"AU"

African Union

"CBD"

Convention on Biological Diversity

"Centre"

UNESCO's World Heritage Centre

"GIS"

Geographic Information System

"IKS"

Indigenous Knowledge Systems

"ICCROM"

International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property

"ICOMOS"

International Council on Monuments and Sites

"IUCN"

International Union for Conservation of Nature

"IMP"

Integrated Management Plans

"MA"

Management Authority

"NEMPAA"

National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act, 2003, (Act No. 57 of 2003)

"NGO"

Non - Governmental Organisation

"MEC"

Member of the Executive Council

"NHRA"

National Heritage Resource Act, 1999 (Act No. 25 of 1999)

"NPAES"

National Protected Areas Expansion Strategy

"Operational Guidelines"

Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of The 1972 World Heritage Convention

"OUV"

Outstanding Universal Value

"Format and Procedure"

Procedure for the Nomination of World Heritage Sites in the Republic of South Africa

"Proponents"

Any interested parties or bodies who wish to nominate a site for Tentative Listing or Inscription onto the UNESCO World Heritage List

"Ramsar"

The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, especially as Waterfowl Habitat, Ramsar, 1972

"SAWHCC"

South Africa World Heritage Convention Committee

"SADC"

Southern African Development Community

"State Party"

Republic of South Africa

"Tentative List"

The Tentative List of the Republic of South Africa

"TFCA"

Trans-frontier Conservation Area

"the Convention"

The World Heritage Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage

"the Department"

Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment

"WHL"

World Heritage List

"WHC"

World Heritage Convention Act, 1999 (Act No. 49 of 1999)

"UNESCO"

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation