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 The
Maloti-Drakensberg Transfontier Conservation and Development
Project (MDTP) is a collaborative initiative between South
Africa and the Kingdom of Lesotho to protect the exceptional
biodiversity of the Drakensberg and Maloti mountains through
conservation, sustainable resource use, and land-use and
development planning. This area encompasses distinct
landscape and biological diversity. It is quite rich in
species and high in endemism. Excessive livestock grazing,
crop cultivation on steep slopes, uncontrolled burning,
alien invading species and human encroachment threatens this
asset. |
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PROJECT
BACKGROUND |
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 The
Maloti Mountains in Lesotho and the adjacent Drakensberg
range in South Africa are a unique but fragile ecosystem.
Though fragile, this area is globally important as a center
of endemism, source of freshwater due to the unique wetland
systems, as preferred area for nature based tourism and as a
place of cultural significance.
To maintain the ecosystem integrity of these areas and to
alleviate poverty in the mountains, the Governments of
Lesotho and South Africa have made a joint intervention to
arrest these problems through the Maloti-Drakensberg
Transfrontier Project. |
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