CITY OF CAPE TOWN
BIODIVERSITY NETWORK PRIORITISATION PROJECT
Draft Concept Paper:
Definition and function of nodes and corridors
and criteria for prioritisation and categorisation of the Biodiversity Network
XXX= us, April 2004
1.Introduction
1.1.Purpose of the draft Concept Paper (MTL)
1.2An overview of the concept paper (MTL)
2.Building on city-wide biodiversity conservation and metropolitan open space initiatives
2.1The City of Cape Ton’s Biodiversity Strategy (GB & RK)
2.2The identification of the Biodiversity Network (GB & RK)
2.3Conservation Management Models for the City of Cape Town (ML)
2.4Metropolitan Open Space System (ML)
2.5Assessment (classification and prioritisation) of Rivers and Vleis in the City of Cape Town (KS)
2.6Coastal Zone Management Strategy (ML) - maybe
3.International, national, provincial and local biodiversity conservation planning, categorisation and prioritisation informants (or should we split these up?) (is a desciption of relevance to planning approach, prioritisation and categorisation – i.e. targeted)
3.1National Biodiversity Planning Initiative (RK)
3.2The Protected Areas Act (ML)
3.3National river and wetland classification and prioritisation informants? (KS)
3.4The CAPE Programme and BHUs (RK & GB)
3.5Western Cape Nature Conservation Board’s Protected Areas Categories (ML)
3.6The Biosphere Reserve Concept (RC)
3.7The Bioregional Planning Approach (RC)
3.8The City’s Integrated Development Framework (SDF?) and IDP (RC)
3.9Metropolitan Open Space System (ML)
3.10Summary of approaches adopted in other South African Cities (JE)
4.Biodiversity Conservation Nodes
4.1Biodiversity conservation functions and significance (RK and KS)
4.2Economic and social functions and significance (RC)
5.Biodiversity conservation corridors
5.1Review of literature (RK)
5.2The role of freshwater systems (KS)
5.3Definition and function relevant to City of Cape Town and in the context of the CFR (RK)
6.Prioritisation and categorisation of the Biodiversity Network
6.1The approach to integration of terrestrial and freshwater (&coastal?) components (RK, GB and KS)
6.2The description of categories A,B and C according to a draft set of criteria (RK, GB, KS, RC, JE and ML)
7.Way forward
8.References/Sources
1.Introduction
1.1.Purpose of the draft Concept Paper (MTL)
1.2An overview of the concept paper (MTL)
2.Building on city-wide biodiversity conservation and metropolitan open space initiatives
2.1The City of Cape Ton’s Biodiversity Strategy (GB & RK)
2.2The identification of the Biodiversity Network (GB & RK)
2.3Conservation Management Models for the City of Cape Town (ML)
2.4Metropolitan Open Space System (ML)
2.5Assessment (classification and prioritisation) of Rivers and Vleis in the City of Cape Town (KS)
2.6Coastal Zone Management Strategy (ML) - maybe
3.International, national, provincial and local biodiversity conservation planning, categorisation and prioritisation informants (or should we split these up?) (is a desciption of relevance to planning approach, prioritisation and categorisation – i.e. targeted)
3.1National Biodiversity Planning Initiative (RK)
3.2The Protected Areas Act (ML)
3.3National river and wetland classification and prioritisation informants? (KS)
3.4The CAPEProgramme and BHUs (RK & GB)
3.5Western CapeNature Conservation Board’s Protected Areas Categories (ML)
3.6The Biosphere Reserve Concept (RC)
3.7The Bioregional Planning Approach (RC)
3.8The City’s Integrated Development Framework (SDF?) and IDP (RC)
3.9Metropolitan Open Space System (ML)
(Focuses on categorisation)
3.10Summary of approaches adopted in other South African Cities (JE)
4.Biodiversity Conservation Nodes
4.1Biodiversity conservation functions and significance (RK and KS)
(terrestrial and freshwater – coastal?)must deal with pattern and process
4.2Economic and social functions and significance (RC)
4.2.1Economic opportunities (may include ecological services, sustainable use (consumptive) as well as tourism and recreational value?)
4.2.2Education
4.2.3Other sustainable uses
5.Biodiversity conservation corridors
5.1Review of literature (RK)
5.2The role of freshwater systems (KS)
5.3Definition and function relevant to City of Cape Town and in the context of the CFR (RK)
5.4Criteria for selection (includes the integration of the prioritisation of the rivers and wetlands) (RK)
6.Prioritisation and categorisation of the Biodiversity Network
6.1The approach to integration of terrestrial and freshwater (&coastal?) components (RK, GB and KS)
6.2The description of categories A,B and C according to a draft set of criteria (RK, GB, KS, RC, JE and ML)
7.Way forward (ML)
8.References/Sources (ALL)