The Cape Critical Rivers Project - Conserving rivers, saving species

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Biodiversity conservation The Cape Critical Rivers Project is being steered by the Endangered Wildlife Trust, which has taken up the reins in response to capacity constraints at the provincial conservation agencies. The project has its origins in Biodiversity Management Plans for Species, or BMP-S, which have been drafted for the threatened Clanwilliam sandfish (Labeo seeberi) and Barrydale redfin (Pseudobarbus burchelli). Norms and standards for the development of BMP-S, aimed at ensuring the long-term survival in nature of the species concerned, were published under the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act in March 2009. To date, final versions of BMP-S have been gazetted for only three species – the black rhino, Albany cycad and the medicinally valuable geranium Pelargonium sidoides – with a draft BMP-S for the African penguin gazetted for comment.

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