pla
n
9
Not
e: c
erta
in a
ctiv
itie
s m
ay b
e pe
rmitte
d su
bjec
t to
det
aile
d im
pact
ass
essm
ents
to
ensu
re t
hat
deve
lopm
ents
wer
e de
sign
ed t
o m
aint
ain
over
all e
colo
gica
l fun
ctio
ning
of ES
As.
G
UID
ELIN
ES:
Gen
eral:
Mai
ntai
n in
a f
unct
iona
l st
ate,
avo
id i
nten
sific
atio
n of
lan
d us
es,
and
reha
bilit
ate
to a
nat
ural
or
sem
i na
tura
l st
ate
whe
re p
ossi
ble.
In
irre
vers
ibly
mod
ified
are
as, w
hich
are
impo
rtan
t fo
r m
aint
aini
ng e
colo
gica
l pro
cess
es, cu
rren
t la
nd
uses
sho
uld
be m
aint
aine
d, in
tens
ifica
tion
of us
e (e
.g.
a tr
ansi
tion
fro
m a
gric
ultu
re t
o ur
ban)
sho
uld
be a
void
ed,
and
whe
re p
ossi
ble
area
s sh
ould
be
reha
bilit
ated
.
No
furt
her
loss
of na
tura
l hab
itat
sho
uld
be a
llow
ed, an
d la
nd in
thi
s ca
tego
ry c
urre
ntly
in a
deg
rade
d st
ate
shou
ld b
e re
habi
litat
ed o
r re
stor
ed t
o a
natu
ral o
r se
mi-
natu
ral st
ate
once
the
cur
rent
land
use
has
cea
sed.
Mai
ntai
n cu
rren
t la
nd u
ses
whe
re t
hese
pla
y a
role
in s
uppo
rtin
g ec
olog
ical
pro
cess
es.
En
sure
land
use
cha
nges
do
not
impa
ct n
egat
ivel
y on
eco
logi
cal p
roce
sses
.
The
mai
nten
ance
of
conn
ectivi
ty b
etw
een
CBAs,
con
tinu
ed e
cosy
stem
fun
ctio
ning
withi
n th
e CBA c
orri
dors
, an
d th
e pr
even
tion
of
degr
adat
ion
of a
djac
ent
CBAs
mus
t be
ach
ieve
d.
Aft
er the
CBAs,
ESA1’
s sh
ould
be
prio
ritise
d fo
r la
nd c
are
proj
ects
, W
orki
ng for
Wat
er (
WfW
) an
d N
GO
’s t
o di
rect
the
ir
cons
erva
tion
pro
ject
s, p
rogr
amm
es a
nd a
ctiv
itie
s.
Cap
acitat
e lo
cal,
dist
rict
and
pro
vinc
ial au
thor
itie
s to
enf
orce
the
bio
regi
onal
pla
n
En
forc
e EI
A r
equi
rem
ents
in a
ll ES
A1
area
s. I
nstitu
te p
enal
ties
if r
equi
red
Enfo
rce
WU
LA r
equi
rem
ents
in a
ll ES
A1
area
s. I
nstitu
te p
enal
ties
if r
equi
red
En
forc
e pl
anni
ng c
ontr
ols
to s
top
the
spre
ad o
f in
com
patibl
e la
nd u
se
M
onitor
thr
eat
area
s fo
r fu
rthe
r sp
read
of in
com
patibl
e la
nd u
se.
M
onitor
tre
nds
in o
ther
are
as.
En
forc
e pl
anni
ng c
ontr
ols
to s
top
the
deve
lopm
ent
of in
com
patibl
e la
nd u
ses
in E
SA1
area
s D
eve
lop
men
t:
Whe
re in
fras
truc
ture
is p
ropo
sed:
Rez
onin
g of
pro
pert
ies
to a
ffor
d ad
dition
al la
nd u
se r
ight
s th
at w
ill r
esul
t in
incr
ease
d im
pact
on
ecol
ogic
al p
roce
sses
sh
ould
not
be
gran
ted,
unl
ess
sign
ifica
nt n
et c
onse
rvat
ion
gain
s ca
n be
ach
ieve
d, e
cosy
stem
fun
ctio
ning
and
co
nnec
tivi
ty o
f Eco
syst
em S
uppo
rt A
reas
(ES
As)
will
not
com
prom
ised
, an
d bi
odiv
ersi
ty im
pact
s w
ith
rega
rd to
spec
ies
and
habi
tats
are
of at
an
acce
ptab
le s
igni
fican
ce a
nd m
itig
ated
whe
re p
ossi
ble.
Dev
elop
men
ts s
houl
d be
lim
ited
to
exis
ting
dev
elop
ed /
deg
rade
d fo
otpr
ints
, w
here
pos
sibl
e.
U
nits
car
eful
ly d
ispe
rsed
or
clum
ped
to a
chie
ve l
east
im
pact
, pa
rtic
ular
ly w
ith
rega
rd t
o im
pact
s on
eco
logi
cal
proc
esse
s.
Ec
olog
ical
spe
cial
ist
to c
ondu
ct t
he e
colo
gica
l ass
essm
ent.
W
here
dev
elop
men
t pr
opos
als
othe
r th
an t
he p
refe
rred
bio
dive
rsity-
com
patibl
e la
nd-u
ses
are
subm
itte
d in
ter
ms
of t
he
NEM
A:
EIA R
egul
atio
ns o
r la
nd d
evel
opm
ent
appl
icat
ion
proc
ess:
:-:
28 No. 2875 PROVINCIAL GAZETTE, 19 JANUARY 2018
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ict
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regi
onal
Pla
n
10
A S
cree
ning
Exe
rcis
e sh
ould
be
unde
rtak
en b
y a
Bio
dive
rsity
Spe
cial
ist
or E
colo
gist
to
verify
the
CBA m
ap c
ateg
ory
on s
ite.
If t
he s
ite
is v
erifi
ed a
s an
ESA,
deve
lopm
ents
oth
er t
han
the
pref
erre
d bi
odiv
ersi
ty-c
ompa
tibl
e la
nd-u
ses
shou
ld b
e ca
refu
lly s
cree
ned
to e
nsur
e th
at d
evel
opm
ents
are
pla
nned
and
act
ivitie
s un
dert
aken
in a
way
tha
t m
inim
izes
impa
ct
on e
colo
gica
l pro
cess
es.
Impa
cts
shou
ld b
e m
itig
ated
.
If t
he a
pplic
atio
n is
pur
sued
they
sho
uld
be in
form
ed b
y a
spec
ialis
t bi
odiv
ersi
ty a
sses
smen
t.
EI
A’s
and
the
ir a
ssoc
iate
d sp
ecia
list
stud
ies
shou
ld f
ocus
on
conf
irm
ing
the
pres
ence
and
sig
nific
ance
of
thes
e bi
odiv
ersi
ty f
eatu
res,
ide
ntify
ing
feat
ures
(e.
g. t
hrea
tene
d sp
ecie
s) n
ot i
nclu
ded
in
the
exis
ting
dat
aset
s, a
nd o
n pr
ovid
ing
site
-spe
cific
info
rmat
ion
to g
uide
the
app
licat
ion
of t
he m
itig
atio
n hi
erar
chy.
If
min
ing
auth
oris
atio
n is
gra
nted
:
The
auth
oris
atio
ns m
ay s
et li
mits
and
spec
ify b
iodi
vers
ity
offs
ets
that
wou
ld b
e w
ritt
en in
to li
cenc
e ag
reem
ents
and
/or
auth
oris
atio
ns.
This
mus
t be
mon
itor
ed t
o en
sure
tha
t th
ese
limits
and
biod
iver
sity
offse
ts a
re im
plem
ente
d.
Aq
uat
ic e
cosy
stem
s:
M
aint
ain
wat
er q
ualit
y an
d flo
w r
egim
es s
houl
d be
mai
ntai
ned
as c
lose
to
natu
ral a
s po
ssib
le.
W
here
Env
iron
men
tal Res
erve
s or
Env
iron
men
tal Fl
ow R
equi
rem
ents
hav
e be
en d
eter
min
ed t
hese
sho
uld
be s
tric
tly
adhe
red
to.
All
efflu
ent
(inc
ludi
ng m
unic
ipal
, m
inin
g an
d in
dust
rial
was
te w
ater
) as
wel
l as
aci
d m
ine
drai
nage
sho
uld
be t
reat
ed
to r
equi
red
spec
ifica
tion
s be
fore
rel
ease
.
Sto
rm w
ater
flo
w s
houl
d be
man
aged
to
avoi
d da
mag
e to
ESA a
reas
.
Whe
re E
SAs
incl
ude
flood
plai
ns (
e.g.
are
as w
ithi
n th
e 1:
100
year
flo
odlin
e),
ripa
rian
are
as (
e.g.
as
a m
inim
um,
the
32m
aro
und
rive
rs)
or b
uffe
rs a
roun
d w
etla
nd p
articu
lar
atte
ntio
n sh
ould
app
lied
to e
nsur
e th
at t
hese
rem
ain
in a
na
tura
l st
ate
or a
re r
ehab
ilita
ted
to t
his
stat
e.
Are
as t
hat
are
degr
aded
or
dist
urbe
d sh
ould
be
reha
bilit
ated
, th
roug
h pr
ogra
mm
es s
uch
as W
orki
ng f
or W
ater
, W
orki
ng for
Wet
land
s an
d a
syst
emat
ic a
lien
vege
tation
era
dica
tion
pro
gram
me
impl
emen
ted.
Cre
atio
n of
ber
ms,
roa
ds,
culv
erts
, ca
nalis
atio
n, c
hann
eliz
atio
n, a
lien
vege
tatio
n, i
mpo
undm
ent,
abs
trac
tion
, w
ell
poin
ts, s
torm
wat
er o
r ot
her
poin
t so
urce
inflo
ws,
irriga
tion
ret
urn
flow
s, g
razi
ng /
tra
mpl
ing,
agr
icul
ture
, go
lf co
urse
s,
subu
rban
gar
dens
, ar
tific
ial
deep
enin
g, a
nd d
rain
age,
sho
uld
be a
void
ed w
here
pos
sibl
e w
ithi
n th
e 1:
20 y
ear
flood
lin
e.
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Tab
le 7
: G
uide
lines
: ES
A2
DES
CRIP
TIO
N:
Are
as w
ith
no n
atur
al h
abitat
tha
t is
impo
rtan
t fo
r su
ppor
ting
eco
logi
cal p
roce
sses
. LA
ND
MAN
AG
EMEN
T O
BJE
CTI
VE:
Avo
id a
dditio
nal /
new
impa
cts
on e
colo
gica
l pro
cess
es.
M
aint
ain
curr
ent
land
-use
.
Avo
id in
tens
ifica
tion
of la
nd u
se,
whi
ch m
ay r
esul
t in
add
itio
nal i
mpa
ct o
n ec
olog
ical
pro
cess
es.
LAN
D M
AN
AG
EMEN
T REC
OM
MED
NATI
ON
:
Mai
ntai
n cu
rren
t la
nd-u
se.
Avo
id in
tens
ifica
tion
of la
nd u
se,
whi
ch m
ay r
esul
t in
add
itio
nal i
mpa
ct o
n ec
olog
ical
pro
cess
es.
STA
TUTO
RY
REQ
UIR
EMEN
TS:
As
per
Gov
ernm
ent
Not
ice
No.
R98
3, R
984
and
R98
5, a
ll pr
opos
ed d
evel
opm
ents
:
Of
a ce
rtai
n ca
tego
ry o
r ty
pe;
Th
at e
xcee
ds a
cer
tain
are
a or
ext
ent;
That
is li
kely
to
resu
lt in
pol
lution
or
emis
sion
s;
Th
at o
ccur
s in
clo
se p
roxi
mity
to w
ater
res
ourc
es;
W
ithi
n se
nsitiv
e ar
eas
as id
entifie
d in
an
envi
ronm
enta
l m
anag
emen
t fr
amew
ork;
W
ill b
e su
bjec
t to
, at
a m
inim
um,
a Bas
ic A
sses
smen
t Pr
oces
s.
CO
MPA
TIBLE
LAN
D U
SE:
Ex
isting
act
ivitie
s sh
ould
be
mai
ntai
ned
but
whe
re p
ossi
ble,
a t
rans
itio
n to
les
s in
tens
ive
land
use
s or
eco
logi
cal
rest
orat
ion
shou
ld b
e fa
vour
ed.
Any
lan
d us
e or
act
ivity
that
res
ults
in
addi
tion
al i
mpa
cts
on e
colo
gica
l fu
nction
ing,
mos
tly
asso
ciat
ed w
ith
the
inte
nsifi
cation
of la
nd u
se in
the
se a
reas
, is
not
per
mitte
d.
GU
IDEL
INES
: G
en
eral:
Add
itio
nal im
pact
s on
eco
logi
cal
proc
esse
s sh
ould
be
avoi
ded.
In
irre
vers
ibly
mod
ified
are
as t
hat
are
impo
rtan
t fo
r m
aint
aini
ng e
colo
gica
l pro
cess
es, cu
rren
t la
nd u
ses
shou
ld b
e m
aint
aine
d, in
tens
ifica
tion
of u
se (
e.g.
a tra
nsitio
n fr
om
agri
cultur
e to
urb
an)
shou
ld b
e av
oide
d, a
nd w
here
pos
sibl
e ar
eas
shou
ld b
e re
habi
litat
ed.
Th
e m
aint
enan
ce o
f co
nnec
tivi
ty b
etw
een
CBAs,
con
tinu
ed e
cosy
stem
fun
ctio
ning
withi
n th
e CBA c
orri
dors
, an
d th
e pr
even
tion
of
degr
adat
ion
of a
djac
ent
CBAs
mus
t be
ach
ieve
d.
