The Garden Route National Park (GRNP) held stakeholder meetings last week with the aim of developing an ideal environmental state for the park as part of its management plan review.
The GRNP is made up of the previously proclaimed Tsitsikamma and Wilderness National Parks, the Knysna Lakes Area, as well as the indigenous forest and fynbos areas previously managed by the Department of Forestry.
Setting out the strategic direction for GRNP, the management plan includes a mission and objectives to help achieve this. It also takes into account current and future generations and aims to ensure the protection of the area in line with national legislation.
Workshops have been held in Tsitsikamma, Knysna and Wilderness and, from July, SANParks will run focus groups. All stakeholders, organisations and interested parties are encouraged to register on the SANParks website here.
