Clearly wishing to avoid the conflict that developed around the proclamation of the area in 1977, and the directions that were published in 1986, the Division of Nature and Environmental Conservation of the TPA decided to embark upon a process to consult with land owners about the proposed new boundaries of the area. This process began as early as 1986 but was only completed in 1994, due in part to the fact that during this time, administration of the area changed from the Department of Environment Affairs to the Directorate of Nature and Environmental Conservation of the TPA. The changing constitutional structure of South Africa also hindered progress, as did difficulties in resurveying the reduced size of the area to be incorporated. During this process of consultation, tensions which exist amongst the numerous competing and conflicting interest groups in the area began to emerge. Many of these were expressed at a facilitation meeting, initiated by the Mountain Club of South Africa and held in January 1993. The idea of the meeting flowed from the realisation that the successful conservation of the Magaliesberg requires a level of consensus amongst the various interested parties in the area. Consultation with all parties thus became central to the process of, and the demarcation of, the new boundaries for the area. The idea of the facilitation meeting was in accordance with moves in other countries to allow affected parties to participate directly in the regulatory process. The underlying belief is that once parties have engaged in the process they have a sense of ownership over the agreement. Negotiated rule making, as this process is called, seems to be an efficient way of achieving consensus.