SYSTEMATIC CONSERVATION PLANNING IN THE CAPE FLORISTIC REGION AND SUCCULENT KAROO, SOUTH AFRICA: ENABLING SOUND SPATIAL PLANNING AND IMPROVED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT

Susie Brownlie (), Charl de Villiers (), Amanda Driver (), Nancy Job (), Amrei von Hase () and Kristal Maze ()
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Susie Brownlie: deVilliers Brownlie Associates, 21 Menin Avenue, Claremont, 7708, South Africa
Charl de Villiers: Botanical Society of South Africa, Pvt Bag X10, Claremont, 7735, South Africa
Amanda Driver: Botanical Society of South Africa, Pvt Bag X10, Claremont, 7735, South Africa
Nancy Job: Botanical Society of South Africa, Pvt Bag X10, Claremont, 7735, South Africa
Amrei von Hase: Botanical Society of South Africa, Pvt Bag X10, Claremont, 7735, South Africa
Kristal Maze: South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pvt Bag X101, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), 2005, vol. 07, issue 02, 201-228

Abstract: The Cape Floristic Region (CFR) and Succulent Karoo are global biodiversity hotspots. The CFR is one of six plant kingdoms worldwide. The CFR and most of the Succulent Karoo lie within South Africa. South Africa has ratified the Biodiversity Convention, and must accordingly safeguard its biodiversity. Environmental assessment (EA) can help to achieve this end. Environmental legislation in South Africa requires EA for activities at project, not strategic level. However, strategic environmental assessment has been mandatory since 2000 for preparing municipal spatial development frameworks (SDFs). By setting targets for ecosystem conservation and providing thresholds of significance, systematic conservation planning can make a significant contribution to the sound preparation of SDFs, and effective EA at planning and project levels. In South Africa, the integration of systematic conservation planning with spatial planning and EA is recent. Based on examples, the main challenges for the future are identified.

Keywords: Systematic conservation planning; environmental assessment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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