SPLUMA :
IMPLICATIONS FOR BIODIVERSITY PLANNING
Sunday Ogunronbi
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EXPLORING LINKAGES BETWEEN LAND REFORM, RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SPATIAL PLANNING & BIODIVERSITY STEWARDSHIP
NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY STEWARDSHIP CONFERENCE
Magezi Mhlanga
Role of the DRDLR in the Biodiversity Sector
• Section 11 of NEMA as well as NEMA schedules
• The DRDLR has Programmes that enhance Environmental Management e.g. Spatial Planning and Land Use Management, Deeds, Surveyor General and those that affect the environment e.g. Land Reform, Restitution, Rural Development
• Have to Comply and Promote Environmental Management
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SPLUMAA Framework for a Planning System for the country (sec 2[2])
Dev Principles (sec 7)
Policies and Legislation (sec 6)
Spatial Development
Planning & Frameworks(Chapter 4)
Land Use
Management
through Schemes(Chapter 5)Land
Development
Management (Chapter 6)
other
provisions(Chapter 7)
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SOME PROJECTS
1.Guidelines for determination and maintenance of Open Spaces and Parks
2. Simultenous development Taung LM EMF and SDF
3.Standard Minimum Environmental Requirements for SDFs – For possible inclusion into the SDF Guidelines and related Regulations
Surveyor General and Deeds
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NEM:PAA requires endorsement of the Registrar of Deeds for proclamation of protected areas
‘A rapid and fundamental change in
the relations (systems and patterns
of ownership and control) of land,
livestock, cropping and community.’
• Social infrastructure,
• ICT infrastructure,
• Amenities,
• Facilities.
• Tenure system reform,
• Strategic land reform
interventions/redistribution,
• Restitution,
• Land based resources.
•Economic infrastructure:
agri-parks, fencing,
• Inputs: seeds, fertilizer,
pesticides, etc
• Extension support ,
• Fresh produce markets,
• Credit facilities.
Economic infrastructure:
• Processing plants
•Small industries
•Abattoirs, animal handling
facilities, feed-lots,
mechanising stock water
dams, dip tanks, silos,
windmills, fencing,
harvesters, etc
Roads, bridges,
energy, water
services,
sanitation,
library, crèches,
early childhood
centres, Police
stations,
clinics, houses,
small rural
towns
revitalisation.
1. State and Public Land
lease hold
2. Private Land
Free hold with limited
extent
3.Foreign land ownership
A combination of
freehold with limited
extent and leasehold;
and,
4. Communal land
Communal tenure:
communal tenure with
institutionalized use
rights.
5. Institutions
5.1 Land Commission
5.2 Valuer General
5.3 National Rural Youth
Service Corps
5.4 Rural Investment and
Development
Financing Facility
Food Security:
Strategic
Partnerships:
• Mentoring
•Co-management
•Share equity
Modalities
being worked out
between the
Dept and
farmers; big and
small
Meeting Basic
Human Needs
Enterprise
development
Agro-village industries;
credit facilities; markets
Phase I
Phase II
Phase III
Tenure System Reform
Rural
development
measurables
•Residential
•Economic
•Social
Services
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Outer Boundary:
Single Title
Title Holder: Governance
Structure.
COMMUNALLY
OWNED:
Collective and
individual
enterprise and
industrial sector
TRADITIONAL
MANAGEMENT
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HOUSEHOLD
SECTOR:
Basic unit of
production
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COMMUNALLY OWNED:
Roles:
• Title Holder
• Adjudication of
disputes on land
allocation and use
• Reference Point
•Land allocation
COMMUNITY-
PUBLIC-PRIVATE-
COLLABORATION
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DRDLR , SANBI and DEA have formed a partnership to implement the Land Reform Biodiversity Stewardship Initiative (LRBSI) in 2008
The initiative was meant to promote conservation stewardship as away to engage with owners of land on which critical biodiversityoccurs. Mutually beneficial scope exists for the biodiversity sectorto work in partnership with the land owner most of them being landreform beneficiaries.
Achievements included :1. Several Learning Exchanges2. Strategy3. LRBSI Guidelines4. Reference Group was established
CONTRIBUTION OF THE DRDLR ON THE BIODIVERSITY STEWARDSHIP
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Legend
DECISION MAKING MATRIX
Impact on biodiversity conservation
Fe
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High impact, high feasibility
Low impact, high feasibility
High impact, difficult to pursue
Low impact, difficult to pursue
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LRBSI Guidelines
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DRDLR’ s PLEDGE
• DRDLR remains resolute in supportingprogressive initiatives subject to the availabilityof funds
• The DRDLR is supporting Bird monitoringproject by SANBI in Mopani and Sekhukhune• Citizen scientist recruitment and training• Atlasing (Data recording)
• The DRDLR shall always work hand in handwith others to revitalize the LRBSI
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