In
som
e ca
ses
the
reha
bilit
atio
n of
ESA2’
s m
ay b
e th
e su
itab
le f
or lan
d ca
re p
roje
cts,
Wor
king
for
Wat
er (
WfW
) an
d N
GO
s to
dir
ect
thei
r co
nser
vation
pro
ject
, pr
ogra
mm
es a
nd a
ctiv
itie
s.
Deve
lop
men
t:
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n
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Whe
re in
fras
truc
ture
is p
ropo
sed:
Infr
astr
uctu
re s
houl
d be
des
igne
d to
avo
id a
dditio
nal i
mpa
cts
on e
colo
gica
l pr
oces
ses.
In
irre
vers
ibly
mod
ified
are
as w
hich
are
still
impo
rtan
t fo
r su
ppor
ting
eco
logi
cal p
roce
sses
:
Cur
rent
land
use
s sh
ould
be
mai
ntai
ned,
inte
nsifi
cation
of
use
(e.g
. a
tran
sition
fro
m a
gric
ultu
re t
o ur
ban)
sho
uld
be
avoi
ded,
and
whe
re p
ossi
ble
area
s sh
ould
be
reha
bilit
ated
.
Dev
elop
men
ts s
houl
d be
scr
eene
d to
ens
ure
that
the
y do
not
hav
e an
una
ccep
tabl
e im
pact
on
ecol
ogic
al p
roce
sses
. If
min
ing
auth
oris
atio
n is
gra
nted
:
The
auth
oris
atio
ns m
ay s
et li
mits
and
spec
ify b
iodi
vers
ity
offs
ets
that
wou
ld b
e w
ritt
en in
to li
cenc
e ag
reem
ents
and
/or
auth
oris
atio
ns.
This
mus
t be
mon
itor
ed t
o en
sure
tha
t th
ese
limits
and
biod
iver
sity
offse
ts a
re im
plem
ente
d.
Aq
uat
ic e
cosy
stem
s:
M
aint
ain
wat
er q
ualit
y an
d flo
w r
egim
es s
houl
d be
mai
ntai
ned
as c
lose
to
natu
ral a
s po
ssib
le.
W
here
Env
iron
men
tal Res
erve
s or
Env
iron
men
tal
Flow
Req
uire
men
ts h
ave
been
det
erm
ined
the
se s
houl
d be
str
ictly
adhe
red
to.
All
efflu
ent
(inc
ludi
ng m
unic
ipal
, m
inin
g an
d in
dust
rial
was
te w
ater
) as
wel
l as
aci
d m
ine
drai
nage
sho
uld
be t
reat
ed
to r
equi
red
spec
ifica
tion
s be
fore
rel
ease
.
Sto
rm w
ater
flo
w s
houl
d be
man
aged
to
avoi
d da
mag
e to
ESA a
reas
.
Whe
re E
SA2’
s in
clud
e flo
odpl
ains
(e.
g. a
reas
withi
n th
e 1:
100
year
flo
odlin
e), ripa
rian
are
as (
e.g.
as
a m
inim
um, th
e 32
m a
roun
d rive
rs)
or b
uffe
rs a
roun
d w
etla
nds,
par
ticu
lar at
tent
ion
shou
ld a
pplie
d to
ens
ure
that
the
re is
no
addi
tion
al
impa
ct o
n ec
olog
ical
fun
ctio
ning
, an
d w
here
pos
sibl
e th
ese
area
s re
habi
litat
ed t
o im
prov
e ec
olog
ical
fun
ctio
ning
. In
ad
dition
to
avoi
ding
inte
nsifi
cation
of la
nd u
se, ot
her
activi
ties
suc
h as
live
stoc
k ac
cess
may
nee
d to
be
contr
olle
d an
d al
ien
vege
tation
man
aged
to
avoi
d da
mag
e to
ban
ks. D
o no
t pe
rmit in
fillin
g, e
xcav
atio
n, d
rain
age,
har
dene
d su
rfac
es
(inc
ludi
ng b
uild
ings
), in
tens
ive
agri
cultur
e or
any
new
dev
elop
men
ts w
ithi
n a
rive
r or
wet
land
.
Cre
atio
n of
ber
ms,
roa
ds,
culv
erts
, ca
nalis
atio
n, c
hann
eliz
atio
n, a
lien
vege
tatio
n, i
mpo
undm
ent,
abs
trac
tion
, w
ell
poin
ts, s
torm
wat
er o
r ot
her
poin
t so
urce
inflo
ws,
irriga
tion
ret
urn
flow
s, g
razi
ng /
tra
mpl
ing,
agr
icul
ture
, go
lf co
urse
s,
subu
rban
gar
dens
, ar
tific
ial
deep
enin
g, a
nd d
rain
age,
sho
uld
be a
void
ed w
here
pos
sibl
e w
ithi
n th
e 1:
20 y
ear
flood
lin
e.
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