KOGELBERG BIOSPHERE RESERVE

FRAMEWORK PLAN

KOGELBERG BIOSPHERE RESERVE

FRAMEWORK PLAN

KOGELBERG BIOSPHERE RESERVE COMPANY September 2012

TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ...... 1 CHAPTER 7: CONSULTATION ON THE FRAMEWORK PLAN ...... 43 1.1 Role of Biosphere Reserves ...... 1 7.1 Scope of Consultation...... 43 1.2 Role of Biosphere Reserves in Planning ...... 1 7.2 Summary of Comment Received ...... 44 1.3 Need for a Framework Plan ...... 1 7.3 Participatory Process Assessment ...... 48 1.4 Appointment...... 2 CHAPTER 8: WAY FORWARD ...... 50 1.5 Purpose of the Framework Plan ...... 2 1.6 Framework Plan Report ...... 3 1.7 Study Area ...... 3 References 1.8 Institutional Arrangements ...... 3 1.9 Report Structure ...... 4 List of Tables 1.10 Framework Plan Limitations ...... 5 Table 1: KBR SPCs 1.11 Limits of Liability and Warranty Disclaimer ...... 6 Table 2: Appropriate Land Uses and Activities in KBR SPCs Table 3: Key Landscape Connectivity Areas Identified in the KBR CHAPTER 2: ISSUES, INFORMANTS AND INTERVENTIONS ...... 7 Table 4: KBR Proposed Sub-Products and Programmes CHAPTER 3: COMPILATION OF THE FRAMEWORK PLAN ...... 9

3.1 Planning Approach ...... 9 List of Diagrams 3.2 Planning Methodology ...... 9 Diagram 1: Socio-ecological Concept 3.3 Spatial Informants ...... 11 Diagram 2: Framework Plan Compilation Process 3.4 Selecting and Delineating Spatial Planning Categories ...... 13 Diagram 3: KBR Socio-economic Context CHAPTER 4: THE FRAMEWORK PLAN ...... 16 Diagram 4: KBR Ecological Context Diagram 5: KBR Socio-ecological Spatial Concept CHAPTER 5: APPLICATION OF THE FRAMEWORK PLAN ...... 22 Diagram 6: Aligning CBAs and SPCs 5.1 Rural Land Uses and Managing of Rural Land Use Change ...... 22 5.2 Land Use Management Priority Areas ...... 28 5.3 Rural Management Guidelines and Principles ...... 31 List of Figures 5.4 Limitations of the SPC Map ...... 33 Figure 1: 1998 KBR Spatial Plan Figure 2: Planning Domain CHAPTER 6: IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY ...... 34 Figure 3: Framework Plan 6.1 Implementation Strategy ...... 34 Figure 4: Land Use Management Priority Areas 6.2 Sub-products and Programmes ...... 34

6.2.1 Participation and Sub-product and Programme Considerations ...... 34 List of Annexures 6.2.2 Proposed Sub-Products and Programmes ...... 35 Annexure A: List of Registered I&APs Annexure B: Record of Consultation Annexure C: Inventory of Rural Development Programmes

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ACRONYMS

ABET Adult Basic Education and Training MAB Man and the Biosphere AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome MAI Mean Annual Increment BEE Black Economic Empowerment MAP Madrid Action Plan BGIS Biodiversity GIS MoU Memorandum of Understanding BOCMA Breede- Catchment Management Agency MPA Marine Protected Area BR Biosphere Reserve MTO Mountain to Ocean CoCT City of NEMBA National Environmental Management: Biodiversity C.A.P.E Cape Action for People and the Environment Act; (Act 57 of 2003) CASP Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme NTS National Tourism Strategy CBA Critical Biodiversity Area ODM Overberg District Municipality CTRU Cape Town Routes Unlimited PAE Protected Area Expansion DEA&DP Department of Environmental Affairs PSDF Provincial Spatial Development Framework and Development Planning RADP Recapitalisation and Development Programme DAFF Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries RDA Rural Development Area DBSA Development Bank of S.K.E.P Succulent Eco-system Programme DEA Department of Environmental Affairs SAFCOL South African Forestry Company DMO Destination Marketing Organisation SANBI South African National Botanical Institute DPW Department of Public Works SAT South African Tourism DRDLR Department of Rural Development and Land Reform SATS South African Transport Services DWA Department of Water Affairs SBL Setback Line EIA Environmental Impact Assessment SDF Spatial Development Framework EMF Environmental Management Framework SETA Sector Education and Training Authority ESA Ecological Support Area SMA Special Management Area FP Framework Plan SMME Small, Micro and Medium Enterprise GDP Gross Domestic Product SPC Spatial Planning Category GWUA Groenland Water User Association SPOT Système Probatoire d‟Observation de la Terre HDI Historically Disadvantaged Individual TB Tuberculosis HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus TMG Group HPUAL High Potential and Unique Agricultural Land TWK Theewaterskloof I&AP Interested and Affected Party UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural IDP Integrated Development Plan Organisation KBR Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve VOC Dutch East-India Company KBRC Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve Company WCG Western Cape Government KCIMP Kogelberg Coast Integrated Management Plan WCRS Western Cape Reconciliation Strategy KOBIO Kogelberg Biosphere Association WWF World Wildlife Fund LED Local Economic Development WWTW Waste Water Treatment Works LUMS Land Use Management System

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PREFACE

The Framework Plan responds to a need identified in the Kogelberg for the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve Company to partner with its Biosphere Reserve‟s Strategic Management Framework compiled statutory and social partners in its implementation, including the during 2006/2007, namely to develop “a spatial conservation and following: growth plan” for the biosphere in order to;  The Framework Plan to serve as input to the revision of the  Provide a useful model and starting point for efficient bioregional Integrated Development Plans and sector plans of participating planning and management; municipalities, particularly the rural component of their Spatial  Give spatial effect to UNESCO‟s Man and Biosphere (MAB) Development Frameworks and Environmental Management Programme, and identify appropriate places to promote the Frameworks. achievement of sustainable development; and  Municipalities to apply the Framework Plan guidelines in the  Put in place a planning tool to reconcile and integrate the adjudication of applications for rural land-use change. conflicting interests and pressures that characterise land use  The Framework Plan data and guidelines to positively inform the planning, specifically in rural areas. location, scale and form of private and public developments. Accordingly, the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve Company identified the  The Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve Company and its partners to Framework Plan as an instrument to facilitate coherent planning and pursue and implement projects and programmes put forward in the land use management in terms of the principles of sustainable Framework Plan in order to demonstrate the biosphere‟s sustainable development and to optimize the implementation of the three global development model, particularly those aspects aimed at addressing functions of biosphere reserves, namely conservation, socio-economic the livelihoods of communities, strengthening the conservation development and logistical support. effort, addressing climate change and unlocking the green economy. The engaging of a wide spectrum of policy makers, planners and In recognition of the role of its statutory and social partners in the communities in the preparation of the Framework Plan has highlighted compilation of the Framework Plan, the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve willingness to embrace the socio-ecological spatial concept put Company extends a sincere invitation for their continued partnership forward as a sustainable development model to link biodiversity during the implementation of the Framework Plan and other Kogelberg conservation and socio-economic development for human well-being. Biosphere Reserve initiatives and programmes.