Baviaanskloof Mega Reserve

Baviaanskloof Mega Reserve
Baviaanskloof Mega Reserve
	Kouga River
	Location in the Eastern Cape
Location	Baviaanskloof Valley
Nearest city	Willowmore
Coordinates	33°30′S 24°8′E / 33.500°S 24.133°E
Area	500,000 Ha
Governing body	Eastern Cape Parks

Baviaanskloof Mega Reserve is a protected area in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

Characteristics

The Baviaanskloof (Dutch for "Valley of Baboons") lies between the Baviaanskloof and Kouga mountain ranges. The easternmost point of the valley is some 95 km NW of the coastal city of Port Elizabeth.

The Baviaanskloof area includes a cluster of formal protected areas managed by the Eastern Cape Parks Board totalling around 500,000 hectares (1,200,000 acres),^[1] of which the most well-known is the 184 385 ha Baviaanskloof Nature Reserve - the third largest protected area in South Africa. The Baviaanskloof Forest Reserve was established in 1920.^[2] It also includes the Groendal Nature Reserve and Formosa Nature Reserve,^[3] and encompasses private land.

The Baviaanskloof area is one of outstanding natural beauty, owing to its spectacular land forms, a diverse array of plants and wide variety of animals.^[4] The area is part of the Cape Floristic Region World Heritage Site as of 2004.^[5]

Panorama of the Baviaanskloof range

References

^ "Conservation Strategy". The Wilderness Foundation. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
^ de Vries, J. R., Aarts, N., Lokhorst, A. M., Beunen, R., & Munnink, J. O. (2015). Trust related dynamics in contested land use: A longitudinal study towards trust and distrust in intergroup conflicts in the Baviaanskloof, South Africa. Forest Policy and Economics, 50, 302-310
^ Eastern Cape Management Plan Archived 5 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^ "TERU Report No. 52" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
^ UNESCO - Cape Floral Region Protected Areas

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[1] "Conservation Strategy". The Wilderness Foundation. Retrieved 1 December 2009.

[2] Vries, J. R., Aarts, N., Lokhorst, A. M., Beunen, R., & Munnink, J. O. (2015). Trust related dynamics in contested land use: A longitudinal study towards trust and distrust in intergroup conflicts in the Baviaanskloof, South Africa. Forest Policy and Economics, 50, 302-310

[3] Eastern Cape Management Plan Archived 5 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[4] "TERU Report No. 52" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2010.

[5] UNESCO - Cape Floral Region Protected Areas

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v t e Eastern Cape Parks
National Parks	Camdeboo National Park Addo Elephant National Park Mountain Zebra National Park Garden Route National Park Knysna National Lake Area (Western Cape) Tsitsikamma National Park (Eastern Cape) Tsitsikamma Marine Protected Area Wilderness National Park (Western Cape)
Mega Parks	Greater Addo Elephant National Park Addo Elephant National Park Woody Cape Nature Reserve Addo Elephant National Park Marine Protected Area Bird Island St. Croix Island, Algoa Bay Baviaanskloof Mega Reserve
Parks managed by Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency	Commando Drift Nature Reserve Dwesa Nature Reserve Dwesa-Cwebe Marine Protected Area East London Coast Nature Reserve Fort Fordyce Nature Reserve Great Fish River Nature Reserve Hluleka Nature Reserve Hluleka Marine Protected Area Mkhambathi Nature Reserve Pondoland Marine Protected Area Mpofu Nature Reserve Oviston Nature Reserve Silaka Nature Reserve Thomas Baines Nature Reserve Tsolwana Nature Reserve
Private and other parks	Buffelspruit Nature Reserve Inkwenkwezi Private Game Reserve Kwandwe Private Game Reserve Samara Private Game Reserve Shamwari Game Reserve
Marine protected areas	Addo Elephant National Park Marine Protected Area Amathole Marine Protected Area Dwesa-Cwebe Marine Protected Area Hluleka Marine Protected Area Pondoland Marine Protected Area Sardinia Bay Marine Protected Area Tsitsikamma Marine Protected Area