Agenda

What is a conservancy

Does Gulu need a conservancy

Questions & Answers

Way forward?

What is a Conservancy?A conservancy is a registered voluntary association

between land users/landowners who co-operatively

wish to manage their natural resources in an

environmentally friendly manner

without necessarily changing the land-use

of their properties

Local examples:

Cove Rock

Tyolumnqa

Status of natural resources on private land

is improved by landowners being involved

in a community manner in the

conservation of their own resources

Collective Representation of Diverse Interests

Agriculture

Ecotourism

Residential

Nature Reserves

Public Facilities

Why Form a Conservancy?

Promote and integrate better stake-holder relations

Prevent degradation and devaluation of land

Protection of environment

Promotion of ecotourism

Community upliftment projects

Increased land values

Government

Gazette

REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

Vol. 524 Cape Town 11 February 2009 No. 31884

CHAPTER 4

ESTUARIES

33. National estuarine management protocol 25

34. Estuarine management plans

Vol. 524 Cape Town 11 February 2009 No. 31884

THE PRESIDENCY

No. 138 11 February 2009

It is hereby notified that the President has assented to the following Act, which is hereby published for general information:–

No. 24 of 2008: National Environmental Management: Integrated Coastal Management Act, 2008.

National Estuarine Management Protocol Objectives (ICMA)

Conserve, manage and enhance sustainable economic and social use of estuaries

Maintain ecological interactions between estuaries, their catchments and other ecosystems

Cooperative management between government , private sector and civil society

Promote estuarine and environmental awareness, education and training

Precautionary approach to utilization of estuarine habitat and resources

BCM Land Use Proposals

Gulu Catchment Area as starting point?Sandili bainsii

Illustrative Gulu Issues

Marine Protected Area management

Estuary management and development

Re-instatement of Gulu nature Reserve

Maintenance of tertiary roads and beach access

Improvement/re-instatement of public facilities

R72 – traffic control

Effective and co-operative land use

Addressing of staff accommodation and community

upliftment Questions ……

Way forward ……..

Gulu Conservancy

Working Group

(GCWG)

Elect reps to GCWG

Memberspresent infavour ordecline GCWG

GCWGDraft

constitution

VisionObjectives

Time frame

December 2013

FormationGC