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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: BIODIVERSITY ACT, 2004 (ACT NO. 10 OF 2004) DRAFT THE NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY FRAMEWORK

I, Derek Andre Hanekom, Minister of Environmental Affairs (Acting) hereby publish in terms of section 38 of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No 10 of 2004), a draft biodiversity National Biodiversity Framework, as contained in the schedule hereto.

Members of the public are invited to submit to the Minister, within 30 (thirty) days after the publication of the notice in the Gazette, written representations on, or objections to the National Biodiversity Framework to the following addresses:

By post to: The Director-General: Department of Environmental Affairs Attention: Ms Pamela Kershaw Private Bag X447 Pretoria 0001

By hand at: Ground Floor (Reception), Environment House, 473 Steve Biko, Corner Steve Biko and Soutpansberg Road, Arcadia, Pretoria, 0001

By e-mail: [email protected], or by fax to 0865411102 or 012 399 9585.

All inquiries in connection with the notice can be directed to Ms Pamela Kershaw at 012 399 9585.

An electronic copy of the draft NBF can be downloaded from the following link: http://www.environment.gov.za/Documents/.

Comments received after the closing date may not be considered.

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CONTENTS

1 Introduction to the National Biodiversity Framework 3

1.1 Purpose 3

1.2 Informants of the NBF 3

1.2.1 Overview of the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 4

1.2.2 Overview of the National Biodiversity Assessment 6

1.2.3 Overview of the National Protected Areas Expansion Strategy 6

1.3 Overview of the National Biodiversity Framework 7

1.4 Users 8

1.5 Structure 10

2 Context for implementation of the National Biodiversity Framework 10

2.1 Status of South Africa’s biodiversity 10

2.2 Institutional context for biodiversity management and protection 12

2.3 Alignment with national policy and legislation 13

2.4 Alignment with international commitments 15

2.5 Principles 16

3 Integrated framework for strategic coordination in the biodiversity sector 16

3.1 National strategies, frameworks and systems in the biodiversity sector 17

Overview of strategies, frameworks and systems guiding work in the biodiversity sector 17

3.2 Accelerators for implementing NBSAP priorities 40

Acceleration measures organized by NBSAP strategic objectives, outcomes and high priority activities

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4 Mechanisms for Coordination, Cooperation and Implementation 56

4.1 National coordination mechanisms 56

4.2 National communities of practice for knowledge sharing 59

4.3 Co-ordination at sub-national level 64

4.3.1 Linking NBSAP priorities to action plans at provincial and local levels 64

4.3.2 Strengthening multi-stakeholder partnerships 64




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4.4 Strengthening biodiversity monitoring and reporting 65

4.5 Regional priorities and mechanisms for coordination 66

4.6 Mobilising finance for the biodiversity sector 67

4.7 Implementation of the NBF 68

6 Annexures 69

6.1 Full list of strategies, frameworks and systems included in the NBF 70

6.2 General references 72

6.3 The Sustainable Development Goals 73

6.4 The Aichi Biodiversity Targets 74

6.5 Acronyms and abbreviations 75

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1: Core strategy of the NBF 5

2: List of key institutions directly involved in biodiversity management and conservation 9

3: Status of South Africa’s biodiversity and ecosystems, at a glance 11

4: Overview of strategies, frameworks and systems guiding work in the biodiversity sector 18

5: Acceleration measures organized by NBSAP strategic objectives, outcomes and high priority activities

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6: Key national coordination mechanisms operating in the biodiversity sector 56

7: Communities of Practice that operate nationally to facilitate cooperation, lesson-sharing and knowledge exchange in the biodiversity sector

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1: Summary of the six strategic objectives described in the NBSAP 2015 - 2025 4

2. Informants of the revised National Biodiversity Framework 8

3: The 15 biodiversity finance solutions proposed in the BIOFIN Finance Plan for South Africa 68




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Section 1: Introduction to the National Biodiversity Framework

The National Biodiversity Framework (NBF) is a requirement under Section 38 of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act (Act 10 of 2004, hereafter referred to as the ‘Biodiversity Act’).

1.1 Purpose of the NBF

The overall purpose of the NBF is to coordinate and align the efforts of the many organizations and individuals involved in conserving and managing South Africa’s biodiversity in support of sustainable development.

The Biodiversity Act specifies that the NBF must:

• provide for an integrated, co-ordinated and consistent approach to biodiversity management

• identify priority areas for conservation action, and for the establishment of protected areas • reflect regional cooperation issues concerning biodiversity management in Southern Africa.

The NBF is a short to medium-term coordination tool that shows the alignment between the strategic objectives and outcomes identified in the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP v.2, 2015) and other key national strategies, frameworks and systems that currently guide the work of the biodiversity sector, and identifies mechanisms through which this work is coordinated. It also identifies a set of interventions or “acceleration measures” that can unlock or fast-track implementation of the NBSAP, and indicates the relative roles of the many agencies involved in implementing these activities.

The purpose of the NBF is not to provide a comprehensive review of all work currently being undertaken in the biodiversity sector, nor to list all of the actions required to conserve and manage South Africa’s biodiversity in support of sustainable development.

1.2 Informants of the National Biodiversity Framework

The primary informants of the NBF are the latest versions of the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (or NBSAP), which is South Africa’s long-term strategy for ensuring sustainable management, use and conservation of biodiversity; the National Biodiversity Assessment (or NBA), which provides headline indicators and a spatial assessment of ecosystems and species; and, the National Protected Areas Expansion Strategy (or NPAES), which is a long-term strategy for guiding cost-effective expansion of the country’s protected area estate. The NBF is also informed by numerous other national strategies, frameworks and systems (and their provincial counterparts, where these exist) that guide the work being carried out in the biodiversity sector – an overview of these is presented in Section 3 of this Framework.


VISION: Conserve, manage and sustainably use biodiversity to ensure equitablebenefits to the people of South Africa, now and in the future.

SO 1: Management of biodiversity assets andtheir contribution to the economy, rural

development and job creation and social well-being is enhanced

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so 2: Investments in ecologicalinfrastructure enhance resilience and ensure

benefits to society


so 3: Biodiversity considerations aremainstreamed into policies strategies and

practices of a range of sectors


SO 4: People are mobilised to adoptpractices that sustain long -term benefits of

biodiversity


SO 5: Conservation and management ofbiodiversity is improved through the

development of an equitable and suitablyskilled workforce


SO 6: Effective knowledge foundations,including indigenous knowledge and citizen

science, supports management, conservation andsustainable use of biodiversity




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1.2.1. Overview of the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (version 2, 2015)

An NBSAP is a requirement that all contracting parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD, 1992) are obliged to fulfil. South Africa’s NBSAP 2015 sets out an integrated and coherent national strategy for the conservation, management and sustainable use of the country’s biodiversity to ensure equitable benefits to the people of the country. It outlines how South Africa will fulfil the objectives of the CBD and contribute to the global sustainable development agenda. It also provides a framework for the integration of biodiversity considerations into national development plans and a wide range of other sectoral strategies, placing wise management and protection of biodiversity at the heart of the sustainable development agenda.

The NBSAP 2015 – 2025 (GoS, 2015a) identifies 6 strategic objectives, under each of which key outcomes, activities (designated as high, medium and low priority), and medium to long-term targets are described in detail – see Figure 1 for a summary of the strategic objectives, and Table 1 for a more detailed listing of the outcomes.

The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) is responsible for coordinating and monitoring the implementation of the NBSAP, with the support of the environmental Minister and Members of the Executive Council (MinMEC) Committee, the Ministerial Technical Committee (MinTECHs) and their various Working Groups (WGs), in particular WG 1 (Biodiversity and Conservation) – these are described in more detail in Section 4 of this document.

Figure 1: Summary of the six strategic objectives described in the NBSAP 2015 - 2025





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Table 1: Core strategy of the NBSAP 2015 to 2025

Strategic objectives

Outcomes

1. Management of biodiversity assets and their contribution to the economy, rural development, job ceation and social well-being is enhanced

1.1. The network of protected areas and conservation areas includes a representative sample of ecosystems and species, and is coherent and effectively managed.

1.2. Species of special concern are sustainably managed. 1.3. The biodiversity economy is expanded, strengthened and transformed

to be more inclusive of the rural poor. 1.4. Biodiversity conservation supports the land reform agenda and socio-

economi c opportunities for communal landowners.

2. Investment in ecological infrastructure enhances resilience and ensures benefits to society

2.1. Restore, maintain and secure important ecological infrastructure in a way that contributes to rural development, long-term job creation and livelihoods. 2.2. Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) is shown to achieve multiple benefits in the contxt of sustainable development.

3. Biodiversity considerations are mainstreamed into policies, strategies and practices of a range of sectors

3.1. Effective science-based tools inform planning and decision-making. 3.2. Embed biodiversity considerations into national, provincial and municipal development-planning and monitoring. 3.3. Strengthen and streamline development authorisations and decision-making. 3.4. Compliance with authorisations and permits is monitored and enforced. 3.5. Appropriate allocation of resources in key sectors and spheres of government facilitates effective management of biodiversity, especially in biodiversity priority areas. 3.6. Biodiversity considerations are integrated into the development and implementation of policy, legislative and other tools.

4. People are mobilised to adopt practices that sustain the long-term benefits of biodiversity

4.1 People’s awareness of the value of biodiversity is enhanced through more effective coordination and messaging. 4.2 People are mobilised to conserve and sustainably use biodiversity.

5: Conservation and management of biodiversity is improved through the development of an equitable and suitably skilled workforce

5.1. Macro-level conditions enabled for skills planning, development and evaluation of the sector as a whole.

5.2. An improved skills development system incorporates the needs of the biodiversity sector.

5.3. Partnerships are developed and institutions are capacitated to deliver on their mandates towards improved service delivery.

6: Effective knowledge foundations, including indigenous knowledge and citizen science, support the management, conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity

6.1. Relevant foundational data sets on species and ecosystems are in place and well-monitored and available to the public in a useful format. 6.2. The status of species and ecosystems is regularly monitored and assessed and communicated. 6.3. Geographic priority areas for the managament, conservation and restoration of biodiversity assets and ecological infrastructure are identified based on best available science. 6.4. Management-relevant and policy-relevant research and analysis is undertaken through collaboration between scientists and practitioners. 6.5.Knowledge base is accessible and presented in a way that informs decision-making.




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1.2.2. Overview of the National Biodiversity Assessment

The purpose of the National Biodiversity Assessment (NBA) is to assess the state of South Africa’s biodiversity based on best available science, with a view to understanding trends over time, and informing policy and decision-making across a range of sectors. The NBA is a product of high scientific importance, developed through a five-year process of research and consultation that is led by the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), working in collaboration with DEA and several other partner organizations. The NBA deals with all three components of biodiversity (genes, species and ecosystems), and assesses biodiversity and ecosystems across terrestrial, freshwater, estuarine and marine realms. The NBA is a primary informant of the NBSAP, the National Protected Areas Expansion Strategy (NPAES, and its provincial counterparts), provincial and metropolitan systematic biodiversity plans, bioregional plans, and other biodiversity and spatial planning tools. It also links closely with the developing National Biodiversity Monitoring Framework (see Table 4, Section 3.1), which establishes a consistent set of headline biodiversity indicators for the country, including ecosystem threat status and ecosystem protection level. The NBA provides spatial focus and impetus for taking forward a programme of work to measure these indicators, and synthesises them periodically at the national scale.

The NBA 2018 (to be published in 2019) follows from the National Biodiversity Assessment 2011 (which informed the NBSAP 2015). Both of these were preceded by the National Spatial Biodiversity Assessment (NSBA, 2004), which informed the NBSAP 2005. The NBA process culminates in the publication of a Synthesis Report, a popular report (which makes the results available to non-specialists), a number of technical reports, peer-reviewed papers in journals, data and metadata – all of which are made publicly available.

1.2.3 Overview of the National Protected Areas Expansion Strategy

The goal of South Africa’s National Protected Areas Expansion Strategy (NPAES) is to achieve cost-effective expansion of the protected area estate for improved ecosystem representation, ecological sustainability, and resilience to climate change. It sets national protected area targets, maps priority areas for protected area expansion, and makes recommendations on mechanisms for achieving the targets, under both the National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act (Act 57 of 2003, hereafter referred to as the ‘Protected Areas Act.’) and the Biodiversity Act. The common set of targets and spatial priorities provided in the NPAES enable co-ordination between the many role-players involved in protected area expansion. Detailed spatial planning and roll-out to achieve the protected area targets is carried out at provincial level, guided by provincial systematic biodiversity plans and protected area expansion strategies, where these exist (DEA, 2016a1).

Provision is made for the NPAES to be updated every five years. The first NPAES, which was published in 2008, has recently been revised to: include new biodiversity data and newly-declared protected areas, and information from provincial biodiversity plans and protected area strategies; improve target-setting; and, inform the identification of priority areas for expansion. The revised NPAES (DEA, 2016a) also includes a review of the performance of protected area management authorities with

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regard to protected area expansion in the period 2008 to 2014, and describes priority activities, with explicit performance targets, for the period 2016 to 2020 (DEA, 2016a).

1.3 Overview of the National Biodiversity Framework

South Africa’s first National Biodiversity Framework (Government Gazette Vol. 530, GN No.32474, 3 August 2009) was based on the first NBSAP (DEA, 2005), and the National Spatial Biodiversity Assessment (NSBA 2004). It identified a set of 33 high priority activities to guide the work of the biodiversity sector over the period 2008 to 2013. The NBF, along with the updated National Biodiversity Assessment (NBA 2011), in turn, became an important informant in the process to update the first NBSAP, and has played an important role in guiding conservation action in the biodiversity sector.

Differences in the policy context prevailing now, compared to when the original NBF was developed, have made it necessary to take a different approach in the revised NBF. In particular, a range of national policies, strategies, frameworks and other systems is now in place – and others are being developed – to guide work in certain areas of the biodiversity sector, such as management of invasive species, protected area expansion, biodiversity stewardship, ecosystem-based adaptation, the biodiversity economy, and water resource management. Some of these strategies include detailed action plans (in which specific activities with targets, roles and responsibilities are identified), whilst others are more conceptual (outlining a broad approach or set of principles which should guide the development of more detailed implementation plans). The NBSAP makes reference to some of these strategies (those that were developed before 2015), and has identified priority actions that are well-aligned with them, but other strategies have been developed since, and there is a need to align these with priorities of the NBSAP, which is the ‘umbrella strategy’ for the sector.

For these reasons, and to achieve its primary purpose (which is to provide an integrated framework for coordinating the work of the biodiversity sector), the revised National Biodiversity Framework for the period 2017 to 2022 takes a two-pronged approach, which includes:

• providing an overview of key national strategies, frameworks and systems that guide the work of the biodiversity sector, and indicating their relevance to the strategic objectives, outcomes and priority activities of the NBSAP. This is complemented by an overview of key, national-level co-ordination mechanisms and communities of practice through which sector role-players can coordinate their work and exchange information and experiences.

• identifying a set of interventions (called ‘accelerators’) that can be used to accelerate implementation of high-level priorities of the NBSAP over the next five years.

In taking this approach, the NBF brings together key elements of the NBSAP and other relevant strategies. The NBF is underpinned by a strong scientific foundation (provided by the NBA, the NPAES and the research that underpins several of the other strategies included in the overview), and builds on the consultative processes through which all of these other products were developed.

Development of the revised NBF has been carried out through a thorough analysis of the NBSAP and 30 other strategies, frameworks and systems, and a targeted consultation process involving key stakeholders in government and civil society (with emphasis on those institutions that carry a government mandate to manage and protect biodiversity and other natural resources, and ensure



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their sustainable use). The relationship between the NBF, NBSAP, NPAES and other key strategies is illustrated in Figure 2.

Figure 2: Informants of the revised National Biodiversity Framework

1.4. Users of the NBF

The primary users of the NBF are institutions whose core business is biodiversity conservation and environmental management. Broadly, the users may include: organs of state in national, provincial and local spheres; government-led programmes, such as those to restore and rehabilitate ecosystems; NGOs and CBOs; and, multi-stakeholder conservation and development programmes and projects, such as multi-partner landscape-level initiatives and other flagship projects (see Table 2, for a summary of the key role-players).

The NBF may also have some relevance for stakeholders whose core work is not biodiversity conservation, but whose business either impacts on the status of biodiversity and ecosystems, or depends on biodiversity assets, ecosystem services and ecological infrastructure – for example, sectors such as agriculture, fisheries, water and sanitation, mining, energy, rural development and land reform, urban development, local economic development, and education.

It also has relevance for government departments which are not responsible for direct or indirect management of natural resources, but play an important role in establishing policies and practices that impact on biodiversity management and conservation, and the implementation of the NBSAP (such as, the Presidency; National Treasury; Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA); Department of Science and Technology (DST); Department of Trade and Industry (dti); the Departments of Basic and Higher Education (DoE); and, the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC).

Table 2: Key institutions directly involved in biodiversity management and conservation

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Government Entities National departments and public entities Provincial conservation agencies, parks

boards or other conservation authorities • Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) • South African National Biodiversity Institute

(SANBI) • South African National Parks (SANParks) • World Heritage Site Authorities • Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) • Department of Agriculture, Forestry and

Fisheries (DAFF) Research entities • The Council for Scientific and Industrial

Research (CSIR) • The Water Research Commission (WRC) • The Agricultural Research Council (ARC) • The South African Environmental Observation

Network (SAEON)

• Western Cape: CapeNature • Kwazulu-Natal: Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife (EKZNW) • North West: North West Parks and Tourism

Board (NWPB) • Eastern Cape: Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism

Authority (ECPTA) • Limpopo: Limpopo Tourism and Parks Board

(LTPB) • Mpumalanga: Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks

Agency (MTPA) • Isimangaliso Wetland Park Authority Note: CapeNature and EKZNW are mandated to work throughout their respective provinces, whereas the other parks authorities are mandated to work only within the boundaries of protected areas

Provincial environment and/or conservation departments

Key government-led national environmental programmes

• Western Cape: Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning (DEA&DP)

• Northern Cape: The Department of Environment Affairs and Nature Conservation (DENC)

• Free State: Department of Economic Development, Small Business Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs

• Eastern Cape: The Department of Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEDEAT)

• KwaZulu-Natal: Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs (DEDTEA)

• Gauteng: Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (GDARD)

• Mpumalanga: Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Land and Environmental Affairs (DARDLEA)

• North West: Department of Rural, Environmental and Agricultural Development (NW READ)

• Limpopo: Limpopo Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism (LEDET)

• Working for Water (WfW) • Working on Fire (WoF) • Working for Wetlands (WfWet) • Working on Ecosystems (WonEco) • LandCare • Working for the Coast (WftC) • Community-based Natural Resource

Management (CBNRM) • People and Parks Programme • Man and Biosphere Reserve Programme (MAB)

Local governments All local governments in South Africa (including Metropolitan, District and Local Municipalities) play an increasingly important role in spatial planning and land-use management (including biodiversity management and integrated environmental management). They also provide a strategic opportunity to mainstream biodiversity into sustainable development through the integration of nature-based opportunities (aligned with the NBSAP) into integrated development plans

NGOs, the private sector, civil society African Conservation Trust (ACT); BirdLife South Africa, The Botanical Society of Southern Africa (BotSoc); Conservation-South Africa; Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT); IUCN in SA; Peace Parks Foundation (PPF), Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (WESSA); World Wide Fund for Nature South Africa (WWF-SA); Wildlands Conservation Trust; Wilderness Foundation; ICLEI; Biosphere Reserve management agencies; community-based organizations; businesses and other private sector role-players; landowners Note: These lists are not comprehensive and there may be many other organizations and programmes that play an important role in biodiversity conservation and to whom the NBF will be relevant.




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1.5. Structure of the NBF

The NBF is presented in five Sections, as follows:

Section 1 provides an introduction to the NBF, including its purpose, its relationship to the NBSAP, NBA and other national strategies, its intended users, and its overall structure.

Section 2 describes the context for implementation of the NBF, including a brief description of key pressures on South Africa’s biodiversity and opportunities for addressing these; the institutional context; alignment with national policies and international commitments under multilateral agreements; and, guiding principles.

Section 3, which is the core of the NBF, has two components: (i) an overview of key national strategies, frameworks and systems that guide the work of the biodiversity sector, and provide effective vehicles for implementing the provisions of the NBSAP; and, (ii) a brief description of key acceleration measures that can be used to remove bottlenecks or barriers or provide opportunities for fast-tracking implementation of high priority activities identified in the NBSAP. These measures include a combination of enabling and other types of activities, some of which are specific to particular strategic objectives of the NBSAP, and others of which are cross-cutting, and hold the potential to achieve multiple NBSAP objectives simultaneously.

The information in this section is presented in a combination of summary tables (organised under the Strategic Objectives and Outcomes of the NBSAP), accompanied by brief narrative description.

Section 4 deals with mechanisms for co-ordination and co-operation (including national and regional priorities), communities of practice for promoting collaboration and knowledge sharing, and implementation arrangements.

Section 5 is a set of annexures providing additional or supplementary information including references, a list of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Aichi Biodiversity Targets (ABTs), and a list of acronyms and abbreviations used in the document.

Section 2: Context for implementation of the NBF

2.1. Status of South Africa’s biodiversity

South Africa is one of the world’s most diverse countries in terms of ecosystems and species, with nine different terrestrial biomes (Fynbos, Grassland, Savanna, Nama Karoo, Succulent Karoo, Forest, Subtropical Thicket, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, and Desert), a wealth of freshwater ecosystems, diverse marine ecosystems and a rich store of marine resources, and over 95 000 known species of living organisms. In addition to their own intrinsic value, these ecosystems and species are critical natural assets that provide a range of goods and services to people, such as producing food and clean water, regulating climate and disease, supporting crop pollination and nutrient cycles, and delivering cultural benefits and recreational opportunities. Maintaining the biodiversity assets and ecological infrastructure that provide these benefits in good ecological condition is fundamental to achieving South Africa’s social and economic development objectives. A brief overview of the status of South




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Africa’s biodiversity and ecosystems is provided in Table 3. All of the information in the table has been extracted from the NBA 2011, unless otherwise stated.

Table 3: Status of South Africa’s ecosystems and species, at a glance

Ecosystem/element Status, at a glance Terrestrial Ecosystems: Ecosystem threat status: 40% of ecosystem types are threatened, with highest proportion of threatened

ecosystems in the Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Grassland, Fynbos and Forest Biomes

Ecosystem protection level:

22% well-protected, 35% not protected at all

Key ecosystem services: Rangelands; fertile soil; pollination; ecotourism; medicinal plants; wild food sources; resources for the wildlife and natural products industries; cultural, recreational and spiritual resources

Main pressures: Intensive agriculture, urban sprawl, mining, poorly-planned land uses and irresponsible practices that cause habitat loss or land degradation, overgrazing, invasive alien plants

River ecosystems Ecosystem threat status: 57% of all river ecosystem types are threatened, half of these being critically

endangered; 65% of mainstem rivers are threatened Ecosystem protection level:

14% well-protected, 50% not protected at all; only 18% of Strategic Water Source (high water-yield) Areas are protected

Key ecosystem services: Fresh water, South Africa’s most scarce natural resource; food and other materials that support livelihoods

Main pressures: Over-abstraction of water, pollution, loss of riparian vegetation; invasive species Wetland ecosystems: Ecosystem threat status: 65%of wetland ecosystems are threatened (48% critically endangered) Protection levels: 11% well-protected, 71% not protected at all Key ecosystem services: Water purification; flood regulation; natural resources for food and livelihoods Main pressures: Loss and degradation due to inappropriate land use; impoundments and other

changes in water flow; pollution; invasive alien organisms Estuarine ecosystems Ecosystem threat status: 43% of estuarine ecosystems are threatened Ecosystem protection level:

33% are well-protected (though not all of these are in a good ecological condition), 59% are not protected at all

Key ecosystem services: Nurseries for fish, various raw materials for food and livelihoods, recreation Main pressures: Decrease or other disruptions to freshwater flows, inappropriate land use and

development (immediate and upstream), unsustainable fishing/bait collection, pollution, invasive alien species

Marine and coastal ecosystems Ecosystem threat status: 58% of coastal and inshore ecosystems and 41% of offshore ecosystems are

threatened Ecosystem protection level:

Coastal and inshore: 9% well-protected, 16% not protected; offshore: 4% well-protected, 69% not protected

Key ecosystem services: Fish and other marine resources, recreation, trade and transport, ecotourism, coastal protection

Main pressures: Coastal development, fishing, shipping, invasive species , pollution, deep sea mining, decrease in freshwater reaching the coast and sea

Species of Special Concern Red List assessments reveal that a significant proportion of South Africa’s 95 000 species are threatened, as follows: Plants 12%, inland mammals 20%, birds 14.5%, amphibians 14%, reptiles 9%, freshwater fish 21% and butterflies 7%. Loss of natural habitat, invasive alien species and over-harvesting are the main pressures placing the survival of species at risk.




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Protected areas (information extracted from NPAES 2016) 7.9% of South Africa’s terrestrial surface currently falls within protected areas. Of the 969 recognised terrestrial ecosystem types, 21% are well protected, 13% are moderately protected, 30% are poorly protected and 37% are not protected. 23% of the coastline and 0.4% of offshore marine habitat is protected.

Key pressures on South Africa’s biodiversity

The most recent national assessment of South Africa’s biodiversity and ecosystems (NBA 2011) has shown that, despite an impressive baseline of innovative policies, numerous conservation programmes, extensive efforts, and significant advances made in the biodiversity sector over the last decade in particular, South Africa’s biodiversity remains under high pressure from a variety of human-induced factors and disturbances.

