National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act, 2003 (Act No. 57 of 2003)NoticesNorms and Standards for the Inclusion of Private Nature Reserves in the Register of Protected Areas of South AfricaChapter 4 : The Management of a Private Nature Reserve10. Ecological intergrity maintained |
| (1) | A private nature reserve must be managed for the purpose for which it was declared as required in terms of section 40(1)(a) of the Act. |
| (2) | A remote sensing review should be done using the latest Land Cover Database or platforms such as Google earth to ensure that— |
| (a) | no destruction or transformation of habitat has taken place; |
| (b) | no new crops have been planted replacing natural habitat; or |
| (c) | housing and tourism based development complies with the management plan and zonation plan of the private nature reserve. |
| (3) | The provincial organ of state responsible for nature conservation will conduct site visits to— |
| (a) | verify the remote sensing assessment; |
| (b) | verify the implementation of the management plan as submitted, particularly the programme to remove alien and Invasive species in terms of section 41 of the Act and section 76 of the Biodiversity Act; |
| (c) | ensure that there is no introduction of species that were not naturally occurring or previously found within the reserve; |
| (d) | ensure that the reserve is not used for stud breeding especially In feedlots or controlled camps of indigenous species and of colour variants of indigenous species; and |
| (e) | ensure that there is minimal management interference, especially with regard to supplementary feeding that should be seen as the exception, and nota norm. |