uThukela MPA Ecosystem Based Management Project

The document details the environmental and social safeguard compliance for the uThukela MPA Ecosystem Based Management Project in South Africa. It outlines the disclosure of the Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP), the Stakeholder Engagement Plan, and the Grievance Mechanism, ensuring accessibility in both English and isiZulu for local communities. The project focuses on the protection and restoration of ecosystems in the uThukela Banks Marine Protected Area and associated estuarine zones to reduce climate-related socio-ecological risk.

• The uThukela MPA Ecosystem Based Management Project aims to protect and restore important ecosystems within the new uThukela Banks Marine Protected Area and its associated estuarine functional zones to reduce socio-ecological risks related to climate change.
• To ensure project-affected people in local communities can access information, a non-technical summary of the Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) was translated into isiZulu, as it is the primary language spoken in those areas.
• The project's environmental and social safeguard documentation includes a Grievance Mechanism, a Process Framework, a Stakeholder Engagement Plan, and an Environmental & Social Assessment (ESA), the results of which are integrated into section 4 of the ESMP.
• Public disclosure of project documents began on 24 January 2022 across several municipal and community locations in South Africa, including the iLembe and King Cetshwayo District Municipalities and various wards in uMhlathuze, uMlalazi, Mandeni, and KwaDukuza.

APA

Green Climate Fund (2022). uThukela MPA Ecosystem Based Management Project. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/fp122-1-kfw-uthukela-mpa-ecosystem-based-management-project.pdf

Chicago

Green Climate Fund. uThukela MPA Ecosystem Based Management Project. 2022. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/fp122-1-kfw-uthukela-mpa-ecosystem-based-management-project.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenclimatefund2022uthukela, author = {{Green Climate Fund}}, title = {{uThukela MPA Ecosystem Based Management Project}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, year = {2022}, month = feb, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/fp122-1-kfw-uthukela-mpa-ecosystem-based-management-project.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }