Presentation Portfolio and Select Committees Dept Environmental Affairs

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PresentationPortfolio and Select Committees Dept
Environmental Affairs Tourism Public Entities

• 3-4 March 2003,
• VA Waterfront Cape Town

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Achievements 2002/2003

• Expansion of national park system
• Purchases through Govt funding, Park Development
  fund,, National Parks Trust, and NGO donations
  sponsorships
• Addo, Marakele, Agulhas, Cape Peninsula (add
  40,000ha _at_R26,4m)
• Financial position strengthened
• Increased rev generation increased Govt
  Contribution roads Subsidy positive bottom
  line
• Product diversification-4x4 trails, day walks,
  bush braais, tented camps, bush camps,
  multi-tiered accommodation at Addo.
• Private Public sector partnerships
• Lodges and private camps
• Shops, Restaurants Services
• Outsourcing of KNP Vehicle Fleet
• Transfrontier Parks
• GLTP, Limpopo Shashe TP (land consolidation)
  Ai-Ais Richtersveld (work in progress)
• McKinsey Co/SANParks Workshop recommendations
  Restructuring
• Good progress on transformation
• Business partnership with San (Kgalagadi)
• Approval of differential tariffs and per
  diemrates

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Goals

• Expand National Park system
• Targets
• Complete biome protection
• State forest acquisition
• Pondoland, Qwa Qwa, Blyde River
• Agulhas
• Graaff Reinet
• Grassland Park (Potchefstroom)

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• 2. Improving SANParks financial position
• Effective tourism management
• Pricing, loyalty card, yield management, service
  delivery
• Develop vigorous marketing strategy
• Management of PPPs
• Lodges, private camps
• Shops, restaurants, services

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• Conservation Constituency Building programme
• Creating awareness about nature conservation
• Long-term, multi-stakeholder effort. Private
  sector involvement/sponsorship of youth visits to
  parks for environmental experience.
• Spearheaded by SANParks through Director
  Conservation Constituency Building
• Improve profile of black park visitors
• School childrens programme eg Morula Kids,
  Imbewu
• Advocating curriculum changes to include nature
  education.
• Neighbouring community visitor programme
• LSM 6 - 8 sponsored visits

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• 4. Transfrontier Conservation Pursue
  programmes under aegis of Department of
  Environmental Affairs and Tourism.
• Kgalagadi Transfontier Park - consolidation
• Great Limpopo TP - consolidation
• Ai/Ais Richtersveld TP awaiting proclamation
• Limpopo Shashe TP - to be finalised
• Maluti Drakensberg continued SANParks indirect
  involvement
• 5. Develop best practice in biodiversity
  management

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• 7. World Parks Congress
• National Co-ordinator
• Fundraising

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