MINISTRY OF LANDS AND RESETTLEMENT Integrated Regional Land Use Plan for the Zambezi Region (Volume 2) Prepared by: Integrated Regional Land Use Plan for the Zambezi Region, Namibia (Land-Use Plan – Volume 2) SPC, APF Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION TO INTEGRATED REGIONAL LAND USE PLANNING .................... 2 1.1 STRUCTURE OF THE ZAMBEZI INTEGRATED REGIONAL LAND USE PLAN .................................. 3 1.2 LAND USE PLANNING PROCESS ...................................................................................................... 3 1.2.1 Community and Stakeholder Participation ........................................................................ 4 1.2.2 Geographical information system (GIS) ............................................................................... 6 1.2.3 Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) inputs ......................................................... 6 2 STRATEGIC PRINCIPLES FOR THE ZAMBEZI REGION ................................................. 8 2.1 NATIONAL TARGETS FOR MAIN SECTORS: VISION 2030 AND NDP 4 ........................................ 8 2.2 VISIONS AND CORE OBJECTIVES IDENTIFIED FOR THE REGION ................................................ 11 2.3 NATIONAL INPUTS INTO THE IRLUP ........................................................................................... 14 3 CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF THE LAND USES WITHIN THE REGION 15 3.1 LIVESTOCK FARMING – CHALLENGES ............................................................................................ 15 3.2 LIVESTOCK FARMING - OPPORTUNITIES....................................................................................... 16 3.3 DRY-LAND CROP FARMING, IRRIGATION AND HORTICULTURE – CONSTRAINTS AND CHALLENGES .................................................................................................................................................. 19 3.4 IRRIGATION – CONSTRAINTS AND CHALLENGES .......................................................................... 19 3.5 DRY-LAND CROP FARMING, IRRIGATION, HORTICULTURE – OPPORTUNITIES AND POTENTIALS 21 3.6 NATURAL RESOURCE HARVESTING – CHALLENGES ..................................................................... 23 3.7 NATURAL RESOURCE HARVESTING – OPPORTUNITIES AND POTENTIALS ................................. 23 3.8 TOURISM AND CONSERVATION - CHALLENGES AND CONFLICTS ................................................ 23 3.9 TOURISM AND CONSERVATION – OPPORTUNITIES AND POTENTIALS ....................................... 24 3.10 FISHING AND FISH FARMING – CONSTRAINTS AND CHALLENGES ............................................... 25 3.11 FISHING AND FISH FARMING – OPPORTUNITIES AND POTENTIALS ............................................ 26 3.12 ECONOMIC VALUES OF SECTORS .................................................................................................... 30 4 LAND-USE PROPOSALS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE ZAMBEZI REGION 31 4.1 PRINCIPLE 1: SUPPORT TO REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ............................................. 31 4.2 PRINCIPLE 2: CLUSTER RURAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO SECONDARY GROWTH POINTS (NODE DEVELOPMENT) ................................................................................................................................ 33 4.3 PRINCIPLE 3: PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES ............................... 34 4.4 LAND USE RECOMMENDATIONS .................................................................................................... 34 March 2015 i | P a g e Integrated Regional Land Use Plan for the Zambezi Region, Namibia (Land-Use Plan – Volume 2) SPC, APF 4.4.1 Agriculture sector ....................................................................................................................... 36 4.4.2 Tourism and Conservation ...................................................................................................... 42 4.4.3 Fishing Sector ............................................................................................................................... 56 4.4.4 Infrastructure Development Proposals ............................................................................. 59 4.4.5 Eastern Floodplains ................................................................................................................... 67 5. CONCLUSION ........................................................................................................................... 70 6. STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (SEA) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .... 77 7. IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING OF THE ZAMBEZI IRLUP ........................ 86 8. BIBLIOGRAPHY ...................................................................................................................... 88 ANNEXURE A: ISSUES AND RESPONSES.................................................................................. 90 List of Figures Figure 1: Grazing potential within the Zambezi Region ........................................................ 18 Figure 2: Potential for Crop cultivation in the Zambezi Region ............................................ 22 Figure 3: 2011 Floods in the Zambezi Region ....................................................................... 28 Figure 4: Historical floods within Zambezi region ................................................................ 29 Figure 5: Agriculture land use proposals .............................................................................. 41 Figure 6: Examples of management of various land uses ..................................................... 43 Figure 7: Spatial allocation of lodges and community access to river .................................. 43 Figure 8: Proposed Tourism Priority areas ........................................................................... 45 Figure 9: Buffer Areas .......................................................................................................... 47 Figure 10: Core Conservation zone ...................................................................................... 49 Figure 11: Examples of wildlife corridors in North America (Trans-Canada Highway) .......... 51 Figure 12: Wildlife Corridors ................................................................................................ 52 Figure 13: Proposed Conservation Land use Areas in the Zambezi Region ........................... 55 Figure 14: Fishing zone ........................................................................................................ 58 Figure 15: Illustration of a district/ward plan....................................................................... 60 Figure 16: Katima Mulilo Town Planning Scheme ................................................................ 62 Figure 17: recommendations on the urban sector ............................................................... 64 Figure 18: REcommendations on the infrastructure sector .................................................. 66 Figure 19: Flood risks areas within the Eastern Zambezi ...................................................... 68 Figure 20: Zambezi Land Use plan ....................................................................................... 76 Figure 21: Institutional and administrative framework of IRLUPs ........................................ 86 March 2015 ii | P a g e Integrated Regional Land Use Plan for the Zambezi Region, Namibia (Land-Use Plan – Volume 2) SPC, APF List of Tables: Table 1: List of stakeholder participation workshops and discussions .................................... 5 Table 2: Modelled estimates for current annual economic direct use values in the Zambezi Region (N$, 2013) ............................................................................................................... 30 Table 3: recommended land uses within the Communal support livestock area .................. 37 Table 4: Land use activities within the irrigation area .......................................................... 39 Table 5: Land Use in Multiple Use Area ............................................................................... 40 Table 6: recommended land use Regulations for tourism Areas .......................................... 44 Table 7: RECOMMENDED land use Requirements for the Buffer Areas................................ 46 Table 8: recommended land use requirements for the Core Conservation zone .................. 48 Table 9: recommended land use requirements for the Wildlife Corridors ........................... 51 Table 10: recommended land use requirements for the STATE FOREST .............................. 54 Table 11: Land use recommendations for the Fish PROTECTION Areas ................................ 56 Table 12: Land use recommendations for lake liambezi ...................................................... 57 Table 13: Modelled estimates for current annual economic direct use values in the Zambezi Region (N$, 2013) ............................................................................................................... 70 Table 14: Spatial Scenario’s for 2030 ................................................................................... 72 Table 15: Summary land use table ....................................................................................... 73 March 2015 iii | P a g e Integrated Regional Land Use Plan for the Zambezi Region, Namibia (Land-Use Plan – Volume 2) SPC, APF List of Abbreviations and Acronyms APF Africa Planning Forum CBT Commodity-based Trade CBNRM Community