ALIEN PLANT CONTROL AND THE NRM APPROACH Bridget Munyantore, ERS - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

ALIEN PLANT CONTROL AND THE NRM APPROACH

Bridget Munyantore, ERS

HOW WE TACKLE IT…

• Recognise paradox

species in landscape

• Need to manage alien

plants

• Respect legislation

(NEMBA etc)

• Apply DEA NRM & EPWP

norms & standards

RATIONALE

• Current NRM approach is sub-optimal,

unrealistic, and unsustainable. Hectares and dependancy increasing

• By taking a holistic management approach and

embedding alien management within wider landscape into the main livelihood activity of communal farmers, we are testing a new sustainability

model for long-term ecosystem health and provisioning

STRATEGIC APPROACH

• COMPLY WITH DEA

NORMS & EPWP PROCEDURES

• MODIFY APPROACH TO

MEET WIDER LANDSCAPE NEEDS (restoration of ecological infrastructure)

• LINK WITH LIVELIHOOD

STRATEGIES (savings groups, livestock farming, food security, etc)

BY IMPROVING LAND USE IN LIVING LANDSCAPES, WE ARE SECURING:

HEALTHY ECOSYSTEM SERVICES & FUNCTIONS

• SOUND

GRASSLAND COMPOSITION & BASAL COVER

IMPLEMENTING APPROACH

• Awareness & planning with

leadership

• Target rangeland areas – pick your

battle zones

• Training and equipping beneficiaries
• Teams clear areas, map and report to

DEA

• Ecorangers maintain cleared areas,

assist with follow up

• Post alien clearing maintenance

through appropriate livestock management to ‘’kickstart’damaged areas

• Incentives (stipends, in kind,

Ecoranger support etc for compliance monitoring and guidance.

Paying wages

for eradication through

projects

Enabling restoration for productive landscapes through

livelihood incentives

Thank you