Four of South Africa’s national parks have increased in size, thanks to the work of the National Parks Trust of South Africa (NPTSA) and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) South Africa.
The expansion incorporates an additional 20 206ha of land into four of South Africa’s national parks, 18 000ha of which were added through the NPTSA and WWF.
The largest of these expansions was for the Namaqua National Park, which has grown by 18 391ha (15 992ha through the work of the NPTSA and WWF). The other national parks to have been expanded are Mokala (with an additional 844ha); Karoo (397ha); and Agulhas (574ha).
“The NPTSA, which is managed by WWF South Africa, helps South African National Parks to acquire land to expand our national parks to meet conservation targets and create spaces where our country’s unique fauna and flora can thrive,” the WWF said in a press release.
The most recent expansion of the Namaqua National Park covers an array of threatened veld types and will…