The major pressures on South Africa’s biodiversity include:

• loss and degradation of natural habitat in terrestrial, freshwater, estuarine and marine ecosystems due to unsustainable land-use practices, inappropriate or poorly-located land uses

• invasive alien species (both plant and animal) • destructive and over-harvesting of species, especially in the marine environment • illegal wildlife trafficking and other illegal resource use • over-abstraction of water and pollution of aquatic ecosystems • disruption of natural drivers of ecosystem functioning (such as fire cycles) • impact induce by climate change.

The social and economic costs of not managing ecosystems in a sustainable manner are high, as evidenced by accelerated land degradation and biodiversity loss, lowered land productivity, weakened ecosystem (and social) resilience, declining availability and quality of freshwater, increased infestation by invasive alien species, collapsing fish stocks, and increased air and water pollution. These impacts are all worsened by an increasingly unpredictable climate and an increase in the frequency and severity of extreme weather events, which cause severe social and economic disruption, increased food insecurity due to crop and stock losses and lower yields, damage to infrastructure, and even loss of life.

These impacts compromise the nation’s ability to fulfil its social and economic growth goals, and impacts on the quality of life of all South Africans especially the rural poor who rely daily on biodiversity resources to meet their subsistence needs. Responding to this requires a development path which minimises pressures on ecosystems and species, and strengthens resilience to climate change, whilst providing opportunities for addressing poverty, securing essential ecosystem services and addressing other social improvement needs (Cadman et al., 2010).

Coordinated implementation of the strategies identified in this NBF will contribute meaningfully to achieving these goals.

2.2. Institutional context for biodiversity management and protection

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considerations into planning, decision-making and daily practice in multiple sectors. The NBF sets out a framework for achieving this co-ordination at national level.

The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) as the custodian for environmental management is mandated by Section 24 of the Constitution, and Chapter 2 [(b)[i,ii and iii] of the Bill of Rights, to have the environment protected, for the benefit of present and future generations, through reasonable legislative and other measures that: prevent pollution and ecological degradation; promote conservation; and, secure ecologically sustainable development and use of natural resources, while promoting justifiable economic and social development.

However, responsibility for managing, conserving and ensuring sustainable use of South Africa’s biodiversity assets is shared by a large number of entities in government, and, increasingly, civil society and the private sector. These organisations include those whose core business is biodiversity management and protection, and a growing number of entities whose core business is some kind of productive activity that either relies or impacts on natural resources and biodiversity. (See Table 1 for a summary). Many decisions affecting biodiversity are taken outside of the biodiversity or environmental sector (for example, such as agriculture, mining, energy and urban development), which makes it all the more important to adopt a framework for integrated, policy-aligned decision-making.

A full description of the institutional context for biodiversity management, protection and sustainable use in South Africa is provided in the NBSAP 2015, pages 10 – 15.

2.3. Alignment with national policy and legislation

The NBF forms part of the robust policy and legislative framework that guides and governs the conservation, management and sustainable use of South Africa’s biodiversity assets. For this reason, the NBSAP, the implementation of which the NBF sets out to support, has been designed to align with key national legislation and policy in the broader environmental sector.

The overall framework for environmental governance is provided by the South African Constitution (Act 108 of 1996) and its associated Bill of Rights. Although the Constitution does not specifically refer to ‘biodiversity’, it enshrines certain environmental rights and specifies the powers and functions of national and provincial governments in terms of ‘the environment,’ ‘nature conservation,’ and ‘natural resources,’ such as soil, water, forests and marine resources.

Three pieces of environmental legislation collectively set out the principles and procedures governing the protection and management of biodiversity, and provide the legislative framework for implementation of the NBSAP:

• The National Environmental Management Act (NEMA, Act 107 of 1998) – which is the key legislation for environmental management in South Africa, and provides an overall framework for general law reform in the environmental management field, and is of particular relevance to SO 3 of the NBSAP.

• The Protected Areas Act – which governs the establishment and management of protected areas, and is of particular relevance to NBSAP SO 1.

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• The Biodiversity Act – which provides tools and mechanisms for conserving and managing biodiversity outside of protected areas, and is of cross-cutting relevance to all strategic objectives and outcomes of the NBSAP.

In addition, there are several other Acts relating to water, forests, marine resources and coastal management that are of relevance, especially to Strategic Objectives 1, 2 and 3 of the NBSAP. These are summarised here in Box 1, below.

Box 1: Key legislation of relevance to biodiversity conservation, management and sustainable use Over-arching legislation and principles: The Constitution of South Africa (Act 108 of 1996) White Paper on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of South Africa’s Biological Diversity (1997) White Paper on Environmental Management Policy for South Africa (1998) Core environmental legislation: National Environmental Management Act (Act 107 of 1998), as amended National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act (Act 10 of 2004) National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act (act 57 of 2003) Related natural resource management legislation: Marine Living Resources Act (Act 18 of 1998) The Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act (Act 43 of 1983) National Forest Act (Act 84 of 1998) Integrated Coastal Management Act (Act 24 of 2008), as amended Relevant spatial planning legislation: Sub-division of Agricultural Land Act (Act 70 of 1970) The Draft Preservation and Development of Agricultural Land Framework Bill and Policy The Spatial Planning and Land-Use Management Act (Act 16 of 2013)

To fulfil its vision of conserving, managing and using biodiversity sustainably to ensure equitable benefits to all the people of South Africa, the NBSAP has also been designed to ensure alignment with national policies and frameworks that guide the broader sustainable development agenda in the country. Key among these are:

• the National Development Plan (NDP) 2030 (in particular Chapter 5) • the Medium-Term Strategic Framework (MTSF) outcomes of the Presidential Delivery

Agreement (particularly Outcome 10), which is updated at regular intervals • the National Strategy for Sustainable Development (NSSD), 2002.

The vision of the NDP is that South Africa’s transition to an environmentally sustainable, climate-change resilient, low-carbon economy and just society will be well-progressed by 2030 (MTSF, 2014 – 2019). The NDP proposes a multi-dimensional framework, including ten critical actions, to address the principal challenges of poverty and inequality. As part of this process, it specifically identifies the need to use water and other natural resources more sustainably, emit less carbon, and protect oceans, soils and wildlife, in ways that buoy up the economy and create employment opportunities. This aligns closely with the vision and strategic objectives of the NBSAP.

The Medium-Term Strategic Framework (MTSF 2014 – 2019) developed by the Presidency translates the NDP vision and priorities into a set of sector-specific outcomes, outputs and targets. Those

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relevant to the environmental sector are reflected under Outputs 1 to 4 of Outcome 10, which is to protect and enhance environmental assets. The MTSF places emphasis on:

• increasing the coverage of protected areas and bringing more species and ecosystems under protection (MTSF Outcome 10, Output 4, which aligns with NBSAP SO 1)

• enhancing the quality and quantity of water resources by, among other things, protecting groundwater reserves and wetlands, preventing loss of wetlands, and increasing the number of wetland and river ecosystems that are restored to health (MTSF Outcome 10, Output 1, which aligns with NBSAP SO 2)

• addressing the degradation and depletion of natural resources and ecological infrastructure through strengthened environmental management, improved environmental governance and decision-making, and the incorporation of biodiversity priorities into national, provincial and local plans ( MTSF Outcome 10, Output 3,which aligns with NBSAP SOs 2 and 3)

• reducing climate change impacts through reducing CO2 emissions and developing climate change adaptation plans (MTSF Outcome 10, Output 2, which aligns with NBSAP Outcome 2)

• harnessing research and information management capacity and developing and maintaining datasets to generate policy-relevant data, indicators and indices (which aligns with NBSAP SO6).

This close alignment means that the framework and acceleration measures outlined in this document contribute directly to achieving the targets under Outcome 10 of the MTSF, and the objectives of the National Development Plan.

2.4. Alignment with international commitments

The priorities identified in the NBF are aligned with international conventions, treaties, protocols and other agreements relating to biodiversity management and protection to which South Africa is a signatory.

Key among these is:

• The UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD, ratified by South Africa in 1995), and its key protocols: o The Cartegena Protocol on Biosafety (governing the movement of living modified organisms,

resulting from biotechnological intervention, from one country to another) o The Nagoya Protocol on access to genetic resources and the fair and equitable sharing of

benefits arising from their use • The UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD, ratified by South Africa in 1997) • The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC, ratified by South Africa in 1997) • Other biodiversity-related conventions (date of ratification in brackets), including:

o The International Plant Protection Convention (1952) o The RamSar Convention on Wetlands (1971) o The World Heritage Convention (1972) o CITES - The UN Convention on Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (1975) o The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (2004)

• Other international agreements and programmes:




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o The UN Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs) – See Annexure 6.3

o The CBD Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011 – 2020, and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets (ABTs) – see Annexure 6.4

o The UNESCO Man and Biosphere (MAB) Programme o The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).

Alignment of the NBF with these international commitments is indicated in Table 4 in Section 3 of this document.

2.5. Principles of the NBF

This National Biodiversity Framework is firmly seated on a number of core principles that are aligned with those articulated in the NBSAP, and that should guide the work of all role-players in the biodiversity sector. These include, though are not limited to:

• ‘Duty of Care’ and the ‘precautionary principle’, and other principles laid out in the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA, Act 107 of 1998), in particular the provisions under Principle 4, which provides guidance on Sustainable Development, Environmental Management, Environmental Justice and Access and Benefit-sharing.

• A landscape approach to biodiversity conservation and management , which involves working both within and beyond the boundaries of protected areas to manage a mosaic of land uses including protection, restoration, production and subsistence use, in order to deliver ecological, economic and social benefits that are equitably shared by all citizens of South Africa.

• A consistent and strategic approach guided by the principles of representation and persistence, in which a representative sample of ecosystems and species is conserved along with the ecological processes that allow these biodiversity patterns to persist over time. This is achieved through identification of strategic spatial priorities, based on best available science, in national, provincial and municipal systematic biodiversity plans that guide the spatial focus of the sector’s work. These spatial priorities take the form of, amongst others, Critical Biodiversity Areas (CBAs), Ecological Support Areas (ESAs), Strategic Water Source Areas, Freshwater Ecosystem Priority Areas (FEPAs), and priorities for protected area expansion.

• Biodiversity has intrinsic value and but also constitutes critical natural capital which is essential for sustainable and resilient economic and social development. Management of biodiversity and ecological infrastructure should be directed to meet conservation objectives, and should also be people-centred and strive to meet multiple transformational benefits, by placing strategic protection, wise management, and sustainable use of natural capital at the core of the country’s sustainable development agenda.

• Partnerships that enable cooperation and collaboration across institutional and administrative boundaries are essential for managing ecosystems effectively at the landscape scale.






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Section 3: Integrated framework for coordinating work in the biodiversity

sector

South Africa’s NBSAP is the overarching or ‘umbrella’ strategy guiding the work of the biodiversity sector. It is complemented by a wide range of other national strategies, frameworks and systems that have been developed to guide work in particular parts of the sector (for example, management of biological invasions, biodiversity information management, or ecosystem-based adaptation) and that provide effective vehicles for implementing the NBSAP. Some of these strategies and frameworks are more conceptual in nature (providing principles, high-level strategic objectives or general approaches), whilst others also provide detailed sets of activities, with indicators, timelines and institutional responsibilities clearly spelt out. Because there is such a proliferation of strategies in the sector, this Framework provides an overview of those that align most closely with the NBSAP, indicating what the purpose of each strategy is, how it is aligned with the strategic objectives, outcomes and priority activities of the NBSAP, how they cross-link with each other, and how they align with international commitments under multilateral agreements to which South Africa is a signatory, and programmes in which South Africa participates. This information is presented in Table 4. Table 5 presents a set of key interventions, called ‘accelerators’, which can make a significant contribution to accelerating implementation of the NBSAP and its related strategies, either by addressing bottlenecks or barriers, or by providing opportunities to fast-track implementation. These are presented as recommendations and should be used to guide priority-setting by institutions and organise collective action within the biodiversity sector. 3.1. National strategies, frameworks and systems in the biodiversity sector

Table 4 presents an overview of 30 strategies, frameworks and systems that exist in the biodiversity sector (see Annexure 2 for a full document references). Only those strategies that are of relevance at the national scale to the biodiversity sector at large, and that are readily available in the public space, have been included. Provincial, local or institution-specific strategies, whilst important, have generally been excluded from the overview, though cross-linkage to them is indicated where this is known and relevant.


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emen

t aut

horit

ies a

nd la

nd cl

aim

ants

, dra

win

g on

the

draf

t co -

man

agem

ent s

trat

egy

deve

lope

d un

der t

he P

eopl

e an

d Pa

rks P

rogr

amm

e,

and

the

Isim

anga

liso

Co-M

anag

emen

t Agr

eem

ent.

Rele

vanc

e to

NBS

AP

Cros

s-lin

kage

s In

tern

atio

nal

alig

nmen

t NB

SAP

SO 1

, Ou

tcom

e 1.

4 (a

ctiv

ity

1.4.

2)

• NP

AES

(and

pr

ovin

cial

co

unte

rpar

ts)

• Na

tiona

l MAB

St

rate

gy

• Bu

sines

s Cas

e fo

r Bi

odiv

ersit

y St

ewar

dshi

p

ABTs

: 11

SDGs

: 8, 1

5

Date

Le

ad

deve

lope

r Pa

rtne

rs

Tim

efra

me

Like

ly re

visio

n



atio

nal B

iodi

vers

ity F

ram

ewor

k

Janu

ary

2018

21

5.

The

Ope

ratio

n Ph

akis

a M

arin

e Pr

otec

tion

Serv

ices

and

Gov

erna

nce

Stra

tegy

(M

PSG

)

2014

Go

SA –

the

Pres

iden

cy,

with

SAN

BI

The

Pres

iden

cy, S

ANBI

, O

cean

s Sec

reta

riat,

DEA,

DA

FF, D

ST

2014

- 20

19

Not s

pecif

ied

Desc

riptio

n:

The

MPS

G in

form

s the

impl

emen

tatio

n an

ove

rarc

hing

, int

egra

ted

gove

rnan

ce fr

amew

ork

for s

usta

inab

le g

row

th o

f the

oce

an e

cono

my

that

w

ill m

axim

ise so

cio-

econ

omic

ben

efits

, whi

lst e

nsur

ing

adeq

uate

oce

an

prot

ectio

n ov

er th

e ne

xt fi

ve y

ears

. It

iden

tifie

s 10

key

initi

ativ

es to

ach

ieve

this

obje

ctiv

e. K

ey a

mon

gst t

hese

are

th

e es

tabl

ishm

ent o

f 22

offs

hore

mar

ine

prot

ecte

d ar

eas,

the

deve

lopm

ent

of m

arin

e sp

atia

l pla

nnin

g to

ols t

o en

able

a su

stai

nabl

e oc

ean

econ

omy;

im

plem

enta

tion

plan

s and

enf

orce

men

t mea

sure

s for

regi

onal

and

sub-

regi

onal

mar

ine

spat

ial p

lans

; a fi

ne-s

cale

mar

ine

man

agem

ent p

lan

to

enab

le a

sust

aina

ble

econ

omy;

and

, a re

view

of o

cean

-rel

ated

legi

slat

ion

(Inte

grat

ed C

oast

al a

nd O

cean

Man

agem

ent A

ct a

nd th

e Oc

eans

Act

).

Rele

vanc

e to

NBS

AP

Cros

s-lin

kage

s In

tern

atio

nal

alig

nmen

t NB

SAP

SO 1

, Ou

tcom

e 1.

1 (a

ctiv

ity

1.1.

1)

Outc

ome

1.3

(act

ivity

1.

3.3)

• NP

AES

(and

co

unte

rpar

ts in

co

asta

l pro

vinc

es)

• O

pera

tion

Phak

isa

and

Pres

iden

tial 9

-po

int P

lan

ABTs

: 6, 1

1

SDG:

14

6.

Sou

th A

fric

a’s S

trat

egy

for P

lant

Co

nser

vatio

n

Dat

e Le

ad

deve

lope

r Pa

rtne

rs

Tim

efra

me

Like

ly re

visi

on

2015

SA

NBI a

nd

BotS

oc o

f So

uthe

rn

Afric

a

SAN

BI, B

otSo

c, o

ther

NGO

s, SA

NPar

ks, p

rovi

ncia

l co

nser

vatio

n au

thor

ities

, ac

adem

ic in

stitu

tions

, citi

zen

scie

ntist

s

2015

- 20

20

tbc

Desc

riptio

n:

Sout

h Af

rica’

s Str

ateg

y fo

r Pla

nt C

onse

rvat

ion

is st

ruct

ured

aro

und

16

outc

ome-

orie

nted

targ

ets,

clust

ered

und

er 5

obj

ectiv

es re

latin

g to

: un

ders

tand

ing

and

docu

men

ting

Sout

h Af

rica’

s pla

nt d

iver

sity

(targ

ets 1

to 3

); co

nser

vatio

n (ta

rget

s 4 to

10)

; sus

tain

able

and

equ

itabl

e us

e (ta

rget

s 11

to

13);

educ

atio

n an

d aw

aren

ess (

targ

et 1

4); a

nd, c

apac

ity d

evel

opm

ent a

nd

publ

ic en

gage

men

t (ta

rget

s 15

and

16).

Rele

vanc

e to

NBS

AP

Cros

s lin

kage

s In

tern

atio

nal

alig

nmen

t SO

1

Outc

ome

1.1

(act

ivity

1.

1.1)

Ou

tcom

e 1.

2 (a

ctiv

ities

1.

2.2

and

1.2.

4)

• NP

AES

(and

pr

ovin

cial

co

unte

rpar

ts)

Glob

al S

trat

egy

for

Plan

t Con

serv

atio

n (G

SPC)

CI

TES

ABT:

12,

13



atio

nal B

iodi

vers

ity F

ram

ewor

k

Janu

ary

2018

22

The

Stra

tegy

spec

ifies

key

out

puts

und

er e

ach

targ

et, a

nd p

rovi

des a

det

aile

d an

alys

is of

the

cros

s-lin

kage

s bet

wee

n th

ese

and

the

NBS

AP O

utco

mes

and

Ac

tiviti

es.

Also

has

rele

vanc

e un

der

SO 3

; SO

4; S

O 5

and

SO

6

(see

tabl

e 1

in th

e St

rate

gy

for d

etai

ls)

SDGs

: 15

7.

The

Nat

iona

l Man

and

Bio

sphe

re R

eser

ve

Stra

tegy

and

Impl

emen

tatio

n Pl

an (M

AB

Stra

tegy

)

Dat

e Le

ad

deve

lope

r Pa

rtne

rs

Tim

efra

me

Like

ly re

visi

on

2016

DE

A D

EA, N

GO

s app

oint

ed a

s m

anag

emen

t aut

horit

ies o

f th

e bi

osph

ere

rese

rves

, SA

NPar

ks, P

rovi

ncia

l co

nser

vatio

n au

thor

ities

, NG

Os,

priv

ate

sect

or

part

ners

, com

mun

ities

2016

- 20

20

To b

e de

term

ined

Desc

riptio

n:

This

is So

uth

Afric

a’s f

irst n

atio

nal s

trat

egy

for t

he B

iosp

here

Res

erve

Pr

ogra

mm

e. It

bui

lds o

n le

sson

s lea

rnt o

ver 2

0 ye

ars,

com

plem

ente

d by

a

com

preh

ensiv

e sit

uatio

n an

alys

is an

d ex

tens

ive

cons

ulta

tion

proc

ess.

Its m

ain

purp

ose

is to

ena

ble

bios

pher

e re

serv

es to

reac

h th

eir f

ull p

oten

tial a

s m

odel

land

scap

es fo

r im

plem

entin

g in

tegr

ated

app

roac

hes t

o en

viro

nmen

tal p

rote

ctio

n an

d su

stai

nabl

e so

cio-

econ

omic

dev

elop

men

t.

The

Stra

tegy

def

ines

the

over

all s

trat

egic

dire

ctio

n fo

r the

Bio

sphe

re R

eser

ve

Prog

ram

me,

und

er th

ree

stra

tegi

c ob

ject

ives

rela

ting

to co

nser

vatio

n of

bi

odiv

ersit

y, e

cosy

stem

s and

cultu

ral h

erita

ge; b

uild

ing

sust

aina

ble

com

mun

ities

; and

, pro

mot

ing

awar

enes

s and

ada

ptiv

e ca

paci

ty. I

t ide

ntifi

es

cros

s-cu

ttin

g iss

ues a

nd in

terv

entio

ns th

roug

h w

hich

the

obje

ctiv

es ca

n be

ac

hiev

ed, a

nd d

escr

ibes

thei

r exp

ecte

d ou

tput

s. It

also

des

crib

es e

nabl

ing

cond

ition

s for

succ

essf

ul im

plem

enta

tion

of th

e St

rate

gy, i

nclu

ding

fina

ncin

g,

com

mun

icat

ion

and

capa

city

-bui

ldin

g ne

eds,

and

incl

udes

a fr

amew

ork

for

nom

inat

ion

of n

ew B

iosp

here

Res

erve

s. Th

e St

rate

gy is

supp

orte

d by

a co

mpr

ehen

sive

Impl

emen

tatio

n Pl

an, a

nd

Mon

itorin

g an

d Ev

alua

tion

Fram

ewor

k, w

hich

sets

prio

ritie

s, sp

ecifi

es

prac

tical

act

iviti

es a

nd in

stitu

tiona

l res

pons

ibili

ties f

or im

plem

enta

tion,

in

dica

tors

and

tim

elin

es fo

r im

plem

enta

tion.

Rele

vanc

e to

NBS

AP

Cros

s-lin

kage

s In

tern

atio

nal

alig

nmen

t SO

1

Out

com

e 1.

1 (a

ll ac

tiviti

es,

but e

spec

ially

1.1

.2 a

nd

1.1.

3)

Out

com

e 1.

3 (a

ctiv

ity

1.3.

5)

Out

com

e 1.

4 (a

ctiv

ity

1.4.

3)

• NP

AES

(and

pr

ovin

cial

co

unte

rpar

ts)

• Na

tiona

l Buf

fer Z

one

Stra

tegy

•

Busin

ess c

ase

for

Biod

iver

sity

Stew

ards

hip

•

Peop

le a

nd P

arks

Co-

Man

agem

ent

Fram

ewor

k •

Natio

nal B

iodi

vers

ity

Econ

omy

Stra

tegy

•

BIO

FIN

Plan

UNE

SCO

Wor

ld

Herit

age

Conv

entio

n an

d Bi

osph

ere

Rese

rve

Stra

tegy

Th

e AU

Con

vent

ion

on C

onse

rvat

ion

of

Nat

ure

and

Nat

ural

Re

sour

ces (

2012

) AB

Ts: 8

, 19,

20

SDGs

: 1, 3

, 8, 1

4 an

d 15



atio

nal B

iodi

vers

ity F

ram

ewor

k

Janu

ary

2018

23

8.

The

Nat

iona

l Bio

dive

rsity

Eco

nom

y St

rate

gy (N

BES)

Date

Le

ad

deve

lope

r Pa

rtne

rs

Tim

efra

me

Like

ly re

visio

n

2017

DE

A D

EA, M

ultip

le p

artn

ers i

n go

vern

men

t, th

e pr

ivat

e se

ctor

and

civi

l soc

iety

2015

- 20

30

Not s

pecif

ied

Desc

riptio

n:

The

NBES

is a

14-

year

fram

ewor

k th

e pu

rpos

e of

whi

ch is

to p

rovi

de

stru

ctur

al co

ordi

natio

n an

d di

rect

ion

to g

uide

the

sust

aina

ble

grow

th a

nd

tran

sfor

mat

ion

of th

e w

ildlif

e an

d bi

opro

spec

ting

indu

strie

s. It

prov

ides

for

the

crea

tion

of in

clusiv

e bi

odiv

ersit

y-ba

sed

econ

omic

act

iviti

es th

at ca

n ac

cele

rate

dev

elop

men

t of t

he ru

ral e

cono

my,

impr

ove

socia

l wel

l-bei

ng a

nd

ensu

re e

quita

ble

acce

ss to

and

shar

ing

of b

enef

its fr

om b

iolo

gica

l res

ourc

es,

whi

le m

aint

aini

ng th

e ec

olog

ical

reso

urce

bas

e.

The

NBES

has

set a

n ov

eral

l ind

ustr

y gr

owth

goa

l of 1

0% p

er a

nnum

to b

e ac

hiev

ed th

roug

h im

plem

enta

tion

of 2

0 en

ablin

g ac

tiviti

es (1

0 ea

ch fo

r the

w

ildlif

e an

d bi

opro

spec

ting

indu

strie

s), t

hat w

ill: f

acili

tate

the

form

atio

n of

co

oper

ativ

e pa

rtne

rshi

ps b

etw

een

gove

rnm

ent,

the

priv

ate

sect

or a

nd

com

mun

ities

to o

pen

up o

ppor

tuni

ties i

n va

rious

mar

ket s

egm

ents

; add

ress

de

velo

pmen

t and

gro

wth

cons

trai

nts;

enab

le sk

ills t

rans

fer;

and,

man

age

the

wild

life

and

biop

rosp

ectin

g se

ctor

s sus

tain

ably

. Wor

king

thro

ugh

a no

dal

appr

oach

, the

NBE

S id

entif

ies p

riorit

y ac

tiviti

es, o

utlin

es st

akeh

olde

r rol

es,

and

sets

out

a d

etai

led,

resu

lts-b

ased

mon

itorin

g fr

amew

ork.

Rele

vanc

e to

NBS

AP

Cros

s lin

kage

s In

tern

atio

nal

alig

nmen

t NB

SAP

SO1

Outc

ome

1.3

( act

iviti

es

1.3.

