9_annexure_9_appendix_a_wwf_uptake-5680df18a3bf6fb4.pdf

This document summarizes a learning and strategy event held by the WWF South Africa Freshwater team from 7 to 9 February 2022. The event focused on integrating groundwater management into WWF's freshwater work, specifically within Strategic Water Source Areas, and defining the organization's role in partnerships to address the perceived lack of groundwater governance in South Africa.

• WWF staff identified a significant gap in South African water management, noting that groundwater is largely ungoverned and unmanaged compared to an over-emphasis on surface water.
• WWF has identified various opportunities and challenges across different Strategic Water Source Areas: in the Eastern Cape Drakensberg, there is a need to recognize springs as groundwater resources; in the Northern Drakensberg, commercial farmers are currently unwilling to participate in platforms; and in the Mpumalanga Drakensberg, acid mine drainage is a noted issue.
• A successful groundwater-monitoring project has been established in the Groot Winterhoek and Boland area through a partnership with Woolworths, featuring a completed hydrocensus, five deployed loggers, and data sharing with the Breede-Gouritz Catchment Management Agency (BGCMA).
• WWF's proposed roadmap for groundwater inclusion involves focusing on areas where surface and groundwater source areas overlap, such as the Table Mountain Strategic Water Source Area, and conducting baseline groundwater studies, particularly for irrigation since it accounts for 60% of all groundwater usage.
• WWF identifies several potential roles it can play in groundwater partnerships: acting as a secretariat (as seen in the Table Mountain Water Source Partnership), as project implementers, as a trusted adviser/influencer, as a bridge builder between government departments, or as partnership conveners.

APA

WWF South Africa (n.d.). 9_annexure_9_appendix_a_wwf_uptake-5680df18a3bf6fb4.pdf. https://wwfafrica.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/9_annexure_9_appendix_a_wwf_uptake.pdf

Chicago

WWF South Africa. 9_annexure_9_appendix_a_wwf_uptake-5680df18a3bf6fb4.pdf. n.d. https://wwfafrica.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/9_annexure_9_appendix_a_wwf_uptake.pdf.

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@techreport{wwfsouthafricand9annexure9appendixawwfuptake5680df18a3bf6fb4pdf, author = {{WWF South Africa}}, title = {{9\_annexure\_9\_appendix\_a\_wwf\_uptake-5680df18a3bf6fb4.pdf}}, institution = {WWF South Africa}, url = {https://wwfafrica.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/9_annexure_9_appendix_a_wwf_uptake.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }