Tourism in Transfrontier

Conservation Areas:

a vehicle for

development

and sustainable life

Facilitator: Dr Anna Spenceley, Chair

IUCN WCPA Tourism and Protected

Areas Specialist Groupannaspenceley@gmail.com

Friday 14 November 2014

Who we are

IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas

(WCPA) Specialist Group

Voluntary technical network

Specialists on tourism and protected areas and

areas of particular importance to biodiversity

We envision a future where tourism associated with protected areas has a

positive impact on biodiversity, and where tourism is environmentally, socially and economically sustainable

Our structure

Anna Spenceley (Chair)

Knowledge development

•Glen Hvenegaard, Ralf Buckley

Communities

•Susan Snyman(Vice Chair)

Capacity Building

•Steve McCool

Heritage

•Robyn BushellCommunications

•Ron Mader

Membership

•Elena Nikolaeva

IUCN Secretariat

•Giulia Carbone

What we do

PARKS   The  I

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t er n ational  Jo urnal  of           Protected  Areas  and  Co nser vation  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 Issue  18.2:  December  2012

Developing  capacity  for  a  pr otected  pl anet

Develop knowledgeBuild capacity

Network

New working group on communities

Online

review and

comment Webinars on key themes

What we doing more of

Membership application: http://tinyurl.com/tapasmembership

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tourism-and-Protected-Areas-Specialist-Group/122961127797095

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=4735342

Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/planeta/tapasgroup

Wiki: http://planeta.wikispaces.com/tapas

Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/117973343043881234019/posts

IUCN Website: http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/gpap_home/gpap_capacity2/gpap_wcpacap/gpap_tourism/

Links

Tourism in TFCAs

• Examples and challenges of transboundary events

• Tourism facilities in TFCAs

• Guidelines for concessions in TFCAs

Guidelines on Concessioning & Sustainable Tourism Investment in TFCAs in SADC

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TECHNICAL WORKSHOP ON CONCESSIONING

AND INVESTMENT IN TFCAs IN SADC

THE PROCESS OF PACKAGING PROJECTS

Presented by: Michael WrightConsulting Engineers Project Managers Environmental Consultants Town and Regional Planners

A PROFESSIONAL TEAM DELIVERING CREATIVE PROJECT SOLUTIONS

1TFCAs: The Process of Packaging Projects

E: michaelw@sivest.co.za T: +27 31 581 1573 C: +27 83 670 1436 W: www.sivest.co.za

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TECHNICAL WORKSHOP ON CONCESSIONING

AND INVESTMENT IN TFCAs IN SADC

THE PROCESS OF PACKAGING PROJECTS

Presented by: Michael WrightConsulting Engineers Project Managers Environmental Consultants Town and Regional Planners

A PROFESSIONAL TEAM DELIVERING CREATIVE PROJECT SOLUTIONS

1TFCAs: The Process of Packaging Projects

E: michaelw@sivest.co.za T: +27 31 581 1573 C: +27 83 670 1436 W: www.sivest.co.za

Guidelines

Scoping

Situational analysis

Conference

Process

Guidelines

Scoping

Situational analysis

Conference

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Practical process - support decisions

Examples of good practice & tips

Planning & development issues:Planning & development issues:DamaralandDamaraland Institutional ArrangementsInstitutional Arrangements

Torra ConservancyLessor / partner

10% revenue.

£300 p/a rent

15-yr BOT

arrangement

Damaraland Camp

Wilderness SafarisLessee, Developer and Operator

• Damaraland is a Build Operate Transferpartnership with the community (withWilderness Safaris) (a hybrid rental agreement)

• WS and INDRC organised community into Trustand organised rental/transfer agreement

• 15 year agreement between WS and the Torraconservancy for ~10 hectares (separate fromhunting concession area)

• 10% of the net accommodation fees from eachguest's stay are allocated directly to thecommunity

• For the last 5 years of the agreement wouldhave transferred 20% ownership of assets tothe conservancy and decrease payments of %turnover by 20% each year.

• By year 15 conservancy would have owned andmanage the lodge, and WS would continue tomarket it.

• Books presented to Trust 4x p/a

• Joint management committee of WS andcommunity to discuss lodge development andwider area

StateLand owner

Permission to Occupy

Brian Jones, Jones and Ashley (2001), Bruce Simpson, Chris Roche

Align conservation &

investment goals

ClearSimpleShort

Guidelines

Scoping

Situational analysis

Conference

Policies, strategies, legislation

Namibia:- Concession

policy - Draft Parks and

Wildlife management Bill

- Tourism policy

South Africa:- Public Finance

Management Act – Treasury regulation 16

- Municipal Finance Management Act

Malawi:- PPP Policy

framework- National

Tourism Policy

SADC: Protocol on the Development of Tourism; Protocol on Wildlife Conservation and Law Enforcement

Concession models

• Awelani, South Africa Management

• Witsieshoek, Maloti-Drakensberg TFCA

Lease

• Singita Lebombo, GLTFCA

• Chemucane, Lubombo TFCA

Concession / PPP

(BOT, ROT)

Best Practice: Use of the type that is most appropriate to the level of investment and product type

• Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Competitive bid (Tender)

• Angola, MozambiqueUnsolicited

• Mozambique, NamibiaDirect award

(communities)

Best Practice: Competitive bidding -Most competitive and transparent.

Concession processes

Guidelines

Scoping

Situational analysis

Conference

Tourism and TFCAs in SADC

Tour de Tuli – transboundary mountainbike event between Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa, in the Greater Mapungubwe TFCA – Susan Snyman (TAPAS Group, Wilderness Safaris)

Desert Knights – transboundary a canoe and mountain bike event between South Africa and Namibia in the Ais Ais TFCA – Roland Vorwerk (Boundless Southern Africa)

Tour de Pafuri and tour de Shangaan – a transboundary cultural event in the Great Limpopo TFCA – Lamson Makuleke (SANParks) and Piet Theron (Great Limpopo TFCA)

Tourism facilities in TFCAs – Roland Vorwerk

Guidelines for Transfrontier Conservation Areas in SADC – Bartolomeu Soto (ANAC) and Martin Leineweber (GIZ)

Plenary discussion on transboundary tourism: Challenges and solutions )