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Wetland Report | 2017 FRANCES BAARD DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY WETLAND REPORT | 2017 LOCAL ACTION FOR BIODIVERSITY (LAB): WETLANDS SOUTH AFRICA Biodiversity for Life South African National Biodiversity Institute Full Program Title: Local Action for Biodiversity: Wetland Management in a Changing Climate Sponsoring USAID Office: USAID/Southern Africa Cooperative Agreement Number: AID-674-A-14-00014 Contractor: ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability – Africa Secretariat Date of Publication: September 2017 Author: R. Fisher DISCLAIMER: The author’s views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government. FOREWORD Wetlands are important features in the landscape The Frances Baard District Municipality, in that provide numerus beneficial services for people partnership with various stakeholders, is committed and nature. Some of the valuable functions include to the maintenance and protection of our wetlands protecting an improving water quality, providing as functioning ecosystems. It is our wish that the natural habitats, storing floodwaters, maintaining implementation of this report will create further surface water during dry periods and aesthetic open awareness amongst our communities and local space. authorities. Wetlands are not only crucial for the Most of the wetlands of the Frances Baard local tourism industry, but the conservation of these District may usually appear dry, dependant on natural assets is also crucial to ensure that they are seasonal rainwater when they briefly flourish full preserved for the health and recreational benefit of of life. Other wetlands remain wet for longer, communities. particularly those receiving treated sewerage such I would like to take this opportunity to express as Ganspan in Jan Kempdorp and the world-famous my sincere gratitude to ICLEI Africa for their Kamfersdam north of Kimberley. These wetlands philanthropic consideration that led to the provide reliable refuges for waterbirds in a semi-arid implementation of the LAB Wetlands South Africa area. Kamfersdam is an important tourist attraction Project in Frances Baard District Municipality. and is particularly significant as it is one of the very It is with great pleasure that I present you with few breeding sites for the Lesser Flamingo. the Wetland Report for the Frances Baard District Our wetlands are under enormous pressure. Municipality. I am conscious of the fact that when The most significant threats to some of the wetlands we work for the environment it will continue to work are poor water quality, due to unacceptably high for us. levels of nitrates, phosphates and heavy metals Let’s make it happen. from poorly treated sewage effluent. The expansion of urban development towards wetlands have become recent threats despite conservancy areas mapped as green zones in the local municipalities’’ spatial development frameworks. The lack of a proper management plan is a matter of great concern, but we are determined to overcome CLLR B.V. XIMBA political apathy concerning wetlands. Executive Mayor I want to humbly appeal to tourists and local Frances Baard District residents to make it their responsibility to ensure Municipality that they treat these areas with respect by not littering or exploiting the natural resources that have earned these areas such acclaim. FRANCES BAARD DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY: WETLAND REPORT I 2017 1 ICLEI – LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR SUSTAINABILITY [email protected] +27 21 202 0381 www.africa.iclei.org www.twitter.com/ICLEIAfrica ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability is the In order to strengthen the role cities and local leading global network of over 1,500 cities, towns and governments play in the pursuit of greater regions committed to building a sustainable future. sustainability through the collaborative design and By helping the ICLEI Network to become sustainable, implementation of integrated urban development low-carbon, ecomobile, resilient, biodiverse, resource- and effective biodiversity management, the ICLEI efficient, healthy and happy, with a green economy Cities Biodiversity Center (ICLEI CBC) was created in and smart infrastructure, we impact over 25% of the 2009. The ICLEI CBC is located in Cape Town, South global urban population. Africa, embedded in the Africa Regional Office of ICLEI. We offer cities a broad portfolio of supportive ICLEI Africa’s work is conducted by a dynamic and services through our dedicated team of passionate, passionate team of professionals that seek to work skilled and dynamic biodiversity and urban with cities to ensure a more sustainable future, with a development experts. specific focus on urban biodiversity matters. 2 2017 I FRANCES BAARD DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY: WETLAND REPORT ICLEI CITIES BIODIVERSITY CENTER LOCAL ACTION FOR BIODIVERSITY PROGRAMME [email protected] +27 21 202 0381 www.africa.iclei.org www.twitter.com/ICLEIAfrica The ICLEI Cities Biodiversity Center aims to create buffers further biodiversity loss, improves the urban BiodiverCities, which promote urban biodiversity for standard of living, and provides local opportunities the many benefits they offer, including human well- for global education and awareness. being, poverty alleviation, habitat conservation, air and water quality, climate change adaptation and ICLEI’s Local Action for Biodiversity (LAB) programme mitigation, food provision, fortified infrastructure is a unique global biodiversity programme run by resilience, and happiness of citizens. The ICLEI Cities Biodiversity Center. The LAB Program is aimed at improving and enhancing ecosystem BiodiverCities are aware that ecosystem services management at the local level, and is recognized contribute towards many essential municipal globally as the leading results-driven local government services, as well as towards the local economy, biodiversity initiative. Currently, LAB is working on sustainability and social well-being of their cities. wetland restoration in South Africa under the Local Biodiversity in cities provides a critical contribution Action for Biodiversity: Wetlands South Africa (LAB towards achieving the global biodiversity targets. It Wetlands SA) project. FRANCES BAARD DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY: WETLAND REPORT I 2017 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������1 ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������2 ICLEI Cities Biodiversity Center �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������3 Local Action for Biodiversity Programme ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������3 Table of Contents �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������4 List of Acronyms and Abbreviations �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������6 List of Figures ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������7 Executive Summary ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������8 Introduction �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������9 1 WhatisaWetland? ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������11 I 1�1 Types of Wetlands ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������11 1�2 Classifying Wetlands ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������12 1�3 The Value of Wetlands �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������13 2 I WhatisBiodiversity? �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������14 3 WetlandsandBiodiversityWithinFrancesBaarddistrictMunicipality ��������������������������������15 I 3�1 Mapping Wetlands within Frances Baard District Municipality ������������������������������������������������������������������������17 3�2 Key Wetlands within Frances Baard District Municipality ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������18 3.2.1 Kamfers Dam ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������19 3.2.2 Benfontein ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������20
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