Biodiversity management plan for the western leopard toad amietophrynus pantherinus

The following participants expressed an interest but did not attend the first meeting, and were appended to the address list.

The following parties were identified as interested and affected stakeholders but did not attend the first meeting.

The following steering committee was constituted to take the matter further.

Meetings were held on the:

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  2 December 2007 at which it was decided to adopt the NEMBA BMP approach, with a business plan and funding via NatureCare.
  
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  17 March 2008, at which it was decided:
  

09h00 Welcome tea Chair: Tony Rebelo (SANBI)

09h15 Welcome remarks

Suvarna Parbhoo (SANBI: Threatened Species Program)

09h30 The Western Leopard Toad; an overview of ecology and distribution

Atherton de Villiers (CapeNature)

10h00 Toad Barriers

Kareemah Jacobs (Consultant: Nature Conservation Corporation)

10h30 Management of Western Leopard Toads in the City of Cape Town

Cliff Dorse (CTCC Biodiversity Directorate)

11h00 A consultant’s perspective

James Harrison (JAH Consultancy)

11h30 Research on the Western Leopard Toad

John Measey (SANBI: Molecular Ecology and Evolution)

12h00 Public input to Leopard Toad conservation

Evanne Rothwell

12h30 A publicity campaign for the Western Leopard Toad

Craig Doonan (Leap Communications)

13h45 Leopard Toad video

14h00 Review of the issues Chair: Tony Rebelo (SANBI)

Split into groups for discussions

16h00 Reporting back on issues from the groups

16h45 Closing remarks:

John Measey (SANBI)

17h00 Meeting end

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  A list of all adverts to stakeholders detailing media and date;
  
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  A list of all stakeholder meetings, workshops and fora held, with:
  
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    Location and date; and,
    
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    List of participants;
    
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  A list of all stakeholders who commented on the first and final drafts:
  
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    Grouped into positive and negative responses;
    
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    Summarizing the response; and,
    
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    Detailing subsequent action taken in the drafts;
    
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  A checklist of norms and standards for both the development process and format, detailing that each norm and standard has been complied with.
  

Thanks to Fahiema Daniels (SANBI, Threatened Species Research Unit) for GIS analysis.

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12.2. MoA for implementing agency: Cape Nature

12.3. MoA for implementing agency: Table Mountain National Park

12.4. MoA for implementing agency: SANBI

12.5. City of Cape Town: City Parks: Mowing MoU.

Contract

12.6. City of Cape Town: Roads & Stormwater: Road Activities MoU.

Map of “Blackspots” areas.

12.7. City of Cape Town: Environmental Management Services – policy, planning and building plan approval