1, 1

.3.2

, and

1.3

.5)

• St

rate

gy fo

r inv

estin

g in

Eco

logi

cal

Infr

astr

uctu

re

• Fr

amew

ork

for

inve

stm

ent i

n En

viro

nmen

t and

Na

tura

l Res

ourc

e M

anag

emen

t for

a

Gree

n Ec

onom

y

• Th

e BI

OFI

N Pl

an

• Th

e Na

tiona

l Pla

nt

Cons

erva

tion

Stra

tegy

•

Natio

nal M

AB

Stra

tegy

•

Peop

le a

nd P

arks

Co-

Man

agem

ent

Fram

ewor

k

Nago

ya P

roto

col o

f th

e CB

D AU

Gui

delin

es fo

r Co

-ord

inat

ed

impl

emen

tatio

n of

th

e Na

goya

Pr

otoc

ol

ABTs

: 4, 6

, 13,

16

SDGs

: 1, 2

. 5, 8

, 10,

11

, 12

9.

The

Nat

iona

l Bot

anic

al G

arde

ns

Expa

nsio

n St

rate

gy

Date

Le

ad

deve

lope

r Pa

rtne

rs

Tim

efra

me

Like

ly re

visio

n

2016

(and

up

date

d 20

17)

SANB

I SA

NBI

, SAN

Park

s, Isi

man

galis

o W

etla

nd p

ark

Auth

ority

, ECP

TA, o

ther

stat

e an

d pa

rast

atal

inst

itutio

ns

2016

- 20

30

Not s

pecif

ied



atio

nal B

iodi

vers

ity F

ram

ewor

k

Janu

ary

2018

24

Desc

riptio

n:

A St

rate

gy fo

r the

est

ablis

hmen

t, ex

pans

ion

and

mai

nten

ance

of a

re

pres

enta

tive

netw

ork

of b

otan

ical

gar

dens

acr

oss S

outh

Afr

ica,

with

the

purp

ose

of ra

isin

g aw

aren

ess o

f the

impo

rtan

ce o

f bio

dive

rsity

and

its s

tatu

s,

stre

ngth

enin

g ex

situ

con

serv

atio

n (e

spec

ially

of t

hrea

tene

d sp

ecie

s and

ha

bita

ts, a

nd m

edic

inal

ly/e

cono

mic

ally

use

ful s

peci

es),

enha

ncin

g en

viro

nmen

tal e

duca

tion

and

recr

eatio

nal o

ppor

tuni

ties f

or th

e pu

blic

, and

cr

eatin

g ‘g

reen

lung

s’ in

urb

an a

reas

to st

reng

then

resil

ienc

e to

CC.

T

he st

rate

gy id

entif

ies g

aps i

n th

e cu

rren

t cov

erag

e of

the

NBG

net

wor

k, a

br

oad

set o

f prio

ritie

s for

add

ress

ing

thes

e, a

nd th

e m

echa

nism

s thr

ough

w

hich

the

Stra

tegy

will

be

impl

emen

ted.

Th

e ov

eral

l aim

s of

the

Stra

tegy

are

to:

• Es

tabl

ish a

t lea

st o

ne N

BG in

eac

h of

the

nine

pro

vinc

es o

f Sou

th A

fric

a (w

ith p

riorit

y gi

ven

to Li

mpo

po a

nd N

orth

Wes

t) •

Esta

blish

bot

anic

al o

r dem

onst

ratio

n ga

rden

s rep

rese

ntat

ive

of e

ach

biom

e (w

ith p

riorit

y gi

ven

to D

eser

t and

Indi

an O

cean

Coa

stal

Bel

t) •

Expa

nd e

xist

ing

gard

ens t

o in

corp

orat

e ad

ditio

nal s

peci

es/h

abita

ts,

cons

erve

adj

acen

t nat

ural

hab

itats

and

cre

ate

natu

ral c

orrid

ors t

hat

serv

e as

refu

gia

for p

lant

s and

ani

mal

s in

urba

n ar

eas

Rele

vanc

e to

NBS

AP

Cros

s lin

kage

s Al

ignm

ent

inte

rnat

iona

l N

BSAP

SO

1

Out

com

e 1.

2 (a

ctiv

ities

1.

2.2

and

1.2.

3)

Also

has

bro

ad re

leva

nce

to S

O4

(rai

sing

awar

enes

s)

• Th

e Na

tiona

l Pla

nt

Cons

erva

tion

Stra

tegy

Glob

al P

ant

Cons

erva

tion

Stra

tegy

AB

Ts: 1

2 an

d 13

SD

Gs: 8

and

15

10. S

trat

egic

Fra

mew

ork

and

Ove

rarc

hing

Im

plem

enta

tion

Plan

for E

cosy

stem

-ba

sed

Adap

tatio

n (E

bA) i

n So

uth

Afric

a

Dat

e Le

ad

Dev

elop

er

Part

ners

Ti

mef

ram

e Li

kely

revi

sion

2016

DE

A &

SAN

BI

DEA

, SAN

BI, D

ST, t

he

‘Wor

king

For

’ pro

gram

mes

, CS

IR, W

RC, A

RC, D

AFF,

Co

GTA,

SAL

GA, N

IE,

Prov

incia

l gov

ernm

ents

, loc

al

gove

rnm

ents

, NGO

s and

ex

pert

s

2016

- 20

21

Not

spec

ified

The

over

all a

im o

f thi

s Str

ateg

y is

to p

lace

EbA

at t

he c

ore

of S

outh

Afr

ica’

s ov

eral

l app

roac

h to

clim

ate

chan

ge a

dapt

atio

n, to

ena

ble

a lo

ng-t

erm

, so

cial

ly-in

clus

ive

tran

sitio

n to

a c

limat

e-re

silie

nt so

ciet

y an

d ec

onom

y.

Rele

vanc

e to

NBS

AP

Cros

s-lin

kage

s In

tern

atio

nal

alig

nmen

t N

BAP

SO 2

•

Clim

ate

Chan

ge

Adap

tatio

n Pl

ans f

or

ABT:

15



atio

nal B

iodi

vers

ity F

ram

ewor

k

Janu

ary

2018

25

As co

ntex

t for

the

Impl

emen

tatio

n Pl

an, t

he S

trat

egy

prov

ides

an

over

view

of

rele

vant

lite

ratu

re a

nd is

sues

; alig

nmen

t with

pol

icie

s (in

tern

atio

nal,

natio

nal,

prov

inci

al a

nd lo

cal)

and

prog

ram

mes

; and

, the

inst

itutio

nal c

onte

xt fo

r im

plem

enta

tion

of E

bA.

It se

ts o

ut a

vis

ion

and

four

key

out

com

e ar

eas,

rela

ted

to: c

o-or

dina

tion,

co

mm

unic

atio

ns a

nd le

arni

ng; r

esea

rch,

mon

itorin

g an

d ev

alua

tion;

m

ains

trea

min

g in

to p

olic

y an

d pr

actic

e; a

nd d

emon

stra

tion

proj

ects

. Und

er

each

of t

hese

out

com

e ar

eas,

the

Fram

ewor

k sk

etch

es lo

w, m

ediu

m a

nd

high

-roa

d fin

anci

ng o

ptio

ns fo

r a se

t of p

riorit

y ac

tiviti

es, f

or w

hich

in

stitu

tiona

l rol

es, t

imef

ram

es a

nd re

sour

ce re

quire

men

ts a

re cl

early

de

scrib

ed.

The

Stra

tegy

also

iden

tifie

s a n

umbe

r of k

ey a

reas

that

shou

ld b

e st

reng

then

ed to

pro

mot

e m

ore

effe

ctiv

e im

plem

enta

tion

of E

bA, i

n pa

rtic

ular

: mon

itorin

g th

e ef

fect

iven

ess o

f EbA

; vul

nera

bilit

y as

sess

men

ts;

impr

oved

com

mun

icat

ions

to e

ncou

rage

pee

r lea

rnin

g an

d ca

paci

ty

deve

lopm

ent;

and,

bet

ter c

o-or

dina

tion

of g

roun

d-le

vel p

roje

cts.

Out

com

e 2.

1 (a

ctiv

ities

2.

1.2

to 2

.1.5

) O

utco

me

2.2

(act

iviti

es

2.2.

1 an

d 2.

2.2)

Al

so b

road

ly re

leva

nt to

N

BSAP

SO

3, O

utco

mes

3.5

an

d 3.

6

Biom

es in

Sou

th

Afric

a

• Th

e Bi

odiv

ersit

y Se

ctor

Clim

ate

Chan

ge R

espo

nse

Stra

tegy

•

Stra

tegy

for

inve

stm

ent i

n Ec

olog

ical

Infr

astr

uctu

re

• Fr

amew

ork

for

inve

stm

ent i

n EN

RM

for a

Gr e

en E

cono

my

SDGs

: 8, 1

3, 1

5 U

NFC

C (D

ecisi

on

1/CP

.16)

Pa

ris A

gree

men

t 20

15

UNC

CD (a

rts.

8 a

nd

10)

10-Y

FP (O

bjec

tives

1,

2 &

3)

UN

Sen

dai

Fram

ewor

k fo

r Di

sast

er R

isk

Redu

ctio

n N

airo

bi W

ork

Prog

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me

2015

11

. Fra

mew

ork

for i

nves

ting

in E

colo

gica

l In

fras

truc

ture

(EI)

Dat

e Le

ad

Dev

elop

er

Part

ners

Ti

mef

ram

e Li

kely

rev

isio

n

2014

SA

NBI

SA

NBI

, DEA

, CoG

TA, D

AFF,

DW

S, M

unici

palit

ies,

irrig

atio

n bo

ards

, disa

ster

m

anag

emen

t cen

tres

(n

atio

nal,

prov

inci

al a

nd

mun

icipa

l), N

atio

nal

Trea

sury

, the

Pre

siden

cy a

nd

the

Natio

nal P

lann

ing

Com

miss

ion,

rese

arch

in

stitu

tions

, pro

vinc

ial

Not

spec

ified

O

ngoi

ng





atio

nal B

iodi

vers

ity F

ram

ewor

k

Janu

ary

2018

26

envi

ronm

enta

l affa

irs

depa

rtm

ents

and

co

nser

vatio

n au

thor

ities

, NG

Os,

and

busin

esse

s Th

e pu

rpos

e of

this

fram

ewor

k is

to g

uide

act

ion

and

supp

ort c

olla

bora

tion

for i

nves

ting

in e

colo

gica

l inf

rast

ruct

ure

(EI).

Se

ven

prin

cipl

es m

ake

up th

e co

re o

f the

Fra

mew

ork.

The

se in

clude

that

in

vest

men

t in

EI sh

ould

take

pla

ce in

way

s tha

t: bu

ild o

n ex

istin

g pr

ogra

mm

es

and

expe

rienc

es; o

ptim

ise jo

b cr

eatio

n an

d ru

ral d

evel

opm

ent;

prom

ote

socia

lly-s

ensit

ive

part

icipa

tion;

ach

ieve

clea

rly-d

efin

ed o

utco

mes

and

be

nefit

s; fo

cus o

n sy

stem

atica

lly id

entif

ied,

stra

tegi

c spa

tial p

riorit

y ar

eas;

and,

invo

lve

tran

sdisc

iplin

ary

colla

bora

tion.

In

add

ition

, the

fram

ewor

k pr

ovid

es a

brie

f bac

kgro

und

to w

hat i

s m

eant

by

ecol

ogic

al in

fras

truc

ture

and

inve

stm

ent i

n ec

olog

ical i

nfra

stru

ctur

e an

d ho

w

this

cont

ribut

es to

nat

iona

l dev

elop

men

t goa

ls; it

iden

tifie

s key

role

pla

yers

an

d de

scrib

es so

me

key

prog

ram

mes

and

pra

ctic

es in

to w

hich

inve

stm

ent i

n EI

can

be in

tegr

ated

; it o

utlin

es th

e sc

ope

for

reso

urce

mob

ilisa

tion

for

inve

stin

g in

eco

logi

cal i

nfra

stru

ctur

e, id

entif

ies r

esea

rch

need

s goi

ng fo

rwar

d,

and

brie

fly o

utlin

es n

ext s

teps

for a

dvan

cing

prog

ress

in th

is fie

ld.

This

Fram

ewor

k is

not s

tatic

, and

will

be

adde

d to

and

exp

ande

d as

ex

perie

nce

in th

is fie

ld is

gai

ned.

Rele

vanc

e to

NBS

AP

Oth

er cr

oss-

linka

ges

Inte

rnat

iona

l co

mm

itmen

ts

NBSA

P SO

2,

Outc

ome

2.1

(all

activ

ities

) Ou

tcom

e 2.

2 (a

ctiv

ity

2.2.

1)

NBSA

P SO

3

Outc

ome

3.2

(act

iviti

es

3.2.

1, 3

.2.2

, 3.2

.4, 3

.2.6

, 3.

2.7

Ou

tcom

e 3.

5 (a

ctiv

ities

3.

5.2,

3.5

.3, 3

.5.5

) NB

SAP

SO 1

Ou

tcom

e 1.

1 (a

ctiv

ity

1.1.

3)

Outc

ome

1.3

(act

ivity

1.

3.5)

Ou

tcom

e 1.

4 (a

ctiv

ity

1.4.

3)

• Eb

A St

rate

gy

• Bi

odiv

ersit

y Se

ctor

Cl

imat

e Ch

ange

re

spon

se S

trat

egy

• NP

AES

(and

pr

ovin

cial

co

unte

rpar

ts)

• Bu

sines

s Cas

e fo

r Bi

odiv

ersit

y St

ewar

dshi

p •

NBES

•

BIO

FIN

Plan

•

The

natio

nal R

EDD+

pr

ogra

mm

e le

d by

DE

A/DA

FF

UNCC

D UN

FCCC

AB

Ts: 5

, 9, 1

4, 1

5 SD

Gs: 1

, 8, 1

3, 1

5

12. A

Fra

mew

ork

for i

nves

tmen

t in

Envi

ronm

enta

l and

Nat

ural

Res

ourc

e M

anag

emen

t (EN

RM) f

or a

Gre

en

Econ

omy

Dat

e Le

ad

deve

lope

r(s)

Pa

rtne

rs

Tim

efra

me

Like

ly re

visi

on

2016

DS

T, D

EA,

DBSA

(d

evel

oped

by

CSIR

)

DST

, DEA

, DBS

A, R

elev

ant

role

-pla

yers

in th

e pr

ivat

e se

ctor

, DAF

F, D

WS,

the

“ W

orki

ng F

or’ p

rogr

amm

es,

dono

rs, N

GOs

Not l

imite

d No

t Spe

cifie

d



atio

nal B

iodi

vers

ity F

ram

ewor

k

Janu

ary

2018

27

This

Fram

ewor

k ha

s bee

n de

signe

d to

gui

de c

atal

ytic

inve

stm

ent i

n En

viro

nmen

tal a

nd N

atur

al R

esou

rce

Man

agem

ent (

ENRM

), pa

rtic

ular

ly a

s it

rela

tes t

o th

e gr

een

econ

omy.

The

spec

ific a

im is

to su

ppor

t EN

RM in

itiat

ives

th

at p

rote

ct a

nd e

nhan

ce b

iodi

vers

ity a

nd th

e re

silie

nce

of th

e co

untr

y’s

ecos

yste

ms,

in w

ays t

hat p

rom

ote

– an

d ca

pita

lise

on -

the

job

crea

tion

pote

ntia

l of t

he n

atur

al re

sour

ce m

anag

emen

t sec

tor.

Th

e Fr

amew

ork

is ba

sed

on re

sear

ch a

nd a

cons

ulta

tion

proc

ess.

It p

rovi

des a

co

mpr

ehen

sive

ana

lysi

s of t

he c

urre

nt c

onte

xt fo

r ena

blin

g in

vest

men

t in

ENRM

, lis

ts e

xam

ples

of k

ey in

itiat

ives

, and

iden

tifie

s key

cha

lleng

es a

nd

oppo

rtun

ities

. The

Fra

mew

ork

iden

tifie

s fou

r key

them

es, u

nder

whi

ch sh

ort,

med

ium

and

long

-ter

m in

vest

men

t opt

ions

are

spec

ified

. Th

e fo

ur th

emes

are

to: e

nhan

ce g

over

nmen

t coo

rdin

atio

n of

Sou

th A

fric

a’s

tran

sitio

n to

a g

reen

eco

nom

y; e

nabl

e gr

eate

r priv

ate

sect

or in

vest

men

t in

ENRM

; su

ppor

t cat

chm

ent-

base

d st

udie

s to

inte

grat

e pr

inci

ples

of a

gre

en

econ

omy

into

rest

orat

ion

and

cons

erva

tion

of e

colo

gica

l inf

rast

ruct

ure;

and

, en

hanc

e te

chni

cal a

nd fi

nanc

ial s

uppo

rt fo

r sm

all b

usin

ess d

evel

opm

ent i

n th

e bi

odiv

ersit

y ec

onom

y

Rele

vanc

e to

NBS

AP

Cros

s-lin

kage

s In

tern

atio

nal

alig

nmen

t N

BSAP

SO

2

Out

com

e 2.

1 (a

ctiv

ities

2.

1.3,

2.1

.5)

NBS

AP S

O 1

O

utco

me

1.3

(act

ivity

1.

3.1,

1.3

.5)

Out

com

e 1.

2 (a

ctiv

ity

1.2.

3)

• St

rate

gy fo

r inv

estin

g in

Eco

logi

cal

Infr

astr

uctu

re

• Eb

A St

rate

gy

• NB

ES

• BI

OFI

N Pl

an

ABTs

: 5, 9

, 14,

15

SDGs

: 8, 1

3, 1

5

13. N

atio

nal S

trat

egy

for d

ealin

g w

ith

biol

ogic

al in

vasi

ons i

n So

uth

Afric

a

Dat

e Le

ad

deve

lope

r Pa

rtne

rs

Tim

efra

me

Like

ly re

visi

on

2014

DE

A D

EA, S

ANBI

, DAF

F, D

WS,

Do

H, D

RDLR

, CoG

TA,

Trad

e&In

dust

ry,

SANP

arks

, Pr

ovin

cial c

onse

rvat

ion

auth

oriti

es a

nd d

epar

tmen

ts,

Cust

oms,

‘Wor

king

For

’ pr

ogra

mm

es, C

MAs

10 y

ears

N

ot sp

ecifi

ed

This

Stra

tegy

iden

tifie

s 11

obj

ectiv

es a

nd 1

9 hi

gh-le

vel i

nter

vent

ions

(sup

port

ed

by p

riorit

y ac

tions

) to

ach

ieve

int

egra

ted

and

cost

-effe

ctiv

e m

anag

emen

t of

bi

olog

ical

inva

sion

s at

the

nat

iona

l sca

le in

Sou

th A

frica

, ove

r th

e m

ediu

m t

o lo

nger

ter

m (

10 y

ears

). It

prov

ides

a c

ompr

ehen

sive

over

view

of

biol

ogic

al

inva

sions

and

thei

r man

agem

ent,

the

legi

slativ

e an

d re

gula

tory

env

ironm

ent,

and

broa

d pr

inci

ples

for

effe

ctiv

e m

anag

emen

t. It

elab

orat

es o

n th

e ne

ed f

or

Rele

vanc

e to

NBS

AP

Cros

s-lin

kage

s In

tern

atio

nal

alig

nmen

t N

BSAP

SO

2

Out

com

e 2.

1 (a

ctiv

ity

2.1.

3)

• Na

tiona

l Str

ateg

y fo

r Pl

ant C

onse

rvat

ion

• Eb

A St

rate

gy

ABT:

9, 1

4, 1

5 SD

Gs: 8

, 14,

15



atio

nal B

iodi

vers

ity F

ram

ewor

k

Janu

ary

2018

28

stre

ngth

ened

man

agem

ent

capa

city

and

col

labo

rativ

e go

vern

ance

am

ongs

t the

di

ffere

nt sp

here

s of g

over

nmen

t res

pons

ible

for m

anag

emen

t of i

nvas

ive

spec

ies,

the

need

to

incr

ease

und

erst

andi

ng t

hrou

gh r

esea

rch

and

mon

itorin

g, r

aise

aw

aren

ess

of th

e pr

oble

m, a

nd e

quita

bly

dist

ribut

e th

e co

sts

of m

anag

emen

t. It

ad

dres

ses

all a

spec

ts,

incl

udin

g th

e in

trod

uctio

n, e

stab

lishm

ent

and

spre

ad o

f in

vasiv

e sp

ecie

s in

terr

estr

ial,

fresh

wat

er a

nd m

arin

e ec

osys

tem

s, an

d de

scrib

es

appr

oach

es t

hat

can

be t

arge

ted

at s

peci

es, a

reas

of

inva

sion

and

path

way

s of

m

ovem

ent.

Its o

vera

ll go

al is

to p

rote

ct th

e na

tura

l cap

ital o

f the

cou

ntry

, in

the

inte

rest

s of a

chie

ving

and

sust

aini

ng th

e go

als o

f the

Nat

iona

l Dev

elop

men

t Pla

n.

•

Fram

ewor

k fo

r In

vest

ing

in

Ecol

ogica

l In

fras

truc

ture

•

Fram

ewor

k fo

r in

vest

men

t in

ENRM

fo

r a G

reen

Eco

nom

y

14. T

he B

iodi

vers

ity S

ecto

r Clim

ate

Chan

ge

Resp

onse

Str

ateg

y Da

te

Lead

de

velo

per

Part

ners

Ti

mef

ram

e Li

kely

revi

sion

2014

DE

A D

EA a

nd st

akeh

olde

rs

sect

or-w

ide

Open

-end

ed

Not s

pecif

ied

Desc

riptio

n:

This

Stra

tegy

, whi

ch is

alig

ned

with

the

Natio

nal C

limat

e Ch

ange

resp

onse

Po

licy/

Fram

ewor

k (2

011)

, out

lines

prin

ciple

s and

key

ele

men

ts o

f the

bi

odiv

ersit

y se

ctor

’s st

rate

gic r

espo

nse

to th

e ris

ks p

osed

by

clim

ate

chan

ge.

It se

rves

as a

n ov

er-a

rchi

ng n

atio

nal s

trat

egy

to g

uide

pol

icy d

evel

opm

ent

and

to in

form

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f mor

e sp

ecifi

c im

plem

enta

tion

plan

s by

sect

or d

epar

tmen

ts.

The

Stra

tegy

iden

tifie

s thr

ee st

rate

gic

dire

ctio

ns, u

nder

eac

h of

whi

ch

clust

ers o

f rel

evan

t act

iviti

es a

re li

sted

(with

out s

pecif

icatio

n of

indi

cato

rs,

timef

ram

es o

r ins

titut

iona

l rol

es).

The

dire

ctio

ns a

nd k

ey k

inds

of a

ctiv

ities

ar

e as

follo

ws:

Mon

itorin

g an

d Ev

alua

tion

(with

em

phas

is pl

aced

on

stre

ngth

enin

g re

leva

nt

rese

arch

, inc

ludi

ng im

pact

-mon

itorin

g)

Ecos

yste

m-b

ased

Ada

ptat

ion

(with

em

phas

is pl

aced

on

mai

ntai

ning

key

ec

olog

ical i

nfra

stru

ctur

e in

goo

d ec

olog

ical c

ondi

tion,

rest

orin

g de

grad

ed E

I, im

prov

ed la

nd-u

se p

lann

ing

(inco

rpor

atin

g CC

crite

ria),

impr

oved

vu

lner

abili

ty a

sses

smen

t and

clim

ate-

proo

fing

com

mun

ities

)

Rele

vanc

e to

NBS

AP

Cros

s-lin

kage

s In

tern

atio

nal

alig

nmen

t Cr

oss-

cutti

ng re

leva

nce

to

NBSA

P SO

s 1, 2

, 3 a

nd 6

SO

1, O

utco

mes

1.1

and

1.

2 SO

2, O

utco

mes

2.1

and

2.

2 SO

3, O

utco

me

3.1,

3.2

an

d 3.

6 SO

6, O

utco

me

6.1

and

6.4

• Th

e Eb

A St

rate

gy

• Th

e st

rate

gy fo

r in

vest

ing

in

ecol

ogic

al

infr

astr

uctu

re

• Fr

amew

ork

for

inve

stm

ent i

n EN

RM

for a

Gre

en E

cono

my

• Th

e NP

AES

• Th

e Cl

imat

e Ch

ange

Ad

apta

tion

Plan

s for

Bi

omes

in S

outh

Af

rica

• BI

OFI

N Pl

an

UNFC

CC

UNCC

D Pa

ris A

gree

men

t UN

Sen

dai

Fram

ewor

k fo

r Di

sast

er R

isk

Redu

ctio

n Na

irobi

Wor

k Pr

ogra

mm

e



atio

nal B

iodi

vers

ity F

ram

ewor

k

Janu

ary

2018

29

Prot

ectio

n of

nat

ural

cap

ital (

with

em

phas

is on

mea

sure

s to

keep

CBA

s, ES

As

and

FEPA

s int

act –

or t

o re

stor

e de

grad

ed o

nes,

and

incr

easin

g th

e ex

tent

of

the

prot

ecte

d ar

ea e

stat

e).

The

stra

tegy

iden

tifie

s int

erse

ctor

al c

oord

inat

ion

thro

ugh

the

deve

lopm

ent

of re

gion

al a

nd lo

cal p

artn

ersh

ips a

s a k

ey m

echa

nism

for e

nsur

ing

deliv

ery

of

the

reco

mm

ende

d ac

tions

. 15

. Clim

ate

Chan

ge A

dapt

atio

n Pl

ans f

or

Sout

h Af

rican

Bio

mes

D

ate

Lead

de

velo

per

Impl

emen

ting

part

ners

Ti

mef

ram

e Li

kely

revi

sion

2015

DE

A D

EA a

nd st

akeh

olde

rs

sect

or-w

ide

Not l

imite

d No

spec

ified

This

docu

men

t sum

mar

izes t

he cu

rren

t sta

te o

f kno

wle

dge

abou

t clim

ate

chan

ge th

reat

s, d

river

s and

vul

nera

bilit

ies,

rele

vant

to e

ach

of th

e ni

ne

biom

es in

Sou

th A

frica

and

iden

tifie

s app

ropr

iate

, bio

me-

spec

ific

adap

tive

actio

ns.

Th

e ad

aptiv

e ac

tions

are

gro

uped

into

four

cat

egor

ies:

(i) s

patia

l pla

nnin

g ap

proa

ches

, whi

ch in

dica

te w

here

diff

eren

t lan

d-us

es sh

ould

bes

t be

loca

ted;

(ii

) man

agem

ent a

ppro

ache

s, w

hich

influ

ence

how

the

land

use

s are

ex

ecut

ed; (

iii) e

cosy

stem

-bas

ed a

ppro

ache

s, w

hich

redu

ce th

e st

ress

ors t

hat

com

prom

ise th

e ca

pacit

y of

eco

syst

ems t

o bu

ffer s

ocia

l and

bio

logi

cal

syst

ems f

orm

the

effe

cts o

f clim

ate

chan

ge; a

nd, (

iv) b

iodi

vers

ity st

ewar

dshi

p ap

proa

ches

, thr

ough

whi

ch a

dapt

ive

capa

city

outs

ide

of p

rote

cted

are

as ca

n be

enh

ance

d by

mor

e su

stai

nabl

e la

nd m

anag

emen

t.

Rele

vanc

e to

NBS

AP

Cros

s-lin

kage

s In

tern

atio

nal

alig

nmen

t NB

SAP

SO 2

, Ou

tcom

es 2

.1 a

nd 2

.2

(cro

ss-c

uttin

g)

NBSA

P SO

1

Outc

omes

1.1

, 1.3

and

1.4

(c

ross

-cut

ting)

• Eb

A St

rate

gy

• Fr

amew

ork

for

inve

stin

g in

ec

olog

ical

in

fras

truc

ture

•

Fram

ewor

k fo

r in

vest

men

t in

ENRM

fo

r a G

reen

Eco

nom

y •

NPAE

S (a

nd

prov

inci

al

coun

terp

arts

) •

NBES

UNCC

D UN

FCCC

AB

Ts: 1

4, 1

5 SD

Gs: 1

3, 1

5

16. T

he N

atio

nal W

ater

Res

ourc

e St

rate

gy v

2

(NW

RS)

Dat

e Le

ad

Dev

elop

er

Impl

emen

ting

Part

ners

Ti

mef

ram

e Li

kely

revi

sion

2013

DW

S D

WS,

DEA

, DAF

F, S

ANBI

, SA

NPar

ks, W

orki

ng fo

r W

etla

nds,

Wor

king

for

Wat

er, W

RC, p

rovi

ncia

l en

viro

nmen

tal d

epar

tmen

ts,

Five

to te

n ye

ars

Not s

pecif

ied



atio

nal B

iodi

vers

ity F

ram

ewor

k

Janu

ary

2018

30

loca

l gov

ernm

ents

, Ca

tchm

ent M

anag

emen

t Ag

encie

s Th

e N

WRS

2 bu

ilds o

n th

e fir

st N

WRS

whi

ch w

as p

ublis

hed

in 2

004.

The

pu

rpos

e of

the

NW

RS2

is to

ens

ure

that

nat

iona

l wat

er re

sour

ces

are

prot

ecte

d, c

onse

rved

, use

d, d

evel

oped

, man

aged

and

con

trol

led

in a

n ef

ficie

nt, e

quita

ble

and

sust

aina

ble

man

ner,

to m

eet S

outh

Afr

ica'

s de

velo

pmen

t goa

ls ov

er th

e ne

xt fi

ve to

10

year

s. It

iden

tifie

s thr

ee

obje

ctiv

es, s

ix k

ey p

rinci

ples

and

seve

n st

rate

gic

them

es, o

ne o

f whi

ch

focu

ses o

n en

viro

nmen

tal p

rote

ctio

n an

d co

nser

vatio

n of

wat

er re

sour

ces

(whi

ch is

cove

red

in C

hapt

er 5

). O

f par

ticul

ar re

leva

nce

to th

e bi

odiv

ersit

y se

ctor

are

stra

tegi

c ac

tions

id

entif

ied

in C

hapt

er 5

on

Wat

er R

esou

rce

Prot

ectio

n, in

clud

ing

thos

e to

: in

vest

in S

trat

egic

Wat

er S

ourc

e Ar

eas (

SWSA

s); m

aint

ain

and

reha

bilit

ate

wat

er e

cosy

stem

s; m

aint

ain

Fres

h W

ater

Eco

syst

em P

riorit

y Ar

eas (

FEPA

S) in

a

good

eco

logi

cal s

tate

; pro

tect

ripa

rian

and

wet

land

buf

fers

and

gr

ound

wat

er re

char

ge a

reas

; reh

abili

tate

stra

tegi

c wat

er e

cosy

stem

s to

mai

ntai

n w

ater

qua

lity

and

quan

tity;

and

mon

itor e

colo

gica

l hea

lth to

info

rm

man

agem

ent.

Rele

vanc

e to

NBS

AP

Cros

s-lin

kage

s In

tern

atio

nal

alig

nmen

t N

BSAP

SO

2

Out

com

e 2.

1 (a

ctiv

ity

2.1.

1)

• NP

AES

(and

pr

ovin

cial

co

unte

rpar

ts)

• Fr

amew

ork

for

Inve

stin

g in

Ec

olog

ical

Infr

astr

uctu

re

• Fr

amew

ork

for

inve

stm

ent i

n EN

RM fo

r a G

reen

Ec

onom

y •

Biod

iver

sity

Sect

or

Clim

ate

Chan

ge

Resp

onse

Str

ateg

y •

Wat

er R

DI

Road

Map

Ram

sar C

onve

ntio

n on

Wet

land

s AB

Ts: 9

, 11,

14,

15

SDGs

: 1, 6

, 8,9

, 13,

15

17. W

ater

Res

earc

h, D

evel

opm

ent a

nd

Inve

stm

ent (

RDI)

Road

map

D

ate

Lead

D

evel

oper

(s)

Part

ners

Ti

mef

ram

e Li

kely

Rev

isio

n

2015

W

RC, D

WS,

DS

T

DW

S, D

ST, W

RC, D

WS,

DEA

, SA

NBI

2015

- 20

25

Not

spec

ified

This

Road

map

pro

vide

s str

ateg

ic d

irect

ion

(thro

ugh

a se

t of r

esea

rch,

de

velo

pmen

t and

dep

loym

ent f

ocal

are

as),

a se

t of a

ctio

n pl

ans a

nd a

n im

plem

enta

tion

fram

ewor

k to

gui

de, p

lan,

man

age

and

co-o

rdin

ate

Sout

h Af

rica’

s por

tfol

io in

vest

men

t for

the

next

ten

year

s. It

is a

hig

h-le

vel

plan

ning

tool

that

faci

litat

es a

nd g

uide

s re-

focu

ssin

g of

rese

arch

and

fund

ing,

an

d he

lps s

yner

gize

exi

stin

g in

itiat

ives

and

the

reso

urce

s of n

ew o

nes t

hat

optim

ize th

e w

ater

inno

vatio

n sy

stem

. Th

roug

h its

focu

s on

RDD

activ

ities

th

at ca

n im

prov

e w

ater

supp

ly, i

t int

erfa

ces s

tron

gly

with

and

pro

vide

s an

Rele

vanc

e to

NBS

AP

Cros

s-lin

kage

s In

tern

atio

nal

alig

nmen

t N

BSAP

SO

2,

Out

com

e 2.

1 (a

ll ac

tiviti

es,

and

espe

cial

ly 2

.1.6

)

• NW

RS v

2 •

Fram

ewor

k fo

r in

vest

ing

in

ecol

ogic

al

infr

astr

uctu

re

• Fr

amew

ork

for

inve

stm

ent i

n EN

RM

for a

Gre

en E

cono

my

ABTs

: 9, 1

1, 1

4, 1

9,

20

SDGs

: 6, 1

5, 1

7



atio

nal B

iodi

vers

ity F

ram

ewor

k

Janu

ary

2018

31

effe

ctiv

e ve

hicl

e fo

r inc

reas

ing

inve

stm

ents

in w

ater

-rel

ated

eco

logi

cal

infr

astr

uctu

re.

18. T

he B

iodi

vers

ity F

inan

ce P

lan

(BIO

FIN

) D

ate

Lead

de

velo

per

Part

ners

Ti

mef

ram

e Li

kely

revi

sion

2017

DE

A D

EA, S

ANBI

, Nat

iona

l Tr

easu

ry, n

atio

nal a

nd

prov

inci

al co

nser

vatio

n au

thor

ities

and

oth

er

prot

ecte

d ar

ea m

anag

emen

t ag

encie

s, go

vern

men

t, pr

ivat

e se

ctor

and

civ

il so

ciet

y gr

oups

sect

or-w

ide

Not

spec

ified

N

ot sp

ecifi

ed

Desc

riptio

n:

The

over

all a

im o

f the

Bio

dive

rsity

Fin

ance

Pla

n is

to e

nsur

e ad

equa

te

fund

ing

of c

onse

rvat

ion

and

man

agem

ent i

nter

vent

ions

to p

rote

ct a

nd

mai

ntai

n So

uth

Afric

a’s u

niqu

e an

d va

luab

le b

iodi

vers

ity.

Base

d on

a ri

goro

us

sele

ctio

n pr

oces

s and

a sy

stem

atic

app

roac

h, th

e Pl

an p

ropo

ses a

set o

f 15

poss

ible

fina

nce

solu

tions

whi

ch a

re v

ehic

les f

or a

ttai

ning

sust

aina

ble

deve

lopm

ent a

nd cr

eatin

g jo

bs th

roug

h st

reng

then

ed b

iodi

vers

ity

cons

erva

tion

and

man

agem

ent.

The

15 so

lutio

ns a

re c

lust

ered

aro

und

thre

e bi

odiv

ersit

y ou

tcom

es, a

s fol

low

s:

Prot

ecte

d ar

eas:

PA

reve

nues

; pro

pert

y ra

tes r

efor

ms;

revo

lvin

g la

nd tr

usts

; bi

odiv

ersit

y ta

x in

cent

ives

; bio

dive

rsity

offs

ets;

and

, mak

ing

the

case

for

publ

ic fu

ndin

g of

Pas

Ec

osys

tem

Res

tora

tion:

gov

ernm

ent g

rant

s for

eco

logi

cal i

nfra

stru

ctur

e;

wat

er ta

riffs

; NRM

val

ue-a

dded

indu

strie

s; g

loba

l clim

ate

fund

ing;

carb

on ta

x of

fset

s; N

RM la

nd-u

ser i

ncen

tives

Su

stai

nabl

e U

se:

Tour

ism C

onse

rvat

ion

Fund

s; b

iodi

vers

ity-r

elat

ed fi

nes a

nd

pena

lties

; wild

life-

ranc

hing

. Th

e BI

OFI

N p

lan

also

pro

vide

s con

cise

tech

nica

l pro

posa

ls on

how

to

oper

atio

naliz

e th

e fin

anci

al so

lutio

ns a

nd co

nsol

idat

ed e

stim

ates

of e

xpec

ted

resu

lts.

Rele

vanc

e to

NBS

AP

Cros

s lin

kage

s In

tern

atio

nal

alig

nmen

t Re

leva

nt to

all

NBS

AP

obje

ctiv

es, o

utco

mes

and

ac

tiviti

es, a

nd e

spec

ially

SO

3, O

utco

me

3.5

Cros

s-cu

ttin

g, b

ut

espe

cial

ly:

• Fr

amew

ork

for

Inve

stin

g in

Ec

olog

ical

Infr

astr

uctu

re

• Fr

amew

ork

for

inve

stm

ent i

n EN

RM

for a

Gre

en E

cono

my

• NP

AES

(and

pr

ovin

cial

co

unte

rpar

ts)

• Th

e Bu

sines

s Cas

e fo

r Bio

dive

rsity

St

ewar

dshi

p •

Wat

er R

DI R

oadm

ap

BIO

FIN

glo

bal

prog

ram

me

ABTs

: 3, 2

0 SD

Gs: 8

, 10,

15,

17

19. N

atio

nal I

nteg

rate

d St

rate

gy to

Com

bat

Wild

life

Traf

ficki

ng (N

ISCW

T)

Dat

e Le

ad

deve

lope

r Im

plem

entin

g pa

rtne

rs

Tim

efra

me

Like

ly re

visi

on





atio

nal B

iodi

vers

ity F

ram

ewor

k

Janu

ary

2018

32

2017

DE

A D

EA, S

APS,

DAF

F, D

IRCO

, SA

RS, S

ANPa

rks,

Prov

incia

l co

nser

vatio

n au

thor

ities

(P

CAs)

, Dep

t of J

ustic

e, S

SA,

priv

ate

secu

rity

com

pani

es,

NGO

s, NI

CC,

SAND

F

2017

- 20

21

Not

spec

ified

This

Stra

tegy

has

bee

n de

velo

ped

to d

irect

law

enf

orce

men

t str

uctu

res

acro

ss m

ultip

le d

epar

tmen

ts/a

genc

ies a

nd e

mpo

wer

them

to re

duce

and

pr

even

t wild

life

traf

ficki

ng. T

he S

trat

egy

prom

otes

an

inte

grat

ed,

mul

tidis

cipl

inar

y an

d co

nsol

idat

ed la

w e

nfor

cem

ent a

ppro

ach

to st

reng

then

en

forc

emen

t cap

acity

acr

oss g

over

nmen

t and

with

in so

ciet

y m

ore

broa

dly,

to

addr

ess t

he se

rious

thre

at p

osed

by

wild

life

traf

ficki

ng to

bio

dive

rsity

and

na

tiona

l sec

urity

. The

Str

ateg

y in

clud

es a

n Im

plem

enta

tion

Plan

that

id

entif

ies o

bjec

tives

, key

per

form

ance

are

as (w

ith sh

ort,

med

ium

and

long

-te

rm o

ptio

ns fo

r act

iviti

es),

outc

omes

, ins

titut

iona

l rol

es a

nd re

spon

sibili

ties,

in

dica

tors

, and

tim

efra

mes

.

Rele

vanc

e to

NBS

AP

Cros

s lin

kage

s In

tern

atio

nal

alig

nmen

t N

BSAP

SO

3

Out

com

e 3.

4 (a

ctiv

ity

3.4.

4)

Mon

itorin

g an

d En

forc

emen

t St

rate

gy

for t

he E

MI

CITE

S AB

T: 5

, 12

SDG:

14

,15,

16

20. E

nviro

nmen

tal S

ecto

r Loc

al G

over

nmen

t Su

ppor

t Str

ateg

y (L

GS)

D

ate

Lead

de

velo

per

Part

ners

Ti

mef

ram

e Li

kely

revi

sion

2014

DE

A D

EA, S

ANBI

, CoG

TA, S

ALGA

, Tr

easu

ry, L

ocal

Gov

ernm

ents

, pr

ovin

cial

env

ironm

ent

depa

rtm

ents

, SA

Citie

s Ne

twor

k, IC

LEI,

NGO

s

2014

- 20

19

Not

spec

ified

Desc

riptio

n:

This

stra

tegy

pro

vide

s for

a c

oord

inat

ed a

nd st

ruct

ured

app

roac

h to

st

reng

then

ing

envi

ronm

enta

l gov

erna

nce,

env

ironm

enta

l sus

tain

abili

ty a

nd

clim

ate-

resi

lienc

e at

loca

l gov

ernm

ent l

evel

. It c

larif

ies l

egal

man

date

s and

po

licy

impe

rativ

es, i

dent

ifies

chal

leng

es, a

nd th

en d

etai

ls a

visi

on, g

oals

and

fiv

e ye

ar im

plem

enta

tion

and

mon

itorin

g pl

an. T

he st

rate

gy in

clud

es

com

mon

set o

f env

ironm

enta

l sec

tor p

riorit

ies a

nd id

entif

ies o

ppor

tuni

ties

to e

nabl

e m

axim

um im

pact

and

colle

ctiv

e ac

tion

in w

hich

env

ironm

enta

l se

ctor

supp

ort i

s int

egra

ted

into

the

loca

l gov

ernm

ent d

evel

opm

ent a

gend

a.

Rele

vanc

e to

NBS

AP

Cros

s-lin

kage

s In

tern

atio

nal

alig

nmen

t N

BSAP

SO

3

Out

com

e 3.

1 (a

ctiv

ity

3.1.

3)

Out

com

e 3.

2 (a

ctiv

ities

3.

2.5

and

3.2.

6)

Out

com

e 3.

3. (A

ctiv

ity

3.3.

1)

Out

com

e 3.

4 (a

ctiv

ity 3

.4.2

an

d 3.

4.3)

• Th

e Eb

A St

rate

gy

• Fr

amew

ork

for

inve

stin

g in

ec

olog

ical

in

fras

truc

ture

•

Fram

ewor

k fo

r in

vest

men

t in

ENRM

fo

r a G

reen

Eco

nom

y •

BIO

FIN

Loca

l Age

nda

21 o

f th

e CB

D AB

T: 2

, 3, 4

, 8, 9

, 14

, 15

SDGs

: 6, 1

1, 1

2, 1

3,

15, 1

6, 1

7



atio

nal B

iodi

vers

ity F

ram

ewor

k

Janu

ary

2018

33

The

visio

n of

the

stra

tegy

is to

env

ironm

enta

lly su

stai

nabl

e an

d cli

mat

e-re

silie

nt m

unici

palit

ies,

thro

ugh

inte

rven

tion

in fi

ve b

road

are

as:

stre

ngth

ened

env

ironm

enta

l gov

erna

nce;

impr

oved

inte

grat

ion

of

envi

ronm

enta

l sus

tain

abili

ty in

to p

olicy

, pla

nnin

g an

d de

cisio

n m

akin

g;

sust

aina

ble

and

effic

ient

man

agem

ent o

f nat

ural

reso

urce

s by

loca

l go

vern

men

ts; d

evel

opm

ent o

f a g

reen

eco

nom

y; a

nd st

reng

then

ed cl

imat

e-ch

ange

resp

onse

s.

Outc

ome

3.5

(act

ivity

3.

5.3)

NB

SAP

SO 2

, Ou

tcom

e 2.

1 (a

ctiv

ity

2.1.

3)

Outc

ome

2.2

(act

ivity

2.

2.1)

21. B

iodi

vers

ity H

uman

Cap

ital D

evel

opm

ent

Stra

tegy

(BHC

DS)

Date

Le

ad

Deve

lope

r Pa

rtne

rs

Tim

efra

me

Like

ly re

visio

n

2010

DE

A/SA

NBI/L

ew

is Fo

unda

tion

DEA

, SAN

BI, N

ESPF

, DST

, CA

THSS

ETA,

EW

SETA

, all

univ

ersit

ies,

NGO

s, tr

aini

ng

prov

ider

s, NR

F, G

reen

Mat

ter,

SANP

arks

, pro

vinc

ial

cons

erva

tion

auth

oriti

es

2010

- 20

30

Revi

ewed

eve

ry fi

ve

year

s

Desc

riptio

n:

This

stra

tegy

cont

ribut

es to

the

grow

th o

f an

equi

tabl

e an

d sk

illed

wor

kfor

ce

of b

iodi

vers

ity p

rofe

ssio

nals

and

tech

nici

ans w

ho ca

n op

timal

ly im

plem

ent

the

sect

or’s

expa

ndin

g an

d co

mpl

ex m

anda

te.

It w

as in

form

ed b

y a

com

preh

ensiv

e se

ctor

ana

lysis

, res

earc

h an

d st

akeh

olde

r con

sulta

tion

proc

ess a

nd is

inte

nded

as a

‘liv

ing

stra

tegy

’ tha

t sho

uld

be r e

view

ed e

very

fiv

e ye

ars.

It p

rovi

des f

or a

syst

emic

app

roac

h to

capa

city

dev

elop

men

t tha

t pr

omot

es co

-ord

inat

ion

and

syne

rgy,

bui

lds o

n ex

istin

g st

reng

ths a

nd

addr

esse

s gap

s thr

ough

sect

or-w

ide

initi

ativ

es. I

t ide

ntifi

es 9

core

prin

cipl

es,

4 go

als a

nd 7

stra

tegi

c obj

ectiv

es, u

nder

whi

ch p

artic

ular

act

iviti

es a

re

reco

mm

ende

d. T

he im

plem

enta

tion

arch

itect

ure

for t

he S

trat

egy

inclu

des

mec

hani

sms f

or b

road

sect

oral

eng

agem

ent a

nd d

edic

ated

co-o

rdin

atio

n.

Rele

vanc

e to

NBS

AP

Cros

s lin

kage

s In

tern

atio

nal

alig

nmen

t Cr

oss-

cutti

ng, b

ut w

ith

part

icula

r rel

evan

ce to

NB

SAP

SO5,

Out

com

e 5.

2 (a

ctiv

ities

5.2

.1 a

nd 5

.2.2

)

• En

viro

nmen

tal

Sect

or S

kills

De

velo

pmen

t Pla

n •

Envi

ronm

enta

l Se

ctor

Gen

der

Mai

nstr

eam

ing

Stra

tegy

•

Biod

iver

sity

Sect

or

Rese

arch

and

Ev

iden

ce S

trat

egy

ABT:

cros

s-cu

tting

SD

Gs:

cros

s-cu

tting

, but

es

pecia

lly S

DGs 4

an

d 17

Date

Le

ad

deve

lope

r Pa

rtne

rs

Tim

efra

me

Like

ly re

visio

n



atio

nal B

iodi

vers

ity F

ram

ewor

k

Janu

ary

2018

34

22. T

he E

nviro

nmen

tal S

ecto

r Ski

lls

Dev

elop

men

t Pla

n fo

r Sou

th A

fric

a (S

umm

ary

Doc

umen

t)

2010

DE

A Al

l sec

tor i

nstit

utio

ns in

go

vern

men

t, th

e pr

ivat

e se

ctor

and

civi

l soc

iety

Not

tim

e-bo

und

Nee

ds-d

riven

Desc

riptio

n:

This

sum

mar

y do

cum

ent b

rings

toge

ther

key

info

rmat

ion

and

reco

mm

enda

tions

dra

wn

from

num

erou

s, u

nder

lyin

g w

orki

ng d

ocum

ents

, all

of w

hich

are

acc

essib

le v

ia D

EA’s

Env

ironm

enta

l Lea

rnin

g Fo

rum

web

page

(w

ww

.env

irole

arni

ngfo

rum

.co.

za).

It in

clud

es a

des

crip

tion

of sk

ills n

eeds

and

th

eir d

river

s, fa

ctor

s inf

luen

cing

the

supp

ly o

f ski

lls, a

nd o

bjec

tives

and

re

com

men

datio

ns fo

r env

ironm

enta

l ski

lls d

evel

opm

ent-p

lann

ing.

Thi

s Pla

n pr

ovid

es th

e ov

erar

chin

g co

ntex

t for

hum

an ca

pita

l dev

elop

men

t str

ateg

ies

for s

ub-s

ecto

rs w

ithin

the

envi

ronm

enta

l file

d, in

clud

ing

the

Biod

iver

sity

Hum

an C

apita

l Dev

elop

men

t Str

ateg

y.

Rele

vanc

e to

the

NBSA

P Cr

oss-

linka

ges

Alig

nmen

t SO

5, c

ross

-cut

ting

• Bi

odiv

ersit

y Hu

man

Ca

pita

l Dev

elop

men

t St

rate

gy

SDG

16 a

nd 1

7

23. S

trat

egy

for g

ende

r mai

nstr

eam

ing

n th

e en

viro

nmen

tal s

ecto

r D

ate

Lead

D

evel

oper

Pa

rtne

rs

Tim

efra

me

Like

ly re

visi

on

2016

DE

A Al

l sec

tor i

nstit

utio

ns in

go

vern

men

t, th

e pr

ivat

e se

ctor

and

civi

l soc

iety

2016

- 20

201

Not

spec

ified

Desc

riptio

n:

This

stra

tegy

has

bee

n de

velo

ped

to p

rom

ote

a ge

nder

-sen

sitiv

e m

anag

emen

t app

roac

h in

the

envi

ronm

enta

l sec

tor,

and

to e

nsur

e th

at

gend

er a

naly

sis a

nd g

ende

r equ

ity u

nder

pins

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f pol

icie

s and

th

e de

sign

of e

nviro

nmen

tal p

rogr

amm

es a

nd p

roje

cts.

Tho

ugh

not

deve

lope

d sp

ecifi

cally

for t

he b

iodi

vers

ity se

ctor

, it h

as im

port

ant

impl

icat

ions

for i

t (ou

tline

d in

Sec

tion

6.5)

and

shou

ld g

uide

bio

dive

rsity

-sp

ecifi

c ca

paci

ty b

uild

ing,

pol

icy-

deve

lopm

ent a

nd p

roje

ct c

ycle

m

anag

emen

t. Th

e St

rate

gy id

entif

ies 1

2 ke

y st

rate

gies

for p

rom

otin

g ge

nder

em

pow

erm

ent,

and

incl

udes

a fr

amew

ork

of in

terv

entio

ns (a

gen

der

mai

nstr

eam

ing

‘tool

kit’)

that

can

be u

sed

to p

ut th

ese

into

pra

ctic

e ac

ross

all

stag

es o

f the

pro

ject

cycl

e. It

also

incl

udes

an

enum

erat

ion

of fu

ndin

g

Rele

vanc

e to

the

NBSA

P Cr

oss l

inka

ges

Inte

rnat

iona

l al

ignm

ent

Cros

s-cu

ttin

g, b

ut w

ith

spec

ific l

inka

ge to

: N

BSAP

SO

5 O

utco

mes

5.1

(act

ivity

5.

