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South African National Parks: Conservation, Heritage, and Transformation

Learn about the South African National Parks (SANParks) and their mission to develop, manage, and preserve the country's biodiversity, landscapes, and heritage assets for the benefit of all. Discover how SANParks is working towards effective transformation and promoting broad-based black economic empowerment. Explore the various management areas, operations, budget, infrastructure projects, and public services offered by SANParks.

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South African National Parks: Conservation, Heritage, and Transformation

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  1. Presentation to Parliamentary Committee March 2010 Dr MD Mabunda

  2. Introduction • South Africans have a deep & ensuring love for their national parks • National Parks are places we treasure because they embody our highest ideals & values • National Parks tell our stories & speak of our identity as a people and a nation • In 1926 Parliament created the NPB (SANParks predecessor) to manage a growing collection of special places “unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations” • The world has changed profoundly since that time & so has the national park idea, adapting to the needs of a changing society • At the core of the idea abides an ethic that embraces the preservation of nature & our shared heritage and promotes regard for their significance inside the parks and through our country.

  3. Mandate • SANParks was established in terms of the National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act 57 of 2003; • Mandate: Conserve; Protect; Control; and Manage National Parks System and other defined protected areas, including their biological diversity (Biodiversity); • Subject to Public Finance Management Act, Act 1 of 1999 (as amended by Act 29 of 1999), and listed as Schedule 3 Part A: 25 public entities; • Manages 22 National Parks countrywide.

  4. Vision and Mission VISIONNational parks will be the pride and joy of all South Africans and of the world MISSIONTo develop and manage a system of national parks that represents the biodiversity, landscapes, and associated heritage assets of South Africa for the sustainable use and benefit of all TRANSFORMATION MISSIONTo ensure effective transformation both within SANParks and the broader society and economy through the implementation of broad-based black economic empowerment as espoused by the sector BEE scorecard

  5. Core management areas:

  6. South Africa, is a country rich in biodiversity: Arguably 3rd highest in the world

  7. Conservation

  8. Conservation

  9. Conservation

  10. Tourism

  11. Operations: Parks

  12. Operations: Parks

  13. Operations: Kruger

  14. Operations: Kruger

  15. Operations: Kruger

  16. Finance

  17. Budget 2010/11

  18. EPWP projects

  19. Infrastructure

  20. New Infrastructure: Agulhas National Park

  21. Human Resources

  22. Human Resources

  23. Communications

  24. Communications

  25. Communications

  26. South African National ParksServing the Public On-line reservations www.sanparks.org Thank You

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