National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004)

Notices

Non-Detriment find Assessment for Aloe ferox (Bitter Aloe)

Table 1: Detailed NDF assessment for Aloe ferox undertaken in accordance with the CITES NDF checklist.

Incentives and benefits from harvesting

23. Incentives for habitat conservation
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At the national level, how much habitat conservation benefit is derived from harvesting?

High

1

Medium

2

Low

3

None

4

Uncertain

5

 

Due to the commercial value of A. ferox, there is a high incentive for habitat conservation; landowners are thus encouraged to conserve the habitat to maximize sustainable harvest. Field visits also suggest that  abandoned croplands are starting to be reestablished with A. ferox plants. There is however a lack of incentives for habitat conservation in communal land.