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Status Quo Report Midmar Dam looking towards the snow covered Drakensberg © Kevan Zunckel uMgungundlovu District Municipality Strategic Environmental Assessment and Strategic Environmental Management Plan – STATUS QUO REPORT Reference: Tender No. 18/2010 Date: 12 June 2012 Submitted by: Submitted to: Mr Roger Davis and Mr Kevan Zunckel Nosipho Ntanzi ISIKHUNGUSETHU ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES (PTY) uMgungundlovu District Municipality 242 Langalibalele Street LTD P O Box 13919 Pietermaritzburg, 3201 Cascades, 3202 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (033) 897 6798 Tel: (082) 926 1348 Fax: (033) 394 5561 Fax: (033) 342 5741 In association with: ZUNCKEL ECOLOGICAL + ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES and mapping by AFZELIA ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS cc uMgungundlovu District Municipality Strategic Environmental Assessment and Strategic Environmental Management Plan – STATUS QUO REPORT uMgungundlovu District Municipality Strategic Environmental Assessment and Strategic Environmental Management Plan – STATUS QUO REPORT Submitted to: Submitted by: AFZELIA Environmental Consultants cc Isikhungusethu (Pty) Ltd With Specialist input from: Thorn-Ex cc (Environmental Services) 12 June 2012 Isikhungusethu Environmental Services (Pty) Ltd in association with Page | ii Zunckel Ecological and Environmental Services and Afzelia Environmental Consulting cc uMgungundlovu District Municipality Strategic Environmental Assessment and Strategic Environmental Management Plan – STATUS QUO REPORT Indemnity and conditions relating to this report The findings, results, observations, conclusions and recommendations given in this report are based on the author’s best scientific and professional knowledge as well as available information. The report is based on survey and assessment techniques which are limited by time and budgetary constraints relevant to the type and level of investigation undertaken and Isikhungusethu Environmental Services (Pty) Ltd in association with Zunckel Ecological + Environmental Services and Afzelia Environmental Consulting cc and its staff reserve the right to modify aspects of the report including the recommendations if and when new information may become available from on-going research or further work in this field, or pertaining to this investigation. Although Isikhungusethu Environmental Services (Pty) Ltd in association with Zunckel Ecological + Environmental Services and Afzelia Environmental Consulting cc exercises due care and diligence in rendering services and preparing documents, Isikhungusethu Environmental Services (Pty) Ltd in association with Zunckel Ecological + Environmental Services and Afzelia Environmental Consulting cc accepts no liability, and the client, by receiving this document, indemnifies Isikhungusethu Environmental Services (Pty) Ltd in association with Zunckel Ecological + Environmental Services and Afzelia Environmental Consulting cc and its directors, managers, agents and employees against all actions, claims, demands, losses, liabilities, costs, damages and expenses arising from or in connection with services rendered, directly or indirectly by Isikhungusethu Environmental Services (Pty) Ltd in association with Zunckel Ecological + Environmental Services and Afzelia Environmental Consulting cc and by the use of the information contained in this document. Copyright This report must not be altered or added to without the prior written consent of the author. This also refers to electronic copies of this report which are supplied for the purposes of inclusion as parts of other reports, including main reports. Similarly, any recommendations, statements or conclusions drawn from or based on this report must make reference to this report. If these form part of a main report relating to this investigation or report, this report must be included in its entirety as an appendix or separate section to the main report. Citation When used in a reference, this report should be cited as follows: Isikhungusethu Environmental Services. May 2012. Status Quo Report for the uMgungundlovu District Municipality Strategic Environmental Assessment and Strategic Environmental Management, Isikhungusethu Environmental Services (Pty) Ltd, Pietermaritzburg. Isikhungusethu Environmental Services (Pty) Ltd in association with Page | iii Zunckel Ecological and Environmental Services and Afzelia Environmental Consulting cc uMgungundlovu District Municipality Strategic Environmental Assessment and Strategic Environmental Management Plan – STATUS QUO REPORT Table of Contents 1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION AND PROJECT BRIEF............................................................................................................... 1 1.2 OVERALL APPROACH TO PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION ......................................................................................... 3 1.3 THE ROLE OF THE STATUS QUO REPORT IN THE SEA AND IEMP PROCESS ............................................................. 3 1.4 LOCATION OF THE STUDY AREA ..................................................................................................................... 4 1.5 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND PARTICIPATION PROCESS ............................................................................... 5 2 LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK ...................................................................................................................... 6 2.1 OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................................ 6 2.2 LEGISLATION ............................................................................................................................................. 6 2.3 SEA & EMP ........................................................................................................................................... 12 2.3.1 SEA .................................................................................................................................................. 13 2.3.2 Strategic Environmental Management Plan ................................................................................... 13 2.3.3 EMP ................................................................................................................................................. 13 3 NATURAL CAPITAL ................................................................................................................................. 14 3.1 GEOPHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ..................................................................................................................... 14 3.1.1 Topography ..................................................................................................................................... 14 3.1.2 Climate ............................................................................................................................................ 15 3.1.3 Geology and Land Types ................................................................................................................. 16 3.1.4 Hydrology and Water Resources ..................................................................................................... 17 3.1.5 Air Quality ....................................................................................................................................... 32 3.2 BIOPHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ...................................................................................................................... 40 3.2.1 Vegetation and Habitat Types ........................................................................................................ 40 3.2.2 Species of Special Concern .............................................................................................................. 43 3.2.3 Protected Areas and other Conservation Areas .............................................................................. 44 3.2.4 Ecological Corridors ........................................................................................................................ 50 3.2.5 Sensitive Ecosystems ....................................................................................................................... 51 3.2.6 Transformation ............................................................................................................................... 55 3.2.7 Biodiversity Sector Plan ................................................................................................................... 61 3.3 BIOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE ........................................................................................... 67 3.3.1 Impacts of climate change on biodiversity and ecosystem services ............................................... 68 3.3.2 Mitigation of climate change impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services.............................. 69 4 CULTURAL HERITAGE ............................................................................................................................. 71 4.1 STUDY APPROACH .................................................................................................................................... 72 4.1.1 Methodology ................................................................................................................................... 72 4.1.2 Limitations .....................................................................................................................................
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