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Protected area management and Environmental planning projects
- Conducting the first faunal inventory for the Table Mountain National Park, comprising of over 900
- species of vertebrate and invertebrate fauna
- Conducting a footpath inventory of the Southern and Central Peninsula, including developing a
- spatially referenced database as a collaborative project between the Table Mountain National Park
- and CSIR
- Phase 1 development and strategic planning for the Pacaltsdorp Urban Conservancy. Project
- implementer- P. E. Technikon
- Development of alien clearing proposal for the George municipality over a two year period to boost
- the George economy by R5- 7 million- Unsolicited proposal
- Training and mentoring of 15 independent alien clearing contractors for WESSA, totaling 180
- staff.
- Development of IEMS and 5yr Strategic Management Plan for the West Coast National Park,
- Rigtersveld National Park
- Compilation of a 20 year strategic plan for the monitoring and evaluation, institutional and protected
- areas of the Cape Floristic Region as part of the Cape Action for People and the Environment
- (CAPE) as well as the compilation of a funding grant application to the World Bank/UNDP.
- Development and implementation of a conservation based opportunities survey for the Western
- Cape on behalf of Umsobomvu Youth Fund in collaboration with WCNCB.
- Environmental Assessment of ecologically sensitive terrestrial locations for film shoots.
- Environmental Assessment of development scenarios on behalf of the Covie Community as part
- of a DLA endorsed land claim settlement within the boundaries of the Garden Route National Parks
- planning domain.
- Various EIA applications for private and state owned tourism developments: Change of land use applications: Valley Ministries, Dyasons Pty. Ltd.,
- Scoping reports: Cedarberg Donkey Tracking Route, Beaufort West Tourism Information
- Centre and Gateway Centre
Implementation and Project management of medium- large projects
- Implementation and multiple project management of Poverty Alleviation projects in the Western and Northern Cape for DEAT and Marine and Coastal Management (Sustainable Coastal Livelihoods Programme),mainly comprising development of tourism infrastructure, developing the capacity to manage the infrastructure and developing tourism and conservation based SMME’s. Project budgets range from R600,000 to R1, 5 mil per project. These projects include:
- Development of a two-unit guesthouse with cultural campsite comprising of traditional reed huts
- Coast Care working for the Coast Northern Cape - Paulshoek Guest house
- Converting coast care working teams into micro enterprises - Genadendal Organic Farming
- Development of nursery and organic buchu and honeybush tea farming enterprise Multi- Purpose Resource Centre (Dooringbaai and Ebenhaezer)
- Development of multi purpose resource centres and guesthouses associated with it SA Fisheries Museum
- Converting an old fishing industry museum into a viable entity - Elands bay Environmental and Tourism Information CentreDevelopment of a multi functional tourism information and environmental centre accompanied by a 5- unit lodge
- Implementation of NQF Level 1 learnership in farm owner horticulture on behalf of the South Cape College.
- Project funded by PAETA
- Provision of silviculture project management services to P. E. Technikon
- Development of an arts and crafts tourism route for the Cape Winelands District Municipality which included
- training of thirty entrepreneurs, development of marketing material and securing of trading space.
- Mentorship of Arts and Craft entrepreneurs in the Cape Winelands Region
- Project Management of Ecological Reserve Determination studies for ground and surface water in the
- Outeniqua Catchment
- Business plan development and startup projects including feasibility studies
- Provision of technical support with regards to budget, strategic and project development and startup
- of the new Department of Labour funded ESDLE (Education and Skills Development Lead
- Employer)
- Conducting of feasibility study for the Cedarberg Donkey Trail- project funded by DEAT (Poverty
- Relief)
- Business plan development for the “Saambou kleinboere” as part of an LRAD funding application
- for the Department of Land Affairs
- Environmental assessment for the Robben Island Museum ferry operations as part of a tourism
- feasibility study and business plan development exercise, commissioned by the museum.
- Business plan development for Pacaltsdorp Eco- Village, as part of the ITESP intervention for
- assisting black tourism based businesses
- Business plan development for Minral’s Place guesthouse
- Feasibility assessments for hiking trails designed specifically for youth at Wolwekloof- study
- commissioned by the Cape Winelands District Municipality.
- Feasibility assessments for a hiking trail designed specifically for disabled people- study
- commissioned by the Cape Winelands District Municipality.
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