Cape Town - A draft Strategic Baboon Management Plan that will deal with baboons in the Cape Peninsula is expected to be out for public engagement in the next two months.
This follows a number of round-table discussions by the newly established Cape Peninsula Baboon Management Joint Task Team over their terms of reference, work plan to deliver on a draft memorandum of agreement and a strategic management plan for Chacma Baboons.
The team, consisting of SANParks, the City of Cape Town and CapeNature, is now in the process of preparing for public engagement on the draft, which is expected in November.
Sanparks’ managing executive of conservation services, Dr Luthando Dziba, said that to date, a joint task team terms of reference (ToR) had been agreed by the parties.
“The aim is to finalise the memorandum of agreement between the three parties for approval by the end of October 2022. The parties will also ensure the engagement of other parties such as the South African Navy, National Department of Public Works and Infrastructure, DFFE, Cape of Good Hope SPCA, and other property owners including the Western Cape government,” said Dziba.
The City’s deputy mayor, Eddie Andrews, said all of the meetings were well attended and the engagements positive and constructive.
“Residents, interested parties and ratepayers’ associations across the board contributed with comments and proposals and also raised some concerns,” he said.
CapeNature’s executive director for conservation operations, Dr Ernst Baard, said they remained committed to being part of, and contributing to, the work of the Joint Task Team.
Cape Times