What is the Waterberg Biosphere Reserve?
The Waterberg Biosphere Reserve is one of the sites allocated by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). The UNESCO Biosphere Reserve programme incorporates protected terrestrial environments of introduction conservation importance. They are unique categories of protected areas combining both conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. A Biosphere reserve can be seen as building blocks for Bio-Regional planning and economic development. Biosphere reserves are community driven programmes assisted by government agencies. The Waterberg Biosphere Reserve is situated in Waterberg district of Limpopo Province. Waterberg’s escarpment consists of massive sandstone buttresses, though which sundry passes allow access to the inner, or Palala Plateau. The Waterberg Biosphere Reserve covers an area around 14 500 square kilometres, or roughly the size of the Okavanco delta in Northern Botswana. This UNESCO vision is incorporated into the Biosphere Reserv
