Development is unfortunately essential to the presservation of our remaining natural areas, and as strange as it may sound, it is development that generates the funds required to manage the natural resources! In a perfect world the state would carry much of this cost for the benefit of future generations; but then this is not a perfet world is it!

Although certain earlier "misguided developments", such as the pine and gum plantations, have to be eradicated / rectified before one can once again declare the entire area as pristine, the authorities, private and NGO stakeholders have done an impressive job in rehabilitating many of the affected areas. The new lodge developments will have to follow stringent environmental guidlines that protect the surrounding natural systems from degradation.