1.1)

O

utco

me

5.2

(all

activ

ities

) O

utco

me

5.3

(act

ivity

5.

3.4)

Cros

s cut

ting,

but

with

sp

ecifi

c lin

kage

to:

• Bi

odiv

ersit

y Hu

man

Ca

pita

l Dev

elop

men

t St

rate

gy

• En

viro

nmen

tal

Sect

or S

kills

De

velo

pmen

t Pla

n •

SA’s

natio

nal P

olic

y Fr

amew

ork

for

Wom

en’s

Empo

wer

men

t and

Ge

nder

Equ

ality

The

Gend

er P

lan

of

Actio

n of

the

CBD

(200

8)

The

UN

Wom

en’s

St

rate

gic P

lan

2014

- 2

017

The

SADC

Pro

toco

l on

Gen

der

Deve

lopm

ent

SDGs

: 5 a

nd 1

0



atio

nal B

iodi

vers

ity F

ram

ewor

k

Janu

ary

2018

35

oppo

rtun

ities

, and

a se

t of i

ndic

ator

s to

be u

sed

for m

onito

ring

and

eval

uatio

n.

24. I

nter

gove

rnm

enta

l Pla

tfor

m fo

r Bi

odiv

ersit

y an

d Ec

osys

tem

Ser

vice

s Pr

ogra

mm

e (IP

BES)

Date

Le

ad A

genc

y Pa

rtne

rs

Tim

efra

me

Like

ly re

visio

n Es

tabl

ished

20

12

DEA,

CSI

R Al

l sec

tor r

ole-

play

ers

Not t

ime

boun

d N/

A

Desc

riptio

n:

The

Inte

rgov

ernm

enta

l Scie

nce-

Polic

y Pl

atfo

rm o

n Bi

odiv

ersit

y an

d Ec

osys

tem

Se

rvice

s (IP

BES)

is a

glo

bal i

nitia

tive

of w

hich

Sou

th A

frica

is a

foun

ding

and

pa

rtici

patin

g m

embe

r. IP

BES

aim

s to

stre

ngth

en ca

pacit

y fo

r the

eff

ectiv

e us

e of

scie

nce

in d

ecis

ion-

mak

ing

at a

ll le

vels,

and

to a

ddre

ss th

e ne

eds o

f M

ultil

ater

al E

nviro

nmen

tal A

gree

men

ts (M

EAs)

that

are

rela

ted

to

biod

iver

sity.

Wor

king

thro

ugh

a sy

stem

of e

xper

t gro

ups,

foru

ms,

task

team

s an

d te

chni

cal s

uppo

rt u

nits

, IPB

ES w

orks

to p

rodu

ce, r

evie

w, a

sses

s and

cr

itica

lly e

valu

ate

rele

vant

info

rmat

ion

and

know

ledg

e on

the

cont

ribut

ion

of b

iodi

vers

ity a

nd e

cosy

stem

serv

ices t

o su

stai

nabi

lity g

ener

ated

by

gove

rnm

ent,

acad

emia

, scie

ntifi

c org

aniza

tions

, NGO

s and

indi

geno

us

com

mun

ities

. The

IPBE

S W

ork

Prog

ram

me

inclu

des 1

8 de

liver

able

s, or

gani

zed

unde

r 4 o

bjec

tives

. DE

A se

rves

as t

he n

atio

nal f

ocal

poi

nt fo

r IPB

ES in

Sou

th A

frica

, and

the

CSIR

, w

ith su

ppor

t fro

m D

EA, h

osts

the

IPBE

S Te

chni

cal S

uppo

rt U

nit f

or A

frica

.

Rele

vanc

e to

NBS

AP

Cros

s-lin

kage

s In

tern

atio

nal

alig

nmen

t Re

leva

nt u

nder

var

ious

NB

SAP

SOs,

but

part

icula

rly:

SO 6

, Out

com

es 6

.1, 6

.2,

6.4

and

6.5

SO 5

, Out

com

es 5

.2 a

nd

5.3

SO 3

, Out

com

e 3.

6 SO

2, O

utco

me

2.1

• En

viro

nmen

tal

Sect

or R

esea

rch,

De

velo

pmen

t and

Ev

iden

ce S

trat

egy

• Bi

odiv

ersit

y Re

sear

ch

Deve

lopm

ent a

nd

Evid

ence

Str

ateg

y •

BHCD

S •

Natio

nal B

iodi

vers

ity

Info

rmat

ion

Syst

em

• Na

tiona

l Bio

dive

rsity

M

onito

ring

Fram

ewor

k

IPBE

S (g

loba

l) AB

T: 1

9 SD

Gs: 1

6, 1

7

25. N

atio

nal B

iodi

vers

ity R

esea

rch

and

Evid

ence

Str

ateg

y

Date

Le

ad

deve

lope

r Pa

rtne

rs

Tim

efra

me

Like

ly re

visio

n

2015

DE

A D

EA, S

ANBI

, CS

IR, R

esea

rch

Inst

itutio

ns, N

RF, S

AEO

N,

DST,

SAN

Park

s, pr

ovin

cial

co

nser

vatio

n au

thor

ities

, NG

Os,

expe

rts

2015

- 20

25

Upda

ted

ever

y 5

year

s

Desc

riptio

n:

The

cent

ral g

oal o

f thi

s str

ateg

y (w

hich

flow

s fro

m th

e En

viro

nmen

tal S

ecto

r Re

sear

ch, D

evel

opm

ent a

nd E

vide

nce

Stra

tegy

– se

e Ite

m 2

6) is

to e

nsur

e th

at re

sear

ch a

nd e

vide

nce

prov

ides

app

ropr

iate

and

suff

icie

nt su

ppor

t to

deci

sion-

mak

ing

and

polic

y-de

velo

pmen

t in

the

biod

iver

sity

sect

or.

The

Rele

vanc

e to

NBS

AP

Cros

s-lin

kage

s In

tern

atio

nal

alig

nmen

t Of

cros

s-cu

tting

rele

vanc

e,

but w

ith sp

ecifi

c rel

evan

ce

to:

• Th

e En

viro

nmen

tal

Sect

or S

kills

De

velo

pmen

t Pla

n

ABT:

19

SDG:

14,

15,

17



atio

nal B

iodi

vers

ity F

ram

ewor

k

Janu

ary

2018

36

Stra

tegy

out

lines

key

prin

cipl

es to

gui

de th

e re

sear

ch a

gend

a, in

clud

ing

the

need

to li

nk re

sear

ch p

riorit

ies t

o po

licy

prio

ritie

s, a

dopt

ion

of a

n ev

iden

ce-

info

rmed

app

roac

h to

pla

nnin

g, re

port

ing

and

budg

etin

g, th

e im

port

ance

of

follo

win

g pa

rtic

ipat

ory

appr

oach

es a

nd lo

ng-te

rm in

vest

men

t in

inst

itutio

nal

stre

ngth

enin

g, ca

paci

ty d

evel

opm

ent a

nd in

nova

tion.

The

stra

tegy

iden

tifie

s tw

o cl

uste

rs o

f str

ateg

ic e

vide

nce

obje

ctiv

es, l

inke

d to

shor

t, m

ediu

m a

nd

long

er-te

rm o

utco

mes

, and

a se

t of p

riorit

ies,

whi

ch a

re to

: add

ress

ta

xono

mic

gap

s, d

evel

op th

e gr

een

econ

omy,

iden

tify

and

addr

ess t

rade

-offs

be

twee

n co

nser

vatio

n an

d de

velo

pmen

t, re

spon

d to

glo

bal c

hang

e,

stre

ngth

en ri

sk m

itiga

tion,

and

iden

tify

driv

ers o

f beh

avio

ur ch

ange

. Th

e St

rate

gy is

acc

ompa

nied

by

an a

nnua

l im

plem

enta

tion

plan

whi

ch d

etai

ls ev

iden

ce re

quire

men

ts fo

r the

shor

t and

med

ium

term

.

NBS

AP S

O6

Out

com

e 6.

1. (a

ctiv

ity

6.1.

8)

Out

com

e 6.

2. (a

ll)

Out

com

e 6.

4 (a

ctiv

ity

6.4.

1)

• IP

BES

• Th

e Na

tiona

l Bi

odiv

ersit

y In

form

atio

n Sy

stem

•

Natio

nal B

iodi

vers

ity

Mon

itorin

g Fr

amew

ork

• SA

NPar

ks re

sear

ch

data

repo

sitor

y

26. T

he E

nviro

nmen

tal S

ecto

r Res

earc

h,

Dev

elop

men

t and

Evi

denc

e St

rate

gy

Dat

e Le

ad

Dev

elop

er

Part

ners

Ti

mef

ram

e Li

kely

revi

sion

2012

D

EA

DEA

, SAN

BI, D

ST, C

SIR,

SA

NPar

ks, A

RC, W

RC, S

AEO

N,

rese

arch

inst

itutio

ns

Not

det

erm

ined

N

ot sp

ecifi

ed

Desc

riptio

n:

This

fram

ewor

k ad

dres

ses t

he n

eed

for a

com

mon

app

roac

h to

the

colle

ctio

n of

solid

evi

denc

e th

at c

an b

e us

ed in

supp

ort o

f env

ironm

ent s

ecto

r pol

icy

deci

sion

s and

for t

he a

chie

vem

ent o

f sec

tor p

riorit

ies.

The

fram

ewor

k se

eks

to d

evel

op a

mor

e rig

orou

s app

roac

h th

at g

athe

rs, c

ritic

ally

app

raise

s and

us

es h

igh

qual

ity re

sear

ch e

vide

nce

to in

form

pol

icy-

mak

ing

and

prof

essio

nal

prac

tice.

The

cont

ext f

or th

is fr

amew

ork

is to

impl

emen

t the

nat

iona

l R&

D go

als t

hrou

gh re

spon

ding

to th

e En

viro

nmen

tal S

ecto

r Pla

n an

d O

utco

me

10

evid

ence

nee

ds, w

hile

ens

urin

g a

coor

dina

ted

com

mon

app

roac

h fo

r de

velo

ping

them

atic

stra

tegi

es.

The

Fram

ewor

k sk

etch

es th

e st

rate

gic

cont

ext f

or re

sear

ch d

evel

opm

ent a

nd

evid

ence

in th

e en

viro

nmen

tal s

ecto

r, ou

tline

s a p

refe

rred

app

roac

h, se

ts 6

ob

ject

ives

, ide

ntifi

es p

riorit

ies i

nfor

min

g ev

iden

ce n

eeds

, kno

wle

dge

shar

ing

and

hum

an ca

paci

ty d

evel

opm

ent,

and

incl

udes

an

impl

emen

tatio

n an

d

Rele

vanc

e to

NBS

AP

Cros

s-lin

kage

s In

tern

atio

nal

alig

nmen

t N

BSAP

SO

6

Cros

s -cu

ttin

g

• IP

BES

• Bi

odiv

ersit

y Se

ctor

Re

sear

ch a

nd

Evid

ence

Str

ateg

y

ABT:

19

SDGs

: 14,

15,

17



atio

nal B

iodi

vers

ity F

ram

ewor

k

Janu

ary

2018

37

mon

itorin

g pl

an. I

t set

s the

bro

ader

cont

ext f

or th

e Bi

odiv

ersit

y Se

ctor

Re

sear

ch a

nd E

vide

nce

Stra

tegy

. Th

e Fr

amew

ork

will

be

impl

emen

ted

in p

hase

s. 27

. Nat

iona

l Bio

dive

rsity

Info

rmat

ion

Syst

em

(NBI

S)

Dat

e Le

ad A

genc

y Im

plem

entin

g pa

rtne

rs

Tim

efra

me

Like

ly re

visi

on

Sinc

e 20

04

SANB

I SA

NBI

, DEA

, DST

and

oth

er

sect

or d

epar

tmen

ts in

go

vern

men

t, civ

il so

ciety

, the

pr

ivat

e se

ctor

, res

earc

h in

stitu

tions

, con

serv

atio

n au

thor

ities

Open

-end

ed

Upda

ted

cont

inuo

usly

Desc

riptio

n:

The

Natio

nal B

iodi

vers

ity In

form

atio

n Sy

stem

is in

tend

ed to

har

ness

, or

gani

ze, r

efin

e, sy

nthe

sise

and

man

age

biod

iver

sity

info

rmat

ion

and

know

ledg

e, to

ens

ure

that

it is

wid

ely

acce

ssib

le a

nd s

uppo

rts r

esea

rch,

po

licy-

deve

lopm

ent a

nd d

ecis

ion-

mak

ing

in th

e bi

odiv

ersit

y se

ctor

. As

par

t of i

ts co

re m

anda

te d

eter

min

ed b

y th

e Bi

odiv

ersit

y Ac

t, SA

NBI i

s le

adin

g th

e de

velo

pmen

t of t

he S

yste

m, w

orki

ng in

par

tner

ship

with

a w

ide

rang

e of

dat

a pr

ovid

ers a

nd st

akeh

olde

r ins

titut

ions

in g

over

nmen

t, th

e pr

ivat

e se

ctor

and

civi

l soc

iety

. As p

art o

f thi

s pro

cess

, SAN

BI is

bui

ldin

g on

ex

istin

g to

ols t

hat a

llow

qui

ck a

nd e

asy

acce

ss to

bio

dive

rsity

kno

wle

dge

reso

urce

s, su

ch a

s:

The

Biod

iver

sity

Adv

isor

: a w

eb-b

ased

pla

tform

that

pro

vide

s acc

ess t

o a

wid

e ra

nge

of re

port

s, ch

eckl

ists,

trai

ning

mat

eria

ls, d

atab

ases

, virt

ual

foru

ms,

web

page

s an

d ot

her s

ourc

es o

f non

-spa

tial i

nfor

mat

ion,

such

as :

the

Plan

ts o

f Sou

ther

n Af

rica

(POS

A)da

taba

se; R

ed Li

sts;

the

iSpo

t citi

zen-

scie

nce

port

al, a

nd m

any

othe

rs

BGIS

(Bio

dive

rsity

-GIS

): a

web

page

thro

ugh

whi

ch u

sers

can

acce

ss sp

atia

l bi

odiv

ersit

y da

ta a

nd su

ppor

ting

cont

extu

al in

form

atio

n. T

he o

nlin

e in

tera

ctiv

e m

ap co

mpo

nent

of B

GIS

allo

ws u

sers

to q

uery

dat

a, p

rint a

nd a

dd

map

s.

Rele

vanc

e to

NBS

AP

Cros

s-lin

kage

s In

tern

atio

nal

alig

nmen

t Cr

oss-

cutti

ng, b

ut o

f pa

rticu

lar r

elev

ance

to

SO6,

Out

com

es 6

.1

(act

ivity

6.1

.1) a

nd 6

.5

(act

ivity

6.5

.1)

• Th

e Na

tiona

l Sc

ient

ific

Colle

ctio

ns

Faci

lity

• IP

BES

• Th

e Bi

odiv

ersit

y Se

ctor

Res

earc

h an

d Ev

iden

ce S

trat

egy

• Th

e Na

tiona

l Bi

odiv

ersit

y M

onito

ring

Fram

ewor

k •

The

Natio

nal

Ecos

yste

m

Clas

sific

atio

n Sy

stem

ABTs

: 18

and

19

SDGs

: cro

ss-c

uttin

g su

ppor

t, an

d es

pecia

lly 1

6 an

d 17

En

cyclo

paed

ia o

f Lif

e Bi

odiv

ersit

y He

ritag

e Lib

rary

Gl

obal

Bio

dive

rsity

In

form

atio

n Fa

cility



atio

nal B

iodi

vers

ity F

ram

ewor

k

Janu

ary

2018

38

SABI

F (t

he S

outh

Afr

ican

Bio

dive

rsity

Info

rmat

ion

Faci

lity)

: whi

ch h

osts

pr

imar

y bi

odiv

ersit

y da

ta, a

nd is

a n

ode

of th

e Gl

obal

Bio

dive

rsity

Info

rmat

ion

Faci

lity.

28

. DST

/SAN

BI N

atio

nal S

cien

tific

Col

lect

ions

Fa

cilit

y D

ate

Lead

de

velo

per/

age

ncy

Part

ners

Ti

mef

ram

e Li

kely

revi

sion

2017

DS

T, S

ANBI

D

ST, S

ANBI

, Mus

eum

s, he

rbar

ia, u

nive

rsiti

es

Not

det

erm

ined

N

ot d

eter

min

ed

Desc

riptio

n:

This

is a

virt

ual f

acili

ty fo

r nat

ural

scie

nce

colle

ctio

ns. I

ts p

urpo

se is

to b

uild

a

netw

ork

of S

outh

Afr

ica’

s ins

titut

ions

hol

ding

nat

ural

hist

ory

colle

ctio

ns, w

ith

a ce

ntra

l coo

rdin

atin

g ba

se in

SAN

BI. L

aunc

hed

in 2

017,

it is

one

of 1

3 in

fras

truc

ture

faci

litie

s ide

ntifi

ed in

Sou

th A

fric

a’s R

esea

rch

Infr

astr

uctu

re

Road

map

.

Rele

vanc

e to

NBS

AP

Cros

s-lin

kage

s In

tern

atio

nal

alig

nmen

t N

BSAP

SO

6, O

utco

me

6.1

(act

ivity

6.1

.1)

• Na

tiona

l Bio

dive

rsity

In

form

atio

n Sy

stem

•

Biod

iver

sity

Sect

or

Rese

arch

and

Ev

iden

ce S

trat

egy

ABT

19

SDGs

: 17

Biod

iver

sity

Herit

age

Libr

ary

29. N

atio

nal B

iodi

vers

ity M

onito

ring

Fram

ewor

k (d

evel

opin

g)

Dat

e Le

ad

Dev

elop

er

Part

ners

Ti

mef

ram

e Li

kely

revi

sion

2018

SA

NBI

SA

NBI

, DEA

, SAN

Park

s, pr

ovin

cial

env

ironm

enta

l de

part

men

ts a

nd

cons

erva

tion

auth

oriti

es,

loca

l gov

ernm

ents

, exp

erts

, NG

Os

Not

tim

e-bo

und

Regu

lar u

pdat

ing

of

indi

cato

rs

acco

rdin

g to

nee

d

Desc

riptio

n:

The

purp

ose

of th

e N

atio

nal B

iodi

vers

ity M

onito

ring

Fram

ewor

k is

to p

rovi

de

a co

nsis

tent

and

coh

eren

t set

of t

rack

able

, hea

dlin

e an

d op

erat

iona

l in

dica

tors

that

can

be u

sed

to re

flect

the

stat

us o

f bio

dive

rsity

und

er a

ll ke

y bi

odiv

ersit

y m

anag

emen

t and

cons

erva

tion

outc

omes

. The

se in

dica

tors

sh

ould

be

appl

ied

cons

iste

ntly

in a

ll m

onito

ring

and

repo

rtin

g pr

oces

ses,

bo

th n

atio

nally

(for

exa

mpl

e, in

Sta

te o

f the

Env

ironm

ent R

epor

ting)

, and

Rele

vanc

e to

NBS

AP

Cros

s-lin

kage

s In

tern

atio

nal

alig

nmen

t Cr

oss-

cutt

ing,

but

with

pa

rtic

ular

rele

vanc

e un

der

NBS

AP S

O6

(Out

com

e 6.

2).

Cros

s-cu

ttin

g, b

ut w

ith

part

icula

r lin

ks to

: •

Natio

nal B

iodi

vers

ity

Asse

ssm

ent

Supp

orts

all

ABTs

SD

Gs: 1

4, 1

5, 1

7



atio

nal B

iodi

vers

ity F

ram

ewor

k

Janu

ary

2018

39

inte

rnat

iona

lly, i

n te

rms o

f Sou

th A

fric

a’s c

omm

itmen

ts u

nder

the

CBD

and

othe

r mul

tilat

eral

env

ironm

enta

l agr

eem

ents

. The

Fra

mew

ork

will

link

the

high

-leve

l hea

dlin

e in

dica

tors

use

d in

the

Nat

iona

l Bio

dive

rsity

Ass

essm

ent

with

ope

ratio

nal i

ndic

ator

s use

d at

pro

ject

leve

l. Th

e Fr

amew

ork

is in

tend

ed

to b

e a

dyna

mic

, ‘liv

ing’

tool

that

will

be

regu

larly

upd

ated

, in

resp

onse

to

repo

rtin

g re

quire

men

ts. I

t will

out

line

inst

itutio

nal r

oles

and

will

incl

ude

a 5-

year

impl

emen

tatio

n pl

an.

Appl

icat

ion

of th

e M

onito

ring

Fram

ewor

k w

ill

give

a cl

ear p

ictu

re o

f the

impa

ct th

at b

iodi

vers

ity c

onse

rvat

ion

and

man

agem

ent m

easu

res a

re h

avin

g on

the

grou

nd.

[und

er d

evel

opm

ent a

t th

e tim

e of

writ

ing,

to b

e fin

alize

d du

ring

2018

]

• Na

tiona

l Bio

dive

rsity

In

form

atio

n Sy

stem

•

Natio

nal E

cosy

stem

Cl

assif

icat

ion

Syst

e

30. N

atio

nal E

cosy

stem

Cla

ssifi

catio

n Sy

stem

(d

evel

opin

g)

Dat

e Le

ad

Dev

elop

er

Part

ners

Ti

mef

ram

e Li

kely

revi

sion

Initi

ated

20

13

SAN

BI

SAN

BI, D

EA, D

WS,

DAFF

, CSI

R,

SAEO

N, W

RC, S

AIAB

, SA

NPar

ks, P

rovi

ncia

l co

nser

vatio

n au

thor

ities

To b

e de

velo

ped

over

fiv

e ye

ars

Not

spec

ified

Desc

riptio

n:

Nat

iona

l eco

syst

em t

ypes

are

impo

rtan

t un

its u

nder

pinn

ing

the

wor

k of

the

So

uth

Afric

an b

iodi

vers

ity se

ctor

. The

y for

m th

e ba

sis o

f sys

tem

atic

bio

dive

rsity

pl

ans

that

inf

orm

pol

icy,

man

agem

ent,

mon

itorin

g an

d de

cisio

n-m

akin

g,

incl

udin

g th

e na

tiona

l bio

dive

rsity

ass

essm

ent,

deve

lopm

ent o

f pro

tect

ed a

rea

expa

nsio

n st

rate

gies

, lis

ting

of t

hrea

tene

d ec

osys

tem

s an

d en

viro

nmen

tal

impa

ct a

sses

smen

t; th

ey p

rovi

de th

e ba

sis fo

r eco

syst

em a

ccou

ntin

g, a

nd th

e de

velo

pmen

t of b

iodi

vers

ity o

ffset

s; a

nd, a

re s

trat

egic

info

rman

ts o

f a w

ide-

rang

e of

sur

veys

and

res

earc

h ac

tiviti

es.

Curr

ently

, a

stan

dard

ised

set

of

terr

estr

ial

ecos

yste

ms

base

d on

veg

etat

ion

type

s is

wel

l-dev

elop

ed i

n th

e co

untr

y, b

ut fu

rthe

r dev

elop

men

t of t

he c

lass

ifica

tion

syst

em is

nec

essa

ry to

in

corp

orat

e fr

eshw

ater

, est

uarin

e, co

asta

l and

mar

ine

syst

ems.

Th

e N

atio

nal E

cosy

stem

Cla

ssifi

catio

n Sy

stem

(NEC

S), w

ill p

rovi

de a

cons

iste

nt

set

of e

cosy

stem

typ

es f

or t

erre

stria

l, fr

eshw

ater

, es

tuar

ine,

coa

stal

and

m

arin

e ec

osys

tem

s tha

t is s

tabl

e ov

er ti

me,

and

end

orse

d by

nat

iona

l sci

entif

ic co

mm

unity

. Th

e sy

stem

will

pro

vide

spat

ial d

ata

and

map

s, a

uni

que

code

and

Rele

vanc

e to

NBS

AP

Cros

s-lin

kage

s Al

ignm

ent w

ith

inte

rnat

iona

l co

mm

itmen

ts

Of c

ross

-cut

ting

rele

vanc

e un

der S

Os 1

, 2, 3

and

6,

and

spec

ific r

elev

ance

to

SO 6

, Out

com

e 6.

1 an

d ac

tivity

6.1

.5

• Na

tiona

l Bio

dive

rsity

As

sess

men

t •

NPAE

S an

d pr

ovin

cial

coun

terp

arts

•

Natio

nal B

iodi

vers

ity

Mon

itorin

g Fr

amew

ork

• Na

tiona

l Bio

dive

rsity

In

form

atio

n Sy

stem

ABTs

: 8, 1

8, 1

9 SD

Gs: 1

4, 1

5



atio

nal B

iodi

vers

ity F

ram

ewor

k

Janu

ary

2018

40

nam

e fo

r ea

ch e

cosy

stem

typ

e, a

des

crip

tion

and

list

of a

ssoc

iate

d sp

ecie

s.

Deve

lopm

ent

of t

he c

lass

ifica

tion

syst

em is

bei

ng o

vers

een

by t

he N

atio

nal

Ecos

yste

m C

lass

ifica

tion

Com

mitt

ee (N

ECC)

, whi

ch is

con

vene

d by

SAN

BI, a

nd

vario

us s

ubco

mm

ittee

s, w

hich

are

wor

king

acc

ordi

ng t

o a

five

year

pla

n,

feed

ing

into

the

curr

ent N

atio

nal B

iodi

vers

ity A

sses

smen

t (to

be

publ

ished

in

2019

) and

the

listin

g of

thre

aten

ed e

cosy

stem

s in

term

s of t

he B

iodi

vers

ity A

ct.




