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The Waterberg Biosphere Reserve : a land use model for ecotourism development
Thesis (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2004.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/27683 The Waterberg Biosphere Reserve : a land use model for ecotourism development Bredenkamp, George J. gadk@mweb.co.za De Klerk, Annemie Tourism Waterberg biosphere reserve Development UCTD Thesis (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2004. South Africa became part of the international world in 1994, an event that led to its involvement in UNESCO's Man and Biosphere (MaB) in 1995. The Waterberg Biosphere Reserve in the Limpopo Province in turn received international recognition in March 2001. With its diverse natural and cultural features, low development impact and clear land use zonation pattern, the Waterberg Biosphere Reserve forms an ideal eco-destination as defined by the IUCN. The Limpopo Province is one of the poorest provinces in the country. As such one of its main objectives is economic growth aim at combating poverty. Tourism has been identified as one of the economic pillars in the Province. To achieve economic growth in the tourism field it must thus be ensured that the tourist destinations are well planned and protected. The Waterberg Biosphere Reserve strategically and physically links the poorer rural communities of Bakenberg in the west to the existing wildlife/game industry on private land, an aspect that provides excellent opportunities to enhance community tourism development initiatives supported by private industry and government. With its large representation of stakeholders on the Waterberg Biosphere Reserve Management Committee, it serves as an ideal forum for discussing the integrated development plan of the Waterberg and devise means to meet the challenges posed by the unique features of the area. One of the identified challenges is to ensure that the land use zonation pattern in the Waterberg (on which the eco-destination depends) be protected by means of appropriate legislation and land use management practices. Despite the fact that biosphere reserves have not yet been described as a protected area category within the South African legislative framework, a number of prescriptions have been promulgated which directly influence the protection of land uses occurring in a biosphere reserve. These are: the Municipal System Act (South Africa, 2000), the proposed Land Use Management Bill (South Africa, Department of Land Affairs, 2001) and portions of the new National Environmental Management: Protected Area Bill (South Africa, Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, 2002) which provide for the protection of "buffer zones". The Waterberg Biosphere Reserve links the economic strategy of the Limpopo Province with the conservation of its unique conservation features. It further endorses the current zonation pattern in the Waterberg District where the major developments e.g. mining and large industries, take place on the periphery of the district with the Waterberg Biosphere Reserve forming a natural wilderness zone in the centre. The Waterberg Biosphere Reserve, therefore, serves as an ideal land use model for ecotourism development in the Waterberg. Plant Science unrestricted 2013-09-07T12:03:02Z 2003-09-10 2013-09-07T12:03:02Z 2003-05-07 2004-09-10 2003-09-02 Thesis De Klerk, A 2003, The Waterberg Biosphere Reserve : a land use model for ecotourism development, MSc thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27683 > http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27683 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09022003-113240/ © 2003, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Tourism Waterberg biosphere reserve Development UCTD The Waterberg Biosphere Reserve : a land use model for ecotourism development |
| title | The Waterberg Biosphere Reserve : a land use model for ecotourism development |
| title_full | The Waterberg Biosphere Reserve : a land use model for ecotourism development |
| title_fullStr | The Waterberg Biosphere Reserve : a land use model for ecotourism development |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Waterberg Biosphere Reserve : a land use model for ecotourism development |
| title_short | The Waterberg Biosphere Reserve : a land use model for ecotourism development |
| title_sort | waterberg biosphere reserve a land use model for ecotourism development |
| topic | Tourism Waterberg biosphere reserve Development UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27683 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09022003-113240/ |