Marloth Park Management Plan. - Nkomazi Local Municipality
Marloth Park Management Plan. - Nkomazi Local Municipality Marloth Park Management Plan. - Nkomazi Local Municipality
GENERAL MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MARLOTH PARK INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... 111 OBJECTIVES.......................................................................................................................... 111 WATER PROVISION ............................................................................................................ 111 Recommendations for Marloth Park..................................................................................... 114 FENCELINE SPECIFICATIONS......................................................................................... 117 Recommendations for Marloth Park..................................................................................... 118 ROADS ..................................................................................................................................... 118 Recommendations for Marloth Park..................................................................................... 119 ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING......................................................... 119 Recommendations for Marloth Park..................................................................................... 121 © Ecological Associates/ Marloth Park iii
LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Location of the Marloth Park study area ................................................................. 8 Figure 2: Township design and layout on Marloth Park......................................................... 9 Figure 3: Topography of the Marloth Park study area ......................................................... 11 Figure 4: Geology of the Marloth Park study area ................................................................ 12 Figure 5: Geological formations of the Marloth Park study area......................................... 13 Figure 6: Soil depth of the Marloth Park study area ............................................................. 16 Figure 7: Land Types of the Marloth Park study area .......................................................... 18 Figure 8: Land use in the Marloth Park study area............................................................... 20 Figure 9: A climate diagram for the Marloth Park area ....................................................... 22 Figure 10: Plant communities of the Marloth Park study area............................................. 29 Figure 11: Schematised illustration of an ideal tree and the parameters used to calculate browse availability..................................................................................................... 48 Figure 12: Sketch of Cyphostemma/Cissus species found on Marloth Park ......................... 90 Figure 13: Design of a shallow, rectangular waterhole sunk into the ground ................... 115 Figure 14: Cross section design of a shallow, round waterhole sunk into the ground ...... 116 Figure 15: Location of the monitoring sites on Marloth Park............................................. 122 © Ecological Associates/ Marloth Park iv
- Page 1 and 2: Ecological Associates Environmental
- Page 3: THE ASSESSMENT OF AVAILABLE BROWSE
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- Page 9 and 10: Three different scenarios are analy
- Page 11 and 12: Ecosystems disturbed by clearing op
- Page 13 and 14: INTRODUCTION Although only a few ve
- Page 15 and 16: Figure 1: Location of the Marloth P
- Page 17 and 18: GEOMORPHOLOGY Looking down from the
- Page 19 and 20: Figure 4: Geology of the Marloth Pa
- Page 21 and 22: Tonalitic granite and gneiss A sect
- Page 23 and 24: Figure 6: Soil depth of the Marloth
- Page 25 and 26: Figure 7: Land Types of the Marloth
- Page 27 and 28: Figure 8: Land use in the Marloth P
- Page 29 and 30: A 610.1 B 104.0 C 7.4 D 19.9 E 39.8
- Page 31 and 32: INTRODUCTION VEGETATION CLASSIFICAT
- Page 33 and 34: METHOD For an initial and broad sca
- Page 35 and 36: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Analysis and
- Page 37 and 38: The dominant grass species are broa
- Page 39 and 40: The characteristic tree species are
- Page 41 and 42: VELD CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND THE C
- Page 43 and 44: Degradation gradients are models th
- Page 45 and 46: The nearest grass species to each s
- Page 47 and 48: Calculation of grazing capacity The
- Page 49 and 50: Table 2: Contribution of ecological
- Page 51 and 52: Table 3: Grazing capacities for the
- Page 53 and 54: THE ASSESSMENT OF AVAILABLE BROWSE
LIST OF FIGURES<br />
Figure 1: Location of the <strong>Marloth</strong> <strong>Park</strong> study area ................................................................. 8<br />
Figure 2: Township design and layout on <strong>Marloth</strong> <strong>Park</strong>......................................................... 9<br />
Figure 3: Topography of the <strong>Marloth</strong> <strong>Park</strong> study area ......................................................... 11<br />
Figure 4: Geology of the <strong>Marloth</strong> <strong>Park</strong> study area ................................................................ 12<br />
Figure 5: Geological formations of the <strong>Marloth</strong> <strong>Park</strong> study area......................................... 13<br />
Figure 6: Soil depth of the <strong>Marloth</strong> <strong>Park</strong> study area ............................................................. 16<br />
Figure 7: Land Types of the <strong>Marloth</strong> <strong>Park</strong> study area .......................................................... 18<br />
Figure 8: Land use in the <strong>Marloth</strong> <strong>Park</strong> study area............................................................... 20<br />
Figure 9: A climate diagram for the <strong>Marloth</strong> <strong>Park</strong> area ....................................................... 22<br />
Figure 10: <strong>Plan</strong>t communities of the <strong>Marloth</strong> <strong>Park</strong> study area............................................. 29<br />
Figure 11: Schematised illustration of an ideal tree and the parameters used to<br />
calculate browse availability..................................................................................................... 48<br />
Figure 12: Sketch of Cyphostemma/Cissus species found on <strong>Marloth</strong> <strong>Park</strong> ......................... 90<br />
Figure 13: Design of a shallow, rectangular waterhole sunk into the ground ................... 115<br />
Figure 14: Cross section design of a shallow, round waterhole sunk into the ground ...... 116<br />
Figure 15: Location of the monitoring sites on <strong>Marloth</strong> <strong>Park</strong>............................................. 122<br />
© Ecological Associates/ <strong>Marloth</strong> <strong>Park</strong> iv
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