{"id":44403,"date":"2024-10-29T14:01:07","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T12:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/how-table-mountain-national-parks-newest-addition-strengthens-nature-conservation-in-the-cape-20241029\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T23:05:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T21:05:29","slug":"how-table-mountain-national-parks-newest-addition-strengthens-nature-conservation-in-the-cape-20241029","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/how-table-mountain-national-parks-newest-addition-strengthens-nature-conservation-in-the-cape-20241029\/","title":{"rendered":"How Table Mountain National Park\u2019s newest addition strengthens nature conservation in the Cape"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The South African National Parks (SANParks) completed a key expansion of Table Mountain National Park by adding 25 hectares of conservation land. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The newly established Kommetjie Ecological Corridor links Noordhoek and Kommetjie, creating an essential habitat for local biodiversity. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Restoration of the area has begun, with alien vegetation clearing underway to support indigenous plant and animal life.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>In a significant milestone for nature conservation, the South African National Parks (SANParks) successfully completed the incorporation of vital land into the Table Mountain National Park (TMNP), creating a crucial ecological corridor between Noordhoek and Kommetjie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The achievement was celebrated at Imhoff Farm in Kommetjie on Tuesday 22 October, where a signing and handing over of the land took place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mike Slayen, SANParks planning manager, explains how the deal for the handover of 25 hectares of land came about. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFrom the establishment of TMNP in 1998, we\u2019ve had challenges on how to link the northern section of the park, which ends in Champman\u2019s Peak, to the southern section that starts at Slangkop and Kommetjie,\u201d he tells <span>People\u2019s Post<\/span>. \u201cThe only viable way to link it was by incorporating the Noordhoek wetlands and creating a Kommetjie corridor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the lowlands were privately owned by Red Cliff Property and Kommetjie Estates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe entered into a discussion with the land owners who committed to making that land available and selling it to us. So, together with the World Wide Fund (WWF) and other partners we raised the funds for about 450 hectares of the Noordhoek wetlands and then we had a remaining portion of corridor to link between Slangkop Mountain,\u201d said Slayen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A process involving the landowners, SANParks, City of Cape Town, WWF-SA, Table Mountain Fund and other stakeholders was initiated to achieve the creation and protection of the ecological corridor via the Noordhoek Wetlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following detailed expert studies and stakeholder discussions, the core wetland properties, totaling 439 hectares, were acquired by SANParks and declared as part of the Table Mountain National Park in 2004 and core areas of the Cape Floral Region World Heritage Site in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe entered into discussions with land owners again and it was agreed if they could achieve their development applications they would donate the land to us,\u201d said Slayen. \u201cSo, today we are signing the 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