Volume II - The Northern Cape Provincial Spatial Development ...

Northern Cape PSDF
Volume 2
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Department of Rural Development & Land Reform
December 2011
internationally recognised within the framework of the UNESCO's MAB Programme.
Each biosphere reserve is intended to fulfil three basic functions, which are
complementary and mutually reinforcing:
1. a conservation function ‐ to contribute to the conservation of landscapes,
ecosystems, species and genetic variation;
2. a development function ‐ to foster economic and human development which is
socio‐culturally and ecologically sustainable;
3. a logistic function ‐ to provide support for research, monitoring, education and
information exchange related to local, national and global issues of
conservation and development.
CASP Comprehensive Agriculture Support Program.
Catchment or catchment
area
The entire drainage area from which water flows into a river or other water body.
Generally consisting of various smaller ‘quaternary’ catchments, or ‘sub‐catchments’.
CMA Catchment Management Agency
Conservancy A group of farms, or natural areas, on which the landowners have pooled some, or
all, of their resources for the purpose of conserving natural and cultural resources on
the combined properties. These resources include wildlife and their habitats,
indigenous vegetation, forests, catchments, sites of geological and archaeological
importance, and generally undisturbed natural and scenic landscapes.
Conservation The management of human use of the biosphere to yield the greatest benefit to
present generations while maintaining the potential to meet the needs and
aspirations of future generations. Conservation thus includes sustainable use,
protection, maintenance, rehabilitation, restoration, and enhancement of the
natural and cultural environment.
Constitution Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 108 of 1996.
CPPP Community Public Private Partnerships are defined as a contract between a public
sector institution/municipality and a private party, in which the private party
assumes substantial financial, technical and operational risk in the design, financing,
building and operation of a project.
CRDP Comprehensive Rural Development Program.
Critical Regionalism Critical regionalism constitutes a sensory understanding and appreciation of the
environment and its component ‘things’. Critical regionalism recognises the quality
and attributes of regional characteristics and builds upon the development of
regional idiosyncrasies and variations. It is based on five basic principles or senses
that should guide the planning, design and management of development, namely
sense of place, sense of history, sense of craft, sense of nature and sense of limits.
CSIR Council for Scientific and Industrial Research.
CSP Concentrating Solar Power.
DBSA Development Bank of Southern Africa.
DEAT Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism.
Developmental State A development state tries to balance economic growth and social development. It
uses State resources and State influence to attack poverty and expand economic
opportunities.
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Dennis Moss Partnership