41

3.2. Accelerators for implementing the NBSAP priorities

Given the ambitious nature and breadth of the objectives and priorities identified in the NBSAP and related strategies, and in light of the implementation constraints (financial, technical and human resources) facing government and other partners in the sector, setting priorities for action is essential. While progress across the full spectrum of strategic objectives and outcomes is necessary, not all can be pursued with the same emphasis, in parallel. Priority should be given to a set of measures which have the greatest potential to speed up progress across goals and targets, taking into account their integrated nature, the specific national context, and the imperative of achieving economic, social and environmental harmony.

‘Accelerators’ are those measures that can most effectively remove bottlenecks and/or systemic or underlying barriers to implementation, or that provide the best opportunities for fast-tracking implementation, or achieving multiple goals simultaneously. The set of acceleration measures recommended in Table 5 was identified through a process which included: (i) detailed analysis of the NBSAP to extract the high priority activities; (ii) cross-referencing these with priorities identified in other strategies; and, (iii) a stakeholder consultation process involving 19 key institutions in the biodiversity sector, and other selected stakeholders identified on a targeted basis. During the consultation process, stakeholders were asked what they are already doing to implement priorities identified in the NBSAP (or other strategies), and what they envisage should or could be done to accelerate implementation in the next five years. These inputs were used to identify the measures that are included in Table 5, but, it is important to recognize that there may also be other suitable measures that were not identified during the consultation process, but that might serve as effective accelerators. It is also important to note the acceleration measures identified here do not represent new activities that institutions must implement in addition to their already-heavy workloads; rather, they represent a collation of priorities that have already been identified, but in numerous, separate documents and plans, or through consultation with stakeholders. Table 5 brings these together in one place, in a way that enables alignment between the NBSAP and other strategic priorities to maximise impact.



ati

on

al

Bio

div

ers

ity

Fra

me

wo

rk

Ja

nu

ary

20

18

42

Tabl

e 5:

Rec

omm

ende

d ac

cele

rati

on m

easu

res,

org

aniz

ed b

y N

BSA

P St

rate

gic

Obj

ecti

ves,

Out

com

es a

nd h

igh

prio

rity

act

ivit

ies

NB

SAP

SO 1

: M

anag

emen

t an

d co

nser

vati

on o

f bio

dive

rsit

y as

sets

and

the

ir c

ontr

ibut

ion

to t

he e

cono

my,

rur

al d

evel

opm

ent,

job

crea

tion

and

soc

ial w

ell-b

eing

is e

nhan

ced

Rel

evan

t na

tion

al s

trat

egie

s/fr

amew

orks

/sys

tem

s:

The

Nat

iona

l Pro

tect

ed A

reas

Exp

ansi

on S

trat

egy,

201

6; T

he O

pera

tion

Pha

kisa

Mar

ine

Prot

ecti

on a

nd G

over

nanc

e St

rate

gy, 2

014;

The

Man

and

the

B

iosp

here

Res

erve

Str

ateg

y an

d Im

plem

enta

tion

Pla

n, 2

016;

The

Nat

iona

l Buf

fer

Zone

Str

ateg

y fo

r N

atio

nal P

arks

, 201

2; T

he P

eopl

e an

d Pa

rks

Co-

Man

agem

ent

Fram

ewor

k , 2

010;

The

Nat

iona

l Bot

anic

al G

arde

ns E

xpan

sion

Str

ateg

y, 2

016;

The

Nat

iona

l Pla

nt C

onse

rvat

ion

Stra

tegy

, 201

5; T

he B

usin

ess

Cas

e fo

r B

iodi

vers

ity

Stew

ards

hip,

201

5; T

he N

atio

nal B

iodi

vers

ity

Econ

omy

Stra

tegy

, 201

7 (i

ncor

pora

ting

th

e W

ildlif

e Ec

onom

y St

rate

gy)

N

BSA

P O

utco

me

1.1:

The

net

wor

k of

pro

tect

ed a

reas

and

con

serv

atio

n ar

eas

incl

udes

a r

epre

sent

ativ

e sa

mpl

e e

cosy

stem

s an

d sp

ecie

s, a

nd is

co

here

nt a

nd e

ffec

tive

ly m

anag

ed

High

prio

rity

NBS

AP a

ctiv

ities

: 1

.1.1

. Exp

an

d t

he

pro

tecte

d a

rea

esta

te a

cro

ss a

ll e

co

sy

ste

ms

1.1

.2.

Exp

an

d t

he

ne

two

rk o

f co

nse

rva

tio

n a

rea

s t

hro

ug

h m

ech

an

ism

s u

nd

er

the

Bio

div

ers

ity

Act

1.1

.3.

Str

en

gth

en

ca

pa

cit

y f

or

Bio

div

ers

ity

Ste

wa

rdsh

ip P

rog

ram

me

s

Rec

omm

ende

d ac

cele

rati

on m

easu

res

Impl

emen

tati

on

1.1

.1.

Exp

an

d t

he

pro

tecte

d a

rea

esta

te a

cro

ss a

ll e

co

sy

ste

ms

• En

sure

tha

t th

e N

PAES

is g

azet

ted

• A

chie

ve 5

-yea

r na

tion

al t

arge

ts in

the

NPA

ES fo

r %

rep

rese

ntat

ion

of e

cosy

stem

s in

clud

ed in

pro

tect

ed a

reas

:, th

roug

h:

(i)

Dec

lara

tion

of p

rior

ity

offs

hore

mar

ine

prot

ecte

d ar

eas

in li

ne w

ith

the

Phak

isa

MPS

G a

nd N

PAES

, and

co

asta

l MPA

s th

at h

ave

an o

ffsh

ore

com

pone

nt (e

.g. A

ddo

and

Nam

aqua

MPA

s)

(ii)

Expa

nsio

n of

nat

iona

l par

ks a

s pe

r th

e SA

NPa

rks

exp

ansi

on s

trat

egy

and

3-ye

ar L

and

Incl

usio

n Pl

an (f

ocus

on

und

er-r

epre

sent

ed e

cosy

stem

s: N

ama

Karo

o, G

rass

land

s an

d Su

ccul

ent

Karo

o)

(iii)

I m

plem

enta

tion

of p

rote

cted

are

a ex

pans

ion

plan

s as

per

pro

vinc

ial c

onse

rvat

ion

auth

orit

y op

erat

iona

l pl

ans,

incl

udin

g th

roug

h id

enti

fyin

g an

d de

clar

ing

prio

rity

bio

dive

rsit

y st

ewar

dshi

p si

tes

(iv)

Dec

lara

tion

(in

term

s of

the

Nat

iona

l For

estr

y A

ct)

of p

rior

itiz

ed fo

rest

s as

fore

st n

atur

e re

serv

es

•

DEA

(i)

DEA

(M

CM),

Oce

ans

Secr

etar

iat

(ii)

SAN

Park

s

(iii)

Pr

ovin

cial

con

serv

atio

n au

thor

itie

s , C

PAs,

NG

Os

(iv)

D

AFF

, pro

vinc

ial

cons

erva

tion

age

ncie

s,

priv

ate

sect

or p

artn

ers



ati

on

al

Bio

div

ers

ity

Fra

me

wo

rk

Ja

nu

ary

20

18

43

1.1

.2.

Exp

an

d t

he

ne

two

rk o

f co

nse

rva

tio

n a

rea

s t

hro

ug

h m

ech

an

ism

s u

nd

er

the

Bio

div

ers

ity

Act

• In

stit

utio

naliz

e, r

esou

rce

and

impl

emen

t th

e bu

ffer

zon

e fu

ncti

on w

ithi

n SA

NPa

rks

• D

evel

op a

nd a

pply

bio

dive

rsit

y m

anag

emen

t pl

ans

for p

rior

ity

ecos

yste

ms

•

DEA

, SA

NPa

rks

• N

atio

nal a

nd p

rovi

ncia

l co

nser

vati

on a

utho

riti

es,

SAN

BI,

scie

ntis

ts,

land

owne

rs, C

PAs

1.1

.3.

Str

en

gth

en

ca

pa

cit

y f

or

Bio

div

ers

ity

Ste

wa

rdsh

ip P

rog

ram

me

s

• Im

plem

ent

the

reco

mm

enda

tion

s of

the

Bus

ines

s Ca

se fo

r B

iodi

vers

ity

Stew

ards

hip,

beg

inni

ng w

ith

an

asse

ssm

ent

of t

he s

peci

fic

reso

urce

req

uire

men

ts o

f eac

h pr

ovin

cial

bio

dive

rsit

y st

ewar

dshi

p pr

ogra

mm

e •

Impl

emen

t th

e re

com

men

dati

ons

of t

he fi

rst

Nat

iona

l Bio

dive

rsit

y St

ewar

dshi

p Co

nfer

ence

hel

d in

Sep

tem

ber

2017

, as

endo

rsed

by

Min

Tech

and

the

Pro

tect

ed A

rea

CEO

’s F

orum

• C

onve

ne a

nat

iona

l bio

dive

rsit

y st

ewar

dshi

p co

nfer

ence

or

foru

m a

nnua

lly

• U

pdat

e an

d im

plem

ent

the

Bio

dive

rsit

y St

ewar

dshi

p G

uide

lines

(200

9) a

nd d

evel

op a

nd m

ains

trea

m a

B

iodi

vers

ity

Stew

ards

hip

Impl

emen

tati

on F

ram

ewor

k an

d Po

licy

• Ex

plor

e in

nova

tive

mod

els

for

expa

ndin

g ar

eas

brou

ght

unde

r pr

ote

ctio

n, s

uch

as

Loca

lly M

anag

ed M

arin

e A

reas

(L

MM

As)

D

EA, S

AN

BI,

SAN

Park

s,

prov

inci

al c

onse

rvat

ion

auth

orit

ies,

BD

S TW

G, D

RD

LR,

NG

Os,

land

owne

rs a

nd

com

mun

ity

repr

esen

tati

ves

NB

SAP

Out

com

e 1.

2: S

peci

es o

f Spe

cial

Con

cern

are

sus

tain

ably

man

aged

Re

leva

nt N

BSAP

hig

h pr

iorit

y ac

tiviti

es:

1.2

.2.

Su

ffic

ien

t e

x s

itu

co

nse

rva

tio

n o

f th

rea

ten

ed

an

d u

se

ful

sp

ecie

s

1.2

.4.

Ma

inta

in a

n e

ffe

cti

ve

Scie

nti

fic A

uth

ori

ty

Rec

omm

ende

d ac

cele

rati

on m

easu

res

Impl

emen

tati

on

1.2

.2 S

uff

icie

nt

ex s

itu

co

nse

rva

tio

n o

f th

rea

ten

ed

an

d u

se

ful

sp

ecie

s

• Se

cure

bud

get,

form

aliz

e an

d m

aint

ain

rele

vant

inst

itut

iona

l par

tner

ship

s to

sup

port

exp

ansi

on o

f Sou

th A

fric

a’s

bota

nica

l gar

den

netw

ork,

spe

cifi

cally

to

oper

atio

naliz

e th

e Kw

eler

a an

d Li

mpo

po N

atio

nal B

otan

ical

Gar

dens

•

Expa

nd e

x sit

u co

llect

ions

to

incr

ease

rep

rese

ntat

ion

of t

hrea

tene

d an

d ot

her

spec

ies

of s

peci

al c

once

rn

SAN

BI,

EPW

P, E

CPTA

, DED

EAT,

LE

DET

, Tre

asur

y, N

BG

s, R

BG

Ke

w, b

otan

ical

res

earc

hers

an

d ex

pert

s 1

.2.4

. M

ain

tain

an

eff

ecti

ve

scie

nti

fic a

uth

ori

ty

• Pu

blis

h no

n-de

trim

ent

find

ings

for

prio

rity

spe

cies

•

Dev

elop

list

ing

prop

osal

s fo

r sp

ecie

s th

reat

ened

by

inte

rnat

iona

l tra

de b

ut n

ot-

yet

CIT

ES-l

iste

d an

d , e

arly

war

ning

sy

stem

s to

flag

new

spe

cies

pot

enti

ally

thr

eate

ned

by t

rade

impl

emen

ted

• Sc

ient

ific

Aut

hori

ty

• Sc

ient

ific

Aut

hori

ty



ati

on

al

Bio

div

ers

ity

Fra

me

wo

rk

Ja

nu

ary

20

18

44

• D

evel

op, i

mpl

emen

t an

d su

stai

nabl

y fu

nd B

iodi

vers

ity

Man

agem

ent P

lans

for

CR

and

EN

spe

cies

tha

t ar

e be

ing

unsu

stai

nabl

y ha

rves

ted

• SA

NB

I, SA

NPa

rks,

pr

ovin

cial

aut

hori

ties

, lo

cal g

over

nmen

ts

Out

com

e 1.

3: T

he b

iodi

vers

ity

econ

omy

is e

xpan

ded,

str

engt

hene

d an

d tr

ansf

orm

ed t

o be

mor

e in

clus

ive

of t

he r

ural

poo

r Re

leva

nt h

igh

prio

rity

NBS

AP a

ctiv

ities

: 1

.3.1

. S

tre

ng

the

n t

he

co

ntr

ibu

tio

n o

f th

e n

atu

ral

pro

du

cts

se

cto

r to

th

e n

ati

on

al

eco

no

my

an

d t

he

NB

ES

1.3

.2.

Str

en

gth

en

th

e c

on

trib

uti

on

of

the

wil

dli

fe s

ecto

r to

th

e n

ati

on

al

eco

no

my

an

d t

he

NB

ES

1.3

.5.

Pil

ot

Bio

div

ers

ity

Eco

no

my

tra

nsfo

rma

tio

n n

od

es t

o d

em

on

str

ate

mu

ltip

le b

en

efi

ts

Rec

omm

ende

d ac

cele

rati

on m

easu

res

Impl

emen

tati

on

1.3

.1.

• La

unch

and

ope

rati

onal

ize

Bio

PAN

ZA, a

nd d

evel

op a

Bio

pros

pect

ing

Char

ter

for

the

sect

or ,

incl

udin

g pr

inci

ples

fo

r e

nvir

onm

enta

l sus

tain

abili

ty

• Co

-ord

inat

e re

sear

ch a

nd s

urve

ys o

f spe

cies

use

d in

bio

pros

pect

ing

and

biot

rade

and

dev

elop

man

agem

ent

tool

s to

ens

ure

sust

aina

ble

use

•

Expl

ore

opti

ons

(for

exa

mpl

e th

roug

h fe

asib

ility

stu

dies

) for

cul

tiva

tion

of t

rees

and

pla

nts

of m

edic

inal

use

to

secu

re r

esou

rce

supp

ly a

nd r

educ

e pr

essu

re o

n w

ild p

opul

atio

ns, w

ith

com

mun

ity

part

icip

atio

n

• D

EA,

dti,

DST

, DR

DLR

, D

AFF

, pro

vinc

ial

cons

erva

tion

de

part

men

ts,

sect

or

stak

ehol

ders

– p

riva

te

sect

or a

nd c

omm

unit

ies)

•

DEA

, DST

, ARC

, CSI

R,

Priv

ate

Sect

or, P

rovi

ncia

l C

onse

rvat

ion

auth

orit

ies;

re

sear

ch in

stit

utio

ns,

NG

Os,

com

mun

itie

s •

Bio

PAN

ZA, S

AN

BI,

the

Sc

ient

ific

Aut

hori

ty,

rese

arch

inst

itut

ions

, na

tion

al a

nd p

rovi

ncia

l co

nser

vati

on a

genc

ies

1.3

.2.

Str

en

gth

en

th

e c

on

trib

uti

on

of

the

wil

dli

fe s

ecto

r to

th

e n

ati

on

al

eco

no

my

an

d t

he

NB

ES

• Ex

pand

mem

bers

hip

of t

he W

ildlif

e Fo

rum

, re-

posi

tion

it t

o s

erve

as

an e

ffec

tive

inte

rdep

artm

enta

l/in

dust

ry

coor

dina

tion

pla

tfor

m, w

ith

the

NB

ES a

s it

s im

plem

enta

tion

man

date

• St

ream

line

the

regu

lato

ry e

nvir

onm

ent

and

perm

itti

ng s

yste

m

•

DEA

, Wild

Life

For

um,

sect

or s

take

hold

ers

•

DEA

, pro

vinc

ial

cons

erva

tion

aut

hori

ties



ati

on

al

Bio

div

ers

ity

Fra

me

wo

rk

Ja

nu

ary

20

18

45

• M

ap p

rior

ity

area

s fo

r tr

ansf

orm

atio

n of

the

wild

life

sect

or w

ithi

n th

e B

ENs

and

use

the

se t

o gu

ide

impl

emen

tati

on o

f the

Bio

dive

rsit

y Ec

onom

y St

rate

gy

•

Stre

ngth

en li

nks

betw

een

the

wild

life

econ

omy

and

biod

iver

sity

ste

war

dshi

p •

Dev

elop

and

impl

emen

t g

uide

lines

or

min

imum

req

uire

men

ts fo

r ec

olog

ical

ly fr

iend

ly w

ildlif

e ra

nchi

ng, p

ossi

bly

linke

d to

cer

tifi

cati

on

• W

ork

wit

h lo

cal c

omm

unit

ies

to d

evel

op a

nd im

plem

ent

busi

ness

pla

ns fo

r w

ildlif

e ec

onom

y pr

ojec

ts i

n pr

iori

ty

BEN

s (a

s de

term

ined

in t

he N

BES

)

• D

EA, S

AN

BI,

SAN

Park

s,

CPA

s, D

RD

LR, D

istr

ict

and

Loca

l mun

icip

alit

ies

• W

ildlif

e Fo

rum

, pro

vinc

ial

cons

erva

tion

aut

hori

ties

, C

PAs,

NG

Os,

pri

vate

sec

tor

role

-pla

yers

, loc

al

cham

bers

of c

omm

erce

.

1.3

.5.

Pil

ot

Bio

div

ers

ity

Eco

no

my

tra

nsfo

rma

tio

n n

od

es t

o d

em

on

str

ate

mu

ltip

le b

en

efi

ts

• U

nder

take

det

aile

d m

appi

ng, d

eter

min

e st

rate

gic

prio

riti

es, u

ptak

e ar

eas

and

com

mun

ity

prio

riti

es t

o op

erat

iona

lize

at le

ast

2 B

ENS

(gui

ded

by t

he p

rior

itie

s id

enti

fied

in t

he N

BES

and

WES

), in

con

junc

tion

wit

h th

e B

iosp

here

Res

erve

Pro

gram

me

and

biod

iver

sity

ste

war

dshi

p pr

ogra

mm

es (i

nclu

ding

the

Lan

d R

efor

m B

iodi

vers

ity

Stew

ards

hip

Init

iati

ve)

•

DEA

, SA

NB

I, SA

NPa

rks,

pr

ovin

cial

con

serv

atio

n au

thor

itie

s, b

iosp

here

re

serv

es, C

PAs,

NG

Os,

pr

ivat

e se

ctor

O

utco

me

1.4:

Bio

dive

rsit

y co

nser

vati

on s

uppo

rts

the

land

ref

orm

age

nda

and

soci

o-ec

onom

ic o

ppor

tuni

ties

for

com

mun

al la

ndho

lder

s

Rele

vant

hig

h pr

iorit

y N

BSAP

act

iviti

es:

1.4

.1.

Str

en

gth

en

th

e L

an

d R

efo

rm B

iod

ive

rsit

y S

tew

ard

sh

ip I

nit

iati

ve

in

clu

din

g a

pp

rov

al

of

gu

ide

lin

es,

str

ate

gie

s a

nd

im

ple

me

nta

tio

n p

lan

s d

ev

elo

pe

d

thro

ug

h t

he

DE

A-D

RD

LR

-SA

NB

I a

llia

nce

1.4

.2.

Fa

cil

ita

te s

ett

lem

en

t o

f la

nd

cla

ims in

pro

tecte

d a

rea

s a

nd

th

e c

on

se

rva

tio

n e

sta

te

Rec

omm

ende

d ac

cele

rati

on m

easu

res

Impl

emen

tati

on

1.4

.1.

Str

en

gth

en

th

e L

an

d R

efo

rm B

iod

ive

rsit

y S

tew

ard

sh

ip I

nit

iati

ve

in

clu

din

g a

pp

rov

al

of

gu

ide

lin

es,

str

ate

gie

s a

nd

imp

lem

en

tati

on

pla

ns d

ev

elo

pe

d t

hro

ug

h t

he

DE

A-D

RD

LR

-SA

NB

I a

llia

nce

• Fi

nalis

e, fo

rmal

ise

and

impl

emen

t th

e na

tion

al s

trat

egy

for

the

land

ref

orm

and

bio

dive

rsit

y st

ewar

dshi

p in

itia

tive

(L

RB

SI)

• R

esou

rce

and

impl

emen

t th

e La

nd R

efor

m a

nd B

iodi

vers

ity

Stew

ards

hip

Init

iati

ve

• Fa

cilit

ate

lear

ning

opp

ortu

niti

es r

elat

ed t

o la

nd r

efor

m a

nd b

iodi

vers

ity

stew

ards

hip

wit

h a

focu

s on

kn

owle

dge

exch

ange

and

ski

lls d

evel

opm

ent

for

build

ing

a bi

odiv

ersi

ty e

cono

my

• D

EA-S

AN

BI-

DR

DLR

• D

EA-S

AN

BI-

DR

DLR

• D

EA-S

AN

BI-

DR

DLR

1.4

.2.

Fa

cil

ita

te s

ett

lem

en

t o

f la

nd

cla

ims in

pro

tecte

d a

rea

s a

nd

th

e c

on

se

rva

tio

n e

sta

te



ati

on

al

Bio

div

ers

ity

Fra

me

wo

rk

Ja

nu

ary

20

18

46

• Fi

naliz

e se

ttle

men

ts a

nd b

iodi

vers

ity

stew

ards

hip

agre

emen

ts o

n la

nd o

f hi

gh b

iodi

vers

ity

valu

e an

d se

t co

-m

anag

emen

t ag

reem

ents

in p

lace

, acc

ordi

ng t

o pr

ovin

cial

pri

orit

ies

iden

tifi

ed in

pro

tect

ed a

rea

expa

nsio

n pl

ans

• Su

ppor

t la

nd c

laim

ants

on

rest

itut

ed la

nd w

ith

the

iden

tifi

cati

on a

nd d

evel

opm

ent

of s

usta

inab

le w

ildlif

e ec

onom

y or

nat

ure-

base

d e

nte

rpri

ses

• N

atio

nal a

nd p

rovi

ncia

l co

nser

vati

on a

utho

riti

es

• Pr

ovin

cial

con

serv

atio

n au

thor

itie

s, S

AN

Park

s,

bios

pher

e re

serv

e m

anag

emen

t ag

enci

es

NB

SAP

Stra

tegi

c O

bjec

tive

2: I

nves

tmen

ts in

eco

logi

cal I

nfra

stru

ctur

e en

hanc

e re

silie

nce

and

ensu

re b

enef

its

to s

ocie

ty

Rel

evan

t na

tion

al s

trat

egie

s/fr

amew

orks

/sys

tem

s:

The

Fram

ewor

k fo

r In

vest

ing

in E

colo

gica

l Inf

rast

ruct

ure,

201

4; T

he O

vera

rchi

ng S

trat

egy

and

Impl

emen

tati

on P

lan

for

Ecos

yste

m-b

ased

Ada

ptat

ion,

20

16; T

he N

atio

nal A

ctio

n Pl

an t

o C

omba

t D

eser

tifi

cati

on a

nd L

and

Deg

rada

tion

and

Mit

igat

e th

e Ef

fect

s of

Dro

ught

(ver

sion

2, 2

016,

in d

raft

); T

he

Nat

iona

l Wat

er R

esou

rce

Stra

tegy

v.2

, 201

3; S

trat

egy

for

deal

ing

wit

h bi

olog

ical

inva

sion

s in

Sou

th A

fric

a, 2

014;

Fra

mew

ork

for

inve

stm

ent

in

envi

ronm

enta

l and

nat

ural

res

ourc

es (E

NR

M) f

or a

gre

en e

cono

my,

201

6; C

limat

e C

hang

e A

dapt

atio

n Pl

ans

for

Bio

mes

in S

outh

Afr

ica,

201

5; T

he

Bio

dive

rsit

y Se

ctor

Clim

ate

Cha

nge

Res

pons

e St

rate

gy, 2

014;

the

Wat

er R

DI R

oadm

ap, 2

015

Out

com

e 2.

1: In

vest

men

ts in

eco

logi

cal i

nfra

stru

ctur

e en

hanc

e re

silie

nce

and

ensu

re b

enef

its

to s

ocie

ty

Rele

vant

hig

h pr

iorit

y N

BSAP

act

iviti

es:

2.1

.1.

Su

pp

ort

th

e i

mp

lem

en

tati

on

of

Ch

ap

ter

5 (

wa

ter

reso

urc

e p

rote

cti

on

) o

f th

e N

ati

on

al

Wa

ter

reso

urc

e s

tra

teg

y

2.1

.2.

De

ve

lop

a s

yste

ma

tic a

pp

roa

ch

in

clu

din

g m

eth

od

s,

tech

niq

ue

s a

nd

exp

ert

ise

fo

r m

ap

pin

g a

nd

pri

ori

tisin

g e

co

log

ica

l in

fra

str

uctu

re

2.1

.3.

Sca

le-u

p a

nd

im

pro

ve

in

teg

rati

on

eff

ort

s t

o r

esto

re d

eg

rad

ed

eco

log

ica

l in

fra

str

uctu

re a

nd

ma

inta

in e

co

log

ica

l in

fra

str

uctu

re in

go

od

co

nd

itio

n

Rec

omm

ende

d ac

cele

rati

on m

easu

res

Impl

emen

tati

on

2.1

.1.

Su

pp

ort

th

e i

mp

lem

en

tati

on

of

Ch

ap

ter

5 (

wa

ter

reso

urc

e p

rote

cti

on

) o

f th

e N

ati

on

al

Wa

ter

reso

urc

e s

tra

teg

y

• Se

cure

Str

ateg

ic W

ater

Sou

rce

Are

as (S

WSA

s) t

hrou

gh a

ran

ge o

f mec

hani

sms,

incl

udin

g fo

rmal

pro

tect

ion,

land

-us

e pl

anni

ng a

nd e

nvir

onm

enta

l aut

hori

sati

ons

• A

ccel

erat

e im

plem

enta

tion

of

inte

nsiv

e w

etla

nd r

ehab

ilita

tion

pro

gram

mes

, to

prot

ect

prio

rity

wet

land

s an

d st

imul

ate

job

crea

tion

•

DA

FF, E

PWP,

Wor

king

For

pr

ogra

mm

es, D

EA, D

WS,

C

MA

s, S

AN

Park

s,

prov

inci

al c

onse

rvat

ion

auth

orit

ies,

mun

icip

alit

ies

•

DEA

, DW

S, E

PWP,

SA

NB

I, SA

NPa

rks,

Pro

vinc

ial



ati

on

al

Bio

div

ers

ity

Fra

me

wo

rk

Ja

nu

ary

20

18

47

co

nser

vati

on a

utho

riti

es,

CM

As

2

.1.2

. D

ev

elo

p a

sy

ste

ma

tic a

pp

roa

ch

in

clu

din

g m

eth

od

s,

tech

niq

ue

s a

nd

exp

ert

ise

fo

r m

ap

pin

g a

nd

pri

ori

tisin

g

eco

log

ica

l in

fra

str

uctu

re

• Co

ntin

ue t

o in

vest

in im

prov

ing

the

Nat

iona

l Wet

land

Inve

ntor

y as

par

t of

the

Nat

iona

l Eco

syst

em C

lass

ifica

tion

Sy

stem

•

Dev

elop

and

app

ly e

colo

gica

l inf

rast

ruct

ure

map

s (i

nclu

ding

a fo

cus

on in

land

aqu

atic

and

coa

stal

EI)

, as

part

of

prov

inci

al s

pati

al b

iodi

vers

ity

plan

ning

and

the

Nat

ion

al B

iodi

vers

ity

Ass

essm

ent

•

SAN

BI,

WfW

et, C

SIR,

WR

C,

DST

, SA

EON

, Res

earc

h in

stit

utio

ns, n

atio

nal a

nd

prov

inci

al c

onse

rvat

ion

auth

orit

ies,

NG

Os

• SA

NB

I, C

SIR

, WRC

, SA

EON

, N

GO

s, r

esea

rche

rs,

scie

ntis

ts in

nat

iona

l and

pr

ovin

cial

con

serv

atio

n au

thor

itie

s

2.1

.3.

Sca

le-u

p a

nd

im

pro

ve

in

teg

rati

on

eff

ort

s t

o r

esto

re d

eg

rad

ed

eco

log

ica

l in

fra

str

uctu

re a

nd

ma

inta

in e

co

log

ica

l

infr

astr

uctu

re i

n g

oo

d c

on

dit

ion

• D

evel

op a

nd im

plem

ent

str

ateg

ic p

lans

for

mai

nten

ance

and

res

tora

tion

of e

colo

gica

l inf

rast

ruct

ure

at a

ran

ge o

f ap

prop

riat

e sc

ales

, inc

ludi

ng n

atio

nal,

prov

inci

al a

nd lo

cal

•

Inte

grat

e in

vest

men

t in

eco

logi

cal i

nfra

stru

ctur

e in

to C

atch

men

t M

anag

emen

t St

rate

gies

•

Esta

blis

h a

Nat

iona

l Alie

n an

d In

vasi

ve S

peci

es C

o-or

dina

tion

For

um

• St

reng

then

the

EI c

omm

unit

y of

pra

ctic

e th

roug

h kn

ow

ledg

e sh

arin

g an

d in

form

atio

n ex

chan

ge, b

uild

ing

on

exis

ting

foru

ms

•

DEA

(inc

ludi

ng D

EA’s

En

viro

nmen

tal

Prog

ram

mes

); S

AN

BI;

SAN

Park

s; p

rovi

ncia

l au

thor

itie

s; m

unic

ipal

itie

s •

DW

S, C

MA

s, D

EA,

prov

inci

al a

utho

riti

es,

mun

icip

alit

ies

• D

EA, S

AN

BI,

DW

S,

Prov

ince

s, m

unic

ipal

itie

s,

CM

As,

sta

keho

lder

s •

DEA

, SA

NB

I, D

WS,

Pr

ovin

ces,

nat

iona

l and

pr

ovin

cial

con

serv

atio

n



ati

on

al

Bio

div

ers

ity

Fra

me

wo

rk

Ja

nu

ary

20

18

48

auth

orit

ies,

mun

icip

alit

ies,

C

MA

s, s

take

hold

ers

O

utco

me

2.2:

Eco

syst

em-b

ased

ada

ptat

ion

is s

how

n to

ach

ieve

mul

tipl

e be

nefi

ts in

the

con

text

of s

usta

inab

le d

evel

opm

ent

Rele

vant

hig

h pr

iorit

y N

BSAP

act

iviti

es:

2.2

.1:

De

ve

lop

, fu

nd

an

d i

mp

lem

en

t a

n im

ple

me

nta

tio

n p

lan

fo

r e

co

sy

ste

m-b

ase

d a

da

pta

tio

n i

n t

he

co

nte

xt

of

cli

ma

te c

ha

ng

e a

da

pta

tio

n a

nd

su

sta

ina

ble

de

ve

lop

me

nt

Rec

omm

ende

d ac

cele

rati

on m

easu

res

Impl

emen

tati

on

2.2

.1 D

ev

elo

p,

fun

d a

nd

im

ple

me

nt

an

im

ple

me

nta

tio

n p

lan

fo

r e

co

sy

ste

m-b

ase

d a

da

pta

tio

n in

th

e c

on

text

of

cli

ma

te

ch

an

ge

ad

ap

tati

on

an

d s

usta

ina

ble

de

ve

lop

me

nt

• Es

tabl

ish

and

mai

ntai

n co

-ord

inat

ion

mec

hani

sms

for

impl

emen

tati

on o

f the

EbA

Str

ateg

y, in

clud

ing

the

cros

s-se

ctor

al C

oord

inat

ion

Stee

ring

Com

mit

tee

(CC

S)

•

Bui

ld a

n ac

tive

com

mun

ity

of p

ract

ice

for

EbA

• Im

plem

ent

prio

rity

act

ivit

ies

of t

he E

bA S

trat

egy

in li

ne w

ith

reso

urce

ava

ilabi

lity

• D

EA, S

AN

BI,

stak

ehol

ders

•

SAN

BI,

DEA

, Ada

ptat

ion

Net

wor

k, N

GO

s

• D

EA, S

AN

BI,

stak

ehol

ders

N

BSA

P SO

3: B

iodi

vers

ity

cons

ider

atio

ns a

re m

ains

trea

med

into

pol

icie

s, s

trat

egie

s an

d pr

acti

ces

of a

ran

ge o

f sec

tors

Rel

evan

t na

tion

al s

trat

egie

s/fr

amew

orks

/sys

tem

s:

The

Nat

iona

l Bio

dive

rsit

y Ec

onom

y St

rate

gy, 2

017;

Fra

mew

ork

for

inve

stm

ent

in E

NR

M fo

r a

Gre

en E

cono

my,

201

6, T

he B

iodi

vers

ity

and

Clim

ate

Cha

nge

Res

pons

e St

rate

gy, 2

014;

The

Nat

iona

l Str

ateg

y fo

r de

alin

g w

ith

Bio

logi

cal I

nvas

ions

, 201

4; T

he N

atio

nal S

trat

egy

for

Com

batt

ing

Wild

life

Traf

fick

ing,

20

17; P

haki

sa M

PSG

, 201

4; T

he C

ompl

ianc

e an

d En

forc

emen

t St

rate

gy fo

r th

e En

viro

nmen

tal M

onit

orin

g In

spec

tora

te, 2

015;

BIO

FIN

Pla

n, 2

017;

Wat

er

RD

I Roa

dmap

, 201

5 .

Out

com

e 3.

1: E

ffec

tive

sci

ence

-bas

ed b

iodi

vers

ity

tool

s in

form

pla

nnin

g an

d de

cisi

on-m

akin

g Re

leva

nt h

igh

prio

rity

NBS

AP a

ctiv

ities

: 3

.1.1

. D

ev

elo

p n

ew

scie

nce

-ba

se

d t

oo

ls t

o i

nfo

rm p

lan

nin

g a

nd

de

cis

ion

ma

kin

g

3.1

.2.

Ma

inta

in n

ew

an

d e

xis

tin

g s

cie

nce

-ba

se

d p

oli

cy

to

ols

R

ecom

men

ded

acce

lera

tion

mea

sure

s Im

plem

enta

tion



ati

on

al

Bio

div

ers

ity

Fra

me

wo

rk

Ja

nu

ary

20

18

49

3.1

.1.

De

ve

lop

ne

w s

cie

nce

-ba

se

d t

oo

ls t

o i

nfo

rm p

lan

nin

g a

nd

de

cis

ion

ma

kin

g

• D

evel

op

an

d a

pp

ly b

iod

iver

sity

pla

nn

ing

too

ls, i

ncl

udi

ng

bio

div

ersi

ty s

ecto

r p

lan

s, b

iore

gio

nal

pla

ns

and

bio

div

ersi

ty

man

agem

ent

pla

ns(

acco

rdin

g to

pro

vin

cial

ly d

eter

min

ed p

rio

riti

es)

• D

evel

op

bio

me-

spec

ific

Bio

div

ersi

ty a

nd

Clim

ate

Chan

ge A

dap

tati

on

Act

ion

Pla

ns

(bu

ildin

g o

n t

he

reco

mm

end

atio

ns

in D

EAs

2015

Rep

ort

on

CC

A P

lan

s fo

r So

uth

Afr

ican

Bio

mes

)

• SA

NB

I, D

EA, C

SIR

, re

sear

cher

s, S

AN

Par

ks,

pro

vin

cial

co

nse

rvat

ion

au

tho

riti

es,

mu

nic

ipal

itie

s, N

GO

s,

• D

EA, S

AN

BI,

CSI

R,

SAEO

N, r

esea

rch

ers,

p

rovi

nce

s 3

.1.2

. M

ain

tain

ne

w a

nd

exis

tin

g s

cie

nce

-ba

se

d p

oli

cy

to

ols

• R

evie

w a

nd

upd

ate

pro

vin

cial

bio

div

ersi

ty s

ecto

r p

lan

s an

d p

ub

lish

ed b

iore

gio

nal

pla

ns

in li

ne

wit

h p

rovi

nci

ally

-d

eter

min

ed p

lan

s an

d p

rio

riti

es, a

nd

mai

nst

ream

into

lan

d-u

se p

lan

nin

g an

d d

ecis

ion

-mak

ing

• SA

NB

I, D

EA, p

rovi

nci

al

con

serv

atio

n a

uth

ori

ties

, m

un

icip

alit

ies

O

utc

om

e 3.

2: E

mb

ed b

iod

iver

sity

co

nsi

der

atio

ns

into

nat

iona

l, p

rovi

nci

al a

nd m

un

icip

al d

evel

opm

ent-

pla

nnin

g an

d m

on

ito

rin

g N

BSAP

Prio

rity

activ

ities

: 3

.2.1

: In

teg

rate

bio

div

ers

ity

in

to t

oo

ls b

ein

g i

mp

lem

en

ted

to

su

pp

ort

en

vir

on

me

nta

l d

ecis

ion

-ma

kin

g f

or

SIP

s

3.2

.3.

Inte

gra

te b

iod

ive

rsit

y p

rio

rity

are

as in

to i

nte

gra

ted

co

asta

l m

an

ag

em

en

t p

lan

s a

nd

off

sh

ore

pla

ns

3.2

.4 D

ev

elo

p a

nd

pu

bli

sh

gu

ide

lin

es f

or

inva

siv

e s

pe

cie

s m

on

ito

rin

g,

co

ntr

ol

an

d e

rad

ica

tio

n p

lan

s

3.2

.6.

Inte

gra

te b

iod

ive

rsit

y p

rio

rity

are

as in

to s

pa

tia

l d

ev

elo

pm

en

t fr

am

ew

ork

s,

inte

gra

ted

de

ve

lop

me

nt

pla

ns a

nd

la

nd

-use

sch

em

es

Rec

om

men

ded

acc

eler

atio

n m

easu

res

Imp

lem

enta

tio

n 3

.2.1

In

teg

rate

bio

div

ers

ity

in

to t

oo

ls b

ein

g i

mp

lem

en

ted

to

su

pp

ort

en

vir

on

me

nta

l d

ecis

ion

-ma

kin

g f

or

SIP

s

• En

sure

th

at a

pp

rop

riat

e b

iod

iver

sity

info

rmat

ion

is in

clu

ded

in S

trat

egic

En

viro

nm

enta

l Ass

essm

ents

fo

r SI

Ps

• En

sure

ap

plic

atio

n o

f th

e n

ew E

IA s

cree

nin

g to

ol 2 b

y EA

PS

•

DEA

, Th

e P

resi

den

cy, S

AN

BI,

pro

vin

cial

en

viro

nm

ent

dep

artm

ents

an

d

con

serv

atio

n a

uth

ori

ties

, o

ther

rel

evan

t go

vern

men

t d

epar

tmen

ts a

nd

pu

blic

en

titi

es, E

A c

on

sult

ants

2 T

he 2

014

Envi

ronm

enta

l Im

pac

t A

sses

smen

t R

egu

lati

on

s (S

ect.

16

[1][

b][

v])

requ

ire

that

all

app

licat

ion

s fo

r an

en

viro

nmen

tal a

uth

ori

sati

on

be

acco

mp

anie

d b

y , i

nte

r a

lia

, a

repo

rt g

ener

ated

by

the

nat

ion

al, w

eb-b

ased

en

viro

nmen

tal s

cree

nin

g to

ol.

The

scre

enin

g to

ol u

ses

spat

ial e

nvi

ronm

enta

l dat

a (w

ith

dif

fere

nt

cate

gori

es o

f d

ata

app

licab

le t

o d

iffe

ren

t ki

nd

s o

f ap

plic

atio

ns)

, to

det

erm

ine

if th

e ap

plic

atio

n f

or

auth

oris

atio

n (B

asic

Ass

essm

ent,

Sco

pin

g o

r En

viro

nmen

tal I

mp

act

Ass

essm

ent)

has

co

nsi

der

ed t

he

maj

or e

nvi

ronm

enta

l iss

ues

at

the

pro

po

sed

lan

d-u

se s

ite.



ati

on

al

Bio

div

ers

ity

Fra

me

wo

rk

Ja

nu

ary

20

18

50

3.2

.3 I

nte

gra

te b

iod

ive

rsit

y p

rio

rity

are

as i

nto

in

teg

rate

d c

oa

sta

l m

an

ag

em

en

t p

lan

s a

nd

off

sh

ore

pla

ns

• En

sure

tha

t ap

prop

riat

e bi

odiv

ersi

ty in

form

atio

n is

incl

uded

in m

arin

e sp

atia

l pla

ns d

evel

oped

in t

erm

s of

th

e m

arin

e sp

atia

l pla

nnin

g fr

amew

ork

• D

evel

op a

nd a

pply

impl

emen

tati

on p

lans

and

enf

orce

men

t m

easu

res

for

the

mar

ine

spat

ial p

lann

ing

fram

ewor

k (a

s pe

r Ph

akis

a M

PSG

)

Oce

ans

Secr

etar

iat,

DEA

(M

CM

), S

AN

BI,

DA

FF, s

ecto

r bo

dies

, pro

vinc

ial

envi

ronm

enta

l dep

artm

ents

an

d m

unic

ipal

itie

s )c

oast

al

3.2

.4 D

ev

elo

p a

nd

pu

bli

sh

gu

ide

lin

es f

or

inva

siv

e s

pe

cie

s m

on

ito

rin

g,

co

ntr

ol

an

d e

rad

ica

tio

n p

lan

s

• D

evel

op a

nd im

plem

ent

Nat

iona

l Con

trol

Pla

ns fo

r lis

ted

spec

ies,

as

per

prio

riti

es d

eter

min

ed b

y D

WS

• D

evel

op in

vasi

ve s

peci

es c

ontr

ol p

lans

for

all n

atio

nal p

arks

and

buf

fer

zone

s an

d pr

iori

tise

d pr

ovin

cial

nat

ure

rese

rves

DEA

, SA

NB

I, pr

ovin

cial

en

viro

nmen

t de

part

men

ts,

mun

icip

alit

ies

3.2

.6 I

nte

gra

te b

iod

ive

rsit

y p

rio

rity

are

as i

nto

sp

ati

al

de

ve

lop

me

nt

fra

me

wo

rks,

inte

gra

ted

de

ve

lop

me

nt

pla

ns a

nd

la

nd

-

use

sch

em

es

• Su

ppor

t in

clus

ion

of b

iodi

vers

ity

prio

rity

are

as in

to p

lann

ing

inst

rum

ents

dev

elop

ed in

ter

ms

of t

he S

pati

al P

lann

ing

and

Land

Use

Man

agem

ent

Act

(SPL

UM

A ,

Act

16

of 2

013)

•

Fina

lise

and

supp

ort

impl

emen

tati

on o

f the

sta

ndar

d re

quir

emen

ts fo

r bi

odiv

ersi

ty in

form

atio

n as

par

t of

the

en

viro

nmen

tal l

ayer

in S

DFs

• In

tegr

ate

biod

iver

sity

pri

orit

ies

into

land

cap

abili

ty a

nd a

gric

ultu

ral z

onin

g th

roug

h m

ains

trea

min

g of

sys

tem

atic

bi

odiv

ersi

ty p

lans

•

Dev

elop

eco

syst

em g

uide

lines

3 for

envi

ronm

enta

l ass

essm

ent

and

land

-use

pla

nner

s an

d de

cisi

on m

aker

s, a

nd

mai

nstr

eam

the

ir u

se in

inte

grat

ed e

nvir

onm

enta

l man

agem

ent

and

land

-use

pla

nnin

g

• D

EA, S

AN

BI,

DR

DLR

, pr

ovin

cial

con

serv

atio

n au

thor

itie

s •

DEA

, SA

NB

I, D

RD

LR,

prov

inci

al c

onse

rvat

ion

auth

orit

ies

• D

EA, S

AN

BI,

DA

FF,

prov

inci

al d

epar

tmen

ts

and

cons

erva

tion

au

thor

itie

s,

mun

icip

alit

ies

• SA

NB

I, re

sear

cher

s,

prov

inci

al e

nvir

onm

ent

depa

rtm

ents

and

co

nser

vati

on a

utho

riti

es,

mun

icip

alit

ies,

3 E

cosy

stem

Gui

delin

es p

rovi

de p

ract

ical

gui

danc

e an

d a

cons

iste

nt fr

amew

ork

for

addr

essi

ng t

he b

iodi

vers

ity-

rela

ted

aspe

cts

of la

nd-u

se p

lann

ing,

land

scap

e m

anag

emen

t an

d en

viro

nmen

tal r

egul

atio

n. T

hey

enab

le u

sers

to

cont

extu

aliz

e an

d in

terp

ret

spat

ial b

iodi

vers

ity

prio

riti

es, u

nder

stan

d th

e ke

y dr

iver

s of

eco

syst

em f

unct

ioni

ng,

unde

rsta

nd w

hat

the

acce

ptab

le li

mit

s of

cha

nge

are

in p

arti

cula

r ec

osys

tem

s or

land

scap

es, a

nd in

terp

et h

ow t

hose

nee

d to

be

man

aged

and

mon

itor

ed t

o en

sure

tha

t bi

odiv

ersi

ty a

nd e

cosy

stem

pro

cess

es a

re a

dequ

atel

y sa

fegu

arde

d. E

cosy

stem

Gui

delin

es h

ave

been

dev

elop

ed fo

r th

e W

este

rn C

ape

and

for

the

Gra

ssla

nd B

iom

e, a

nd

new

gui

delin

es a

re p

lann

ed fo

r th

e Sa

vann

a an

d Th

icke

t Bi

omes

.



ati

on

al

Bio

div

ers

ity

Fra

me

wo

rk

Ja

nu

ary

20

18

51

• D

evel

op a

nd im

plem

ent

rele

vant

tra

inin

g pr

ogra

mm

es t

o s

tren

gthe

n ca

paci

ty in

all

rele

vant

inst

itut

ions

for

use

of

exis

ting

and

new

too

ls t

o in

tegr

ate

biod

iver

sity

into

pla

nnin

g an

d de

cisi

on m

akin

g in

mul

tipl

e se

ctor

s

envi

ronm

enta

l as

sess

men

t pr

acti

tion

ers

• D

EA, S

AN

BI,

trai

ning

in

stit

utio

ns, N

GO

s,

gove

rnm

ent

depa

rtm

ents

in a

ll sp

here

s, p

riva

te s

ecto

r O

utco

me

3.3:

Str

engt

hen

and

stre

amlin

e de

velo

pmen

t au

thor

isat

ions

and

dec

isio

n-m

akin

g Re

leva

nt h

igh

prio

rity

NBS

AP A

ctiv

ities

: 3.

3.3.

Ide

nti

fy a

rea

s o

f h

igh

se

nsit

ivit

y w

he

re c

ert

ain

typ

es o

f d

ev

elo

pm

en

t a

re p

roh

ibit

ed

R

ecom

men

ded

acce

lera

tion

mea

sure

s Im

plem

enta

tion

3

.3.3

. Id

en

tify

are

as o

f h

igh

se

nsit

ivit

y w

he

re c

ert

ain

typ

es o

f d

ev

elo

pm

en

t a

re p

roh

ibit

ed

• C

ompl

ete

the

proc

ess

for

listi

ng o

ne o

r m

ore

of S

trat

egic

Wat

er S

ourc

e A

reas

in t

erm

s of

Sec

tion

24

(2)(

a) o

f N

EMA

• U

se C

MA

Map

s an

d ac

com

pany

ing

land

-use

gui

delin

es to

iden

tify

and

info

rm d

ecis

ion-

mak

ing

abou

t ar

eas

whe

re

deve

lopm

ent

that

res

ults

in lo

ss o

f nat

ural

hab

itat

sho

uld

be a

void

ed

• Ca

ptur

e ec

olog

ical

infr

astr

uctu

re fe

atur

es i

n pr

ovin

cial

bio

dive

rsit

y pl

ans/

biod

iver

sity

sec

tor

plan

s/bi

oreg

iona

l pl

ans

•

DEA

, DW

S, D

MR

, re

leva

nt p

rovi

ncia

l co

nser

vati

on a

utho

riti

es,

CSI

R, N

GO

s •

Com

pete

nt

envi

ronm

enta

l au

thor

itie

s in

ter

ms

of

NEM

A, p

rovi

ncia

l co

nser

vati

on a

utho

riti

es,

SAN

BI

• SA

NB

I, Pr

ovin

cial

co

nser

vati

on a

utho

riti

es

mun

icip

alit

ies

O

utco

me

3.4:

Com

plia

nce

wit

h au

thor

isat

ions

mon

itor

ed a

nd e

nfor

ced

Rele

vant

hig

h pr

iorit

y N

BSAP

act

iviti

es

3.4

.1.

Str

en

gth

en

en

vir

on

me

nta

l re

gu

lato

ry a

nd

co

mp

lia

nce

fra

me

wo

rks

3.4

.2.

Imp

lem

en

t th

e E

nv

iro

nm

en

tal

Co

mp

lia

nce

an

d E

nfo

rce

me

nt

Str

ate

gy

3.4

.4.

Imp

rov

e t

he

en

forc

em

en

t o

f tr

ad

e r

eg

ula

tio

ns

Rec

omm

ende

d ac

cele

rati

on m

easu

res

Impl

emen

tati

on

3.4

.1.

Str

en

gth

en

en

vir

on

me

nta

l re

gu

lato

ry a

nd

co

mp

lia

nce

fra

me

wo

rks

• U

pdat

e an

d ap

ply

the

nati

onal

lega

l fra

mew

ork

for

mon

itor

ing

and

enfo

rcem

ent



ati

on

al

Bio

div

ers

ity

Fra

me

wo

rk

Ja

nu

ary

20

18

52

• St

reng

then

link

s be

twee

n EM

I ins

titu

tion

s an

d m

ake

them

mor

e ac

cess

ible

to

the

publ

ic (f

or e

xam

ple

thro

ugh

use

of

the

E-L

egis

lati

on (N

EMA

/SEM

A) t

ab o

n th

e D

EA w

ebsi

te)

DEA

, SA

NPa

rks,

pro

vinc

ial

cons

erva

tion

age

ncie

s,

prov

inci

al e

nvir

onm

ent

depa

rtm

ents

3

.4.2

.

• Se

cure

app

rova

l for

, im

plem

ent,

and

mon

itor

the

Com

plia

nce

and

Enfo

rcem

ent

Stra

tegy

for

the

Envi

ronm

enta

l M

anag

emen

t In

spec

tora

te4

DEA

, DA

FF, D

WS,

SA

PS, S

SA,

prov

inci

al c

onse

rvat

ion

agen

cies

and

env

iron

men

tal

depa

rtm

ents

, cus

tom

s,

mun

icip

alit

ies

3.4

.4.

• A

ppro

ve a

nd im

plem

ent

the

Nat

iona

l Int

egra

ted

Stra

tegy

to

Com

bat

Wild

life

Traf

fick

ing

• Im

plem

ent

CITE

S de

cisi

ons

and

amen

ded

reso

luti

ons

rela

ting

to

rhi

no, e

leph

ants

, pan

golin

and

cyc

ads

•

Mai

ntai

n CI

TES

insp

ecti

on a

nd p

erm

it is

suin

g of

fice

s in

pro

vinc

es

•

DEA

•

DEA

, Sci

enti

fic

Aut

hori

ty, S

AN

Park

s,

prov

inci

al c

onse

rvat

ion

agen

cies

•

Scie

ntif

ic A

utho

rity

, pr

ovin

cial

con

serv

atio

n au

thor

itie

s an

d en

viro

nmen

tal

depa

rtm

ents

O

utco

me

3.5:

App

ropr

iate

allo

cati

on o

f res

ourc

es in

key

sec

tors

and

sph

eres

of g

over

nmen

t fa

cilit

ates

eff

ecti

ve m

anag

emen

t of

bio

dive

rsit

y,

espe

cial

ly in

bio

dive

rsit

y pr

iori

ty a

reas

Re

leva

nt h

igh

prio

rity

NBS

AP a

ctiv

ities

: 3

.5.2

. D

ev

elo

p a

re

so

urc

e m

ob

ilis

ati

on

str

ate

gy

fo

r b

iod

ive

rsit

y

Rec

omm

ende

d ac

cele

rati

on m

easu

res

Impl

emen

tati

on

3.5

.2.

• Fi

nalis

e, a

ppro

ve a

nd im

plem

ent

the

BIO

FIN

Fin

ance

Pla

n

• D

EA, N

atio

nal T

reas

ury,

SA

NB

I O

utco

me

3.6:

Bio

dive

rsit

y co

nsid

erat

ions

are

inte

grat

ed in

to t

he d

evel

opm

ent

and

impl

emen

tati

on o

f pol

icy,

legi

slat

ive

and

othe

r to

ols

4 A

Na

tio

na

l C

om

pli

an

ce

an

d E

nfo

rce

me

nt

Str

ate

gy

fo

r th

e E

nv

iro

nm

en

tal

Ma

na

ge

me

nt

Insp

ecto

rate

was

dev

elop

ed b

y D

EA in

201

4. It

is b

ased

on

7 co

re p

rinc

iple

s to

gui

de

the

wor

k of

the

Insp

ecto

rate

, and

enh

ance

its

effe

ctiv

enes

s be

twee

n 20

15 a

nd 2

020.




ati

on

al

Bio

div

ers

ity

Fra

me

wo

rk

Ja

nu

ary

20

18

53

Rele

vant

NBS

AP h

igh

prio

rity

activ

ities

: 3

.6.1

. D

ev

elo

p,

imp

lem

en

t, r

ev

iew

an

d u

pd

ate

le

gis

lati

ve

an

d o

the

r to

ols

th

at

en

su

re t

he

pro

tecti

on

of

sp

ecie

s a

nd

eco

sy

ste

ms

3.6

.2.

Inte

gra

te t

he

va

lue

of

bio

div

ers

ity

in

to n

ati

on

al a

cco

un

tin

g a

nd

re

po

rtin

g s

yste

ms

3.6

.3.I

nte

gra

te b

iod

ive

rsit

y in

to s

ecto

r p

oli

cie

s a

nd

le

gis

lati

on

R

ecom

men

ded

acce

lera

tion

mea

sure

s Im

plem

enta

tion

3

.6.1

De

ve

lop

, im

ple

me

nt,

re

vie

w a

nd

up

da

te l

eg

isla

tive

an

d o

the

r to

ols

th

at

en

su

re t

he

pro

tecti

on

of

sp

ecie

s a

nd

eco

sy

ste

ms

• C

ompl

ete,

app

rove

and

pub

lish

the

Nat

iona

l Bio

dive

rsit

y O

ffse

ts P

olic

y

• Fi

naliz

e, a

ppro

ve a

nd p

ublis

h th

e am

endm

ents

to

NEM

A t

hat

are

curr

entl

y un

der

deve

lopm

ent

DEA

3.6

.2.

Inte

gra

te t

he

va

lue

of

bio

div

ers

ity

in

to n

ati

on

al a

cco

un

tin

g a

nd

re

po

rtin

g s

yste

ms

• D

evel

op a

nd u

nder

take

a s

trat

egic

set

of s

tudi

es t

o as

sess

the

eco

nom

ic c

ontr

ibut

ion

to b

iodi

vers

ity

cons

erva

tion

an

d m

anag

emen

t to

the

eco

nom

y, b

uild

ing

on e

xist

ing

wor

k

•

Dev

elop

a N

atio

nal S

trat

egy

for

Ecos

yste

m A

ccou

ntin

g as

par

t of

Sou

th A

fric

a’s

part

icip

atio

n in

the

EU

-fun

ded

proj

ect

Nat

ural

Cap

ital

Acc

ount

ing

and

Val

uati

on o

f Eco

syst

em S

ervi

ces

• D

EA, C

SIR,

SA

NBI

, re

leva

nt e

xper

ts

• St

atis

tics

Sou

th A

fric

a,

SAN

BI,

DEA

, DW

S 3

.6.3

. In

teg

rate

bio

div

ers

ity

in

to s

ecto

r p

oli

cie

s a

nd

le

gis

lati

on

• Su

ppor

t in

clus

ion

of b

iodi

vers

ity

prio

rity

are

as in

agr

icul

tura

l pol

icy,

legi

slat

ion

and

spat

ial t

ools

•

Supp

ort

impl

emen

tati

on o

f the

Min

ing

and

Bio

dive

rsit

y G

uide

line

• D

EA, D

AFF

, SA

NBI

, •

DEA

, DM

R, S

AN

BI

N

BSA

P SO

4: M

obili

se p

eopl

e

Rel

evan

t na

tion

al s

trat

egie

s/fr

amew

orks

/inf

orm

atio

n sy

stem

s:

Nat

iona

l Pla

nt C

onse

rvat

ion

Stra

tegy

, 201

5; N

atio

nal M

AB

Res

erve

Str

ateg

y, 2

016

Out

com

e 4.

1: P

eopl

e’s

awar

enes

s of

the

val

ue o

f bio

dive

rsit

y is

enh

ance

d th

roug

h m

ore

effe

ctiv

e co

-ord

inat

ion

and

mes

sagi

ng

Rele

vant

hig

h pr

iorit

y N

BSAP

act

iviti

es:

4.1

.1.

& 4

.1.2

. D

ev

elo

p,

fu

nd

a c

o-o

rdin

ate

d n

ati

on

al b

iod

ive

rsit

y c

om

mu

nic

ati

on

s,

ed

uca

tio

n a

nd

aw

are

ne

ss s

tra

teg

y,

imp

lem

en

tati

on

pla

n a

nd

mo

nit

ori

ng

fra

me

wo

rk

4.1

.3.

Str

en

gth

en

en

vir

on

me

nta

l li

tera

cy

th

rou

gh

cit

ize

n s

cie

nce

pro

gra

mm

es

Rec

omm

ende

d ac

cele

rati

on m

easu

res

Impl

emen

tati

on



ati

on

al

Bio

div

ers

ity

Fra

me

wo

rk

Ja

nu

ary

20

18

54

4.1

.1.

& 4

.12

. D

ev

elo

p,

fu

nd

a c

o-o

rdin

ate

d n

ati

on

al

bio

div

ers

ity

co

mm

un

ica

tio

ns,

ed

uca

tio

n a

nd

aw

are

ne

ss s

tra

teg

y,

imp

lem

en

tati

on

pla

n a

nd

mo

nit

ori

ng

fra

me

wo

rk

• D

evel

op, r

esou

rce

and

impl

emen

t a c

o-or

dina

ted

natio

nal b

iodi

vers

ity

com

mun

icat

ions

, edu

cati

on a

nd a

war

enes

s st

rate

gy, i

mpl

emen

tati

on p

lan

and

mon

itor

ing

fram

ewor

k to

co-

ordi

nate

com

mun

icat

ion

wor

k in

the

sect

or,

build

ing

on th

e w

ork

done

in th

e “M

akin

g th

e Ca

se”

proj

ect p

revi

ousl

y un

dert

aken

by

DEA

and

SA

NBI

• D

EA, S

AN

BI, N

GO

s,

tert

iary

and

res

earc

h in

stit

utes

4.1

.3 S

tre

ng

the

n e

nvir

on

me

nta

l li

tera

cy

th

rou

gh

cit

ize

n s

cie

nce

pro

gra

mm

es

• St

reng

then

the

wor

k of

cit

izen

sci

ence

pro

gram

mes

by

esta

blis

hing

a n

atio

nal c

itiz

en s

cien

ce fo

rum

for i

nfor

mat

ion

exch

ange

, lea

rnin

g, s

trat

egic

pri

orit

izat

ion

• St

reng

then

sup

port

to B

iosp

here

Res

erve

s, M

arin

e H

ope

Spot

s, a

nd o

ther

land

scap

e-in

itia

tive

s as

veh

icle

s fo

r pr

omot

ing

awar

enes

s an

d be

havi

our-

chan

ge a

nd s

uppo

rtin

g ci

tize

n sc

ienc

e pr

ogra

mm

es, e

spec

ially

thro

ugh

enga

gem

ent o

f you

th

•

SAN

BI, D

ST, N

GO

s,

nati

onal

col

lect

ions

in

stit

utio

ns (m

useu

ms,

he

rbar

ia)

• D

EA, S

AN

Park

s,

Cons

erva

tion

au

thor

itie

s, N

GO

s N

BSA

P SO

5: C

onse

rvat

ion

and

Man

agem

ent o

f Bio

dive

rsit

y is

impr

oved

thro

ugh

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f an

equi

tabl

e an

d su

itab

ly s

kille

d w

orkf

orce

Rele

vant

str

ateg

ies/

fram

ewor

ks/s

yste

ms:

Th

e Bi

odiv

ersi

ty H

uman

Cap

ital

Dev

elop

men

t Str

ateg

y, 2

010;

Env

iron

men

tal S

ecto

r Sk

ills

Dev

elop

men

t Pla

n, 2

010;

Str

ateg

y fo

r G

ende

r M

ains

trea

min

g in

th

e En

viro

nmen

tal S

ecto

r, 2

010;

IPBE

S O

utco

me

5.1:

Mac

ro-le

vel c

ondi

tion

s en

able

d fo

r ski

lls p

lann

ing,

dev

elop

men

t and

eva

luat

ion

Rele

vant

hig

h pr

iorit

y NB

SAP

activ

ities

:

5.1

.3.

De

ve

lop

an

d in

teg

rate

exis

tin

g m

ech

an

ism

s f

or

the

mo

nit

ori

ng

an

d e

va

lua

tio

n o

f b

iod

ive

rsit

y h

um

an

ca

pit

al d

ev

elo

pm

en

t in

itia

tiv

es

5.1

.4.

En

sure

th

at

na

tio

na

l str

ate

gie

s r

ece

ive

ad

eq

ua

te f

ind

ing

an

d s

up

po

rt

Reco

mm

ende

d ac

cele

rati

on m

easu

res

Impl

emen

tati

on

5.1

.3.

an

d 5

.1.4

.

• Su

ppor

t the

furt

her

deve

lopm

ent a

nd im

plem

enta

tion

of a

n ef

fect

ive

and

sust

aina

bly-

fund

ed n

atio

nal-l

evel

co-

ordi

nati

on m

echa

nism

for b

iodi

vers

ity

hum

an c

apit

al d

evel

opm

ent a

nd m

onit

orin

g

• D

EA, N

ESPF

, SA

NBI

, DST

, D

WS,

DBS

A, D

PME,

NRF

, G

reen

mat

ter

• D

EA, N

ESPF

, DST



ati

on

al

Bio

div

ers

ity

Fra

me

wo

rk

Ja

nu

ary

20

18

55

• En

sure

tha

t ca

paci

ty b

uild

ing

need

s fo

r im

plem

enta

tion

of I

PBES

rec

omm

enda

tion

s ar

e m

atch

ed w

ith

reso

urce

s th

roug

h ca

taly

sing

fina

ncia

l and

in-k

ind

supp

ort

Out

com

e 5.

2: A

n im

prov

ed s

kills

dev

elop

men

t sy

stem

inco

rpor

ates

the

nee

ds o

f the

bio

dive

rsit

y se

ctor

Re

leva

nt h

igh

prio

rity

NBS

AP a

ctiv

ities

: 5

.2.1

. D

ev

elo

p a

nd

im

ple

me

nt

an

up

da

ted

BH

CD

Pla

n in

su

pp

ort

of

the

BH

CD

S

Rec

omm

ende

d ac

cele

rati

on m

easu

re

Impl

emen

tati

on

5.2

.1

• D

evel

op a

n up

date

d B

iodi

vers

ity

Hum

an C

apit

al D

evel

opm

ent

Impl

emen

tati

on P

lan

•

DEA

, SA

NB

I, N

ESPF

, G

reen

Mat

ter

NB

SAP

SO6:

Kno

wle

dge

foun

dati

ons

Rel

evan

t na

tion

al s

trat

egie

s/ fr

amew

orks

/sys

tem

s:

IPB

ES; T

he N

atio

nal B

iodi

vers

ity

Res

earc

h an

d Ev

iden

ce S

trat

egy,

201

5; E

nvir

onm

enta

l Sec

tor

Res

earc

h, D

evel

opm

ent

and

Evid

ence

Str

ateg

y,20

15; T

he

Nat

iona

l Pla

nt C

onse

rvat

ion

Stra

tegy

, 201

5; T

he N

atio

nal B

iodi

vers

ity

Mon

itor

ing

Fram

ewor

k (u

nder

dev

elop

men

t); T

he N

atio

nal B

iodi

vers

ity

Ecos

yste

m

Cla

ssif

icat

ion

Syst

em (u

nder

dev

elop

men

t); T

he N

atio

nal B

iodi

vers

ity

Info

rmat

ion

Syst

em

Out

com

e 6.

1: R

elev

ant

foun

dati

onal

dat

aset

s on

spe

cies

are

in p

lace

and

wel

l-co-

ordi

nate

d

Rele

vant

hig

h pr

iorit

y N

BSAP

act

iviti

es:

6.1

.5.

Ma

inta

in a

nd

fo

rma

lise

th

e N

ati

on

al

Eco

sy

ste

m C

lassif

ica

tio

n S

yste

m

(also

with

rele

vanc

e to

Out

com

e 6.

5)

Rec

omm

ende

d ac

cele

rati

on m

easu

res

Impl

emen

tati

on

6.1.

5.

• Fo

rmal

ize,

im

plem

ent

and

mai

ntai

n th

e N

atio

nal E

cosy

stem

Cla

ssif

icat

ion

Syst

em

SAN

BI,

DEA

, SA

NPa

rks,

DST

, N

RF,

CSI

R, m

useu

ms

and

herb

aria

, pro

vinc

ial

auth

orit

ies,

uni

vers

itie

s,

NG

Os

Out

com

e 6.

2: T

he s

tatu

s of

spe

cies

and

eco

syst

ems

is r

egul

arly

mon

itor

ed a

nd a

sses

sed

Rele

vant

hig

h pr

iorit

y N

BSAP

act

iviti

es

6.2

.3.

De

ve

lop

an

d i

mp

lem

en

t m

eth

od

s a

nd

ap

pro

ach

es f

or

asse

ssin

g t

he

sta

tus o

f e

co

log

ica

l in

fra

str

uctu

re

6.2

.5.

Re

gu

larl

y m

ap

ke

y p

ressu

res o

n b

iod

ive

rsit

y,

inclu

din

g la

nd

co

ve

r ch

an

ge

, p

ressu

res i

n t

he

ma

rin

e e

nvir

on

me

nt

(fis

he

rie

s,

tra

wli

ng

, m

inin

g)

an

d

dis

trib

uti

on

of

inv

asiv

e s

pe

cie

s



ati

on

al

Bio

div

ers

ity

Fra

me

wo

rk

Ja

nu

ary

20

18

56

6.2

.6.

Mo

nit

or

an

d r

ep

ort

on

th

e s

tate

of

eco

syste

ms a

nd

sp

ecie

s, i

nclu

din

g t

he

sta

tus a

nd

tre

nd

s f

or

pri

ori

ty h

arv

este

d m

ari

ne

re

so

urc

es,

im

pa

ct

of

tra

de

in w

ild

life

an

d w

ild

pla

nts

on

bio

div

ers

ity

in

clu

din

g c

ha

ng

e in

TO

PS

- a

nd

CIT

ES

-lis

ted

sp

ecie

s,

inva

siv

e a

lie

n s

pe

cie

s a

nd

th

eir

im

pa

cts

an

d t

he

eff

ecti

ve

ne

ss

of

co

ntr

ol

me

asu

res,

ch

an

ge

in

sta

tus o

f R

ed

Lis

ted

sp

ecie

s,

imp

acts

of

GM

Os o

n b

iod

ive

rsit

y a

sse

ts a

nd

eco

log

ica

l in

fra

str

uctu

re,

an

d t

he

im

pa

cts

of

cli

ma

te c

ha

ng

e o

n s

pe

cie

s a

nd

eco

sy

ste

ms.

6.2

.7.

Re

vis

e a

nd

up

da

te t

he

Na

tio

na

l B

iod

ive

rsit

y A

sse

ssm

en

t a

t le

ast

ev

ery

se

ve

n y

ea

rs

Reco

mm

ende

d ac

cele

rati

on m

easu

res

Cro

ss-c

utt

ing

:

• Co

mpl

ete,

ado

pt a

nd a

pply

the

Nat

iona

l Bio

dive

rsit

y M

onit

orin

g Fr

amew

ork

(und

er d

evel

opm

ent,

due

for

rele

ase

in

2018

) •

Com

plet

e an

d pu

blis

h th

e N

BA 2

018

(due

for

rele

ase

in 2

019)

, and

mai

nstr

eam

into

pol

icy

and

plan

ning

at p

rovi

ncia

l an

d lo

cal l

evel

s •

Iden

tify

, dev

elop

and

bui

ld fu

rthe

r on

larg

e-sc

ale,

long

-ter

m m

onit

orin

g m

onit

orin

g da

tase

ts

• SA

NBI

, DEA

, SA

NPa

rks,

Pr

ovin

cial

con

serv

atio

n au

thor

itie

s, S

cien

tific

A

utho

rity

•

SAN

BI, D

EA, S

AN

Park

s,

Prov

inci

al c

onse

rvat

ion

auth

orit

ies

and

envi

ronm

ent

depa

rtm

ents

•

SAEO

N, S

AN

BI, D

EA,

CSIR

, res

earc

h in

stit

utio

ns a

nd c

entr

es

of e

xcel

lenc

e, S

AN

Park

s,

prov

inci

al c

onse

rvat

ion

auth

orit

ies

and

envi

ronm

ent

depa

rtm

ents

O

utco

me

6.5:

Kno

wle

dge

base

is a

cces

sibl

e an

d is

pre

sent

ed in

a w

ay th

at in

form

s de

cisi

on-m

akin

g Re

leva

nt h

igh

prio

rity

NBSA

P ac

tiviti

es:

6.5

.1.

De

ve

lop

in

fra

str

uctu

re t

ha

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Section 4: Mechanisms for Co-ordination, Cooperation and Implementation

The importance of working through strong, collaborative partnerships is a key principle underlying this NBF. Cross-institutional partnerships create a sense of common purpose, facilitate alignment and more strategic allocation of limited resources, and build cohesion at a larger scale. They also make it possible to leverage greater implementation capacity than is possible when institutions act in isolation.

4.1. National mechanisms for coordination in the sector National mechanisms for co-ordinating the work of the biodiversity sector include government-led committees, working groups and task teams that facilitate strategy and policy coherence, and co-operation between key institutions responsible for biodiversity management and conservation. The work of these structures is complemented by numerous other structures and task teams that operate provincially, locally, or internally within specific institutions or multi-stakeholder programmes, to co-ordinate implementation and operational workplans. Some of the key national-level structures relevant to co-ordination of the work of the biodiversity sector are included in Table 6, below.

Key amongst these, in the context of the NBF, is MinTECH Working Group 1 (Biodiversity and Conservation), whose remit includes expansion of the conservation estate, mitigation of threats to biodiversity and ecosystems, ecosystem services, biodiversity legislation and regulation, and sustainable use of ecosystems. However, given the broad scope of the NBSAP, and the other strategies and frameworks that are in effect in the biodiversity sector, the deliberations of other working groups also have relevance, in particular WG 3 (Planning and Coordination), WG 4 (Compliance and Enforcement), WG 5 (Environmental Impact Management and Water Affairs), WG 6 (Environmental Jobs), WG 7 (Education, Development and Information Management), WG 8 (Oceans and Coasts), and WG 10 (Climate Change).

Table 6: Key national coordination mechanisms operating in the biodiversity sector

Committee/Task Team

Role, participants, frequency of meetings

Minister and Members of Executive Councils (MinMEC ) Committee

Committees to promote co-operative governance between national ministers and their counterparts (MECs) at provincial level. The Environmental MinMEC comprises the Minister of Environmental Affairs, the Director-General of DEA, and the provincial MECs for Environmental Affairs. MinMEC committees meet quarterly.

Ministerial Technical Committee (MinTECH)

Forums to facilitate coordination, policy and strategy coherence between national and provincial departments. The environmental MinTECH comprises the DG of DEA, representatives of public entities including SANBI and SANParks, and heads of provincial departments responsible for environmental management and biodiversity conservation. MinTECH committees meet quarterly.

MinTech Working Groups

These working groups bring together senior officials in national and provincial government at quarterly meetings to discuss and advise on technical issues relating to Biodiversity and Conservation (WG1), Air Quality (WG2), Planning and Coordination (WG3), Compliance and Enforcement (WG4),Environmental Impact Management and Water (WG5), Environmental Sector Jobs (WG6), Education, Development and Information Management (WG7), Oceans and Coasts (WG 8), Waste and




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Chemical Management (WG 9), Climate Change (10), Environmental Policy and Law Reform (WG11), Communications (WG12). Meetings are held quarterly. Ad hoc task teams are convened under these working groups to deal with specific issues, according to need.

Protected Area CEO’s Forum

Convened by DEA, with the DDG: Biodiversity and Conservation as chairperson, this Forum promotes co-operative governance between national and provincial government departments and agencies in relation to protected area management. It serves as an advisory body to Environment MINTECH and MINMECH. The broad remit of the Forum is to co-ordinate the development of protected areas in ways that promote synergies on operational and strategic issues, support effective protected area management, build capacity and promote transformation in the sector. The Forum is responsible for coordinating the implementation of protected area expansion strategies, implementing strategic decisions of relevant international and regional bodies and programmes, setting up monitoring programmes, and for sharing information, ideas and experiences on issues of common interest to protected area management authorities. Membership of the Forum includes the Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) and nominated representatives from Protected Area Management Authorities, and nominated delegates from DEA, SANBI and provincial departments. The Forum may appoint sub-committees and task teams to address specific issues, and may engage technical experts as needed. The Forum convenes twice yearly.

Protected Areas Technical Task Team (PATTT)

This Task Team serves to ensure cooperation and implementation of MinMEC recommendations relating to legal and spatial issues affecting protected areas in the country (for example determination of protected area boundaries), and to ensure effective alignment of activities of all protected area management authorities in terms of the Protected Areas Act. Some of its specific functions are to: provide technical inputs to the development of relevant norms and standards and regulations, review the NPAES and the development and implementation of provincial counterparts, coordinate annual reporting to MinTECH WG1 under Outcome 10, and share databases and information. The Task Team is convened at least twice a year by DEA and participants include SANParks, Isimangaliso Wetland Park Authority and representatives of provincial conservation authorities.

Biodiversity Stewardship Technical Working Group (BDS TWG)

This working group, which is convened twice a year by SANBI, addresses technical, legal, policy and operational challenges faced by biodiversity stewardship programmes that are operating in the provinces. The working group refers relevant issues to the Protected Areas Task Team for further consideration and action. Membership of the working group includes SANBI, DEA, SANParks, provincial conservation authorities, relevant NGOs.

People and Parks Steering Committee

The People and Parks Steering Committee, which is convened by DEA at least once a year, oversees the operations of the People and Parks Programme. It deals with issues relating to: the settlement of land claims in protected areas; strengthening governance, participation, access and benefit sharing; and, the development and implementation of an awareness-raising and capacity building strategy. Membership includes government and community representatives. A number of Regional Committees and Park Forums (convened by SANParks) meet quarterly, or at intervals specific to particular Parks, to engage communities and address




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issues that have bearing on the collective good of the Park and its adjacent communities

The South African Biosphere Reserve Committee

Chaired by the DDG: Biodiversity and Conservation within DEA, this Committee operates in accordance with an approved terms of reference to oversee implementation of the Man and Biosphere Programme in South Africa. It oversees the implementation of the MAB Strategy and Implementation Plan, reviews effectiveness, and deals with strategic issues. It also promotes cooperation, coordination and communication between biosphere reserves. Meetings take place twice a year. Membership includes representatives from DEA, biosphere management agencies and provincial forums, provincial conservation authorities, SALGA, CoGTA and a representative from the SA national commission to UNESCO. Operating in association with the Committee is a small Management Committee (to implement resolutions) and provincial MAB Forums, which are platforms for cooperation, networking, information exchange and lesson-sharing relevant to specific Biosphere Reserves.

Interdepartmental Committee on Inland Water Ecosystems

This committee was formed in 2011 to share and effectively influence joint water resource management issues and decisions regarding inland water ecosystems, in a proactive manner. It