Various groups have expressed their commitment to finding a long-term solution to the city of Cape Town’s baboon management problem.
Ms Barbara Creecy, Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, led a conversation at a stakeholder engagement in Cape Town, which included the City of Cape Town Deputy Mayor, Cllr Alderman Eddie Andrews, SANParks, and Cape Nature.
Various interested and impacted parties were also present, all of whom have pledged to ensuring that long-term baboon management solutions are implemented in Table Mountain National Park, the City of Cape Town, and other protected places.
All three management authorities (SANParks, Cape Nature, and the City of Cape Town) agreed at this meeting:
to form a joint Task Team; to devise and implement a long-term plan for the management of the Chacma baboon population on the Cape Peninsula; and that the task team’s first meeting will take place within the next two weeks.
Baboons are found natively on the Cape Peninsula, and their population has increased in recent decades.
Residents praised Minister Creecy for organizing the stakeholder meeting and praised the spirit of cooperation displayed in dealing with the immediate problem of baboon troops in the region.
SANParks, Cape Nature, and the City of Cape Town have agreed to collaborate on a Memorandum of Understanding to govern baboon management on the Cape Peninsula.
The Minister asked all parties to form a tight working relationship based on science and research.
This will provide us with the finest results.
APO Group is distributing this material on behalf of the Republic of South Africa’s Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment.