IMPACT GOAL 1: RESHAPE LAND AND SEASCAPES FOR PEOPLE 1 AND NATURE

This document outlines 'Impact Goal 1' of the WWF South Africa Strategy 2030, which aims to reshape land and seascapes by integrating people as primary custodians of nature. The strategy focuses on four priority geographic areas aligned with Mega Living Landscapes (MLLs) and Strategic Water Source Areas (SWSAs), utilizing four interlinked pathways: biodiversity stewardship, livelihood enhancement, economic transition, and financial mobilization.

• WWF South Africa will focus its land and seascape impacts on four priority geographic areas aligned with Mega Living Landscapes (MLLs) and Strategic Water Source Areas (SWSAs). SWSAs are critical as they comprise 10% of the land but provide 50% of surface water and support 66% of the economy.
• Biodiversity stewardship, where private or communal landowners enter voluntary agreements with the government, has protected almost three million hectares over the last 20 years. In the last 15 years, more than 70% of new protected and conserved areas have resulted from this approach.
• The strategy identifies a need to balance biodiversity stewardship efforts, which have previously focused on commercial private landowners, by increasing focus on communal landowners and smaller emerging farmers, specifically through improved communal rangeland management.
• WWF intends to use 'other effective conservation measures' (OECMs) to expand area-based protection to include rangelands, small-scale fishing zones, and more SWSAs, as these designations provide de facto protection for biodiversity.
• To empower communities as custodians of nature, WWF will provide a consolidated value offering to improve livelihoods, including food security via rangeland management and agroecology, water security through alien invasive plant clearing and spring protection, and improved governance and market access.

APA

WWF South Africa (n.d.). IMPACT GOAL 1: RESHAPE LAND AND SEASCAPES FOR PEOPLE 1 AND NATURE. https://wwfafrica.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/strategy-2030_impact_goal-1.pdf

Chicago

WWF South Africa. IMPACT GOAL 1: RESHAPE LAND AND SEASCAPES FOR PEOPLE 1 AND NATURE. n.d. https://wwfafrica.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/strategy-2030_impact_goal-1.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{wwfsouthafricandimpact, author = {{WWF South Africa}}, title = {{IMPACT GOAL 1: RESHAPE LAND AND SEASCAPES FOR PEOPLE 1 AND NATURE}}, institution = {WWF South Africa}, url = {https://wwfafrica.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/strategy-2030_impact_goal-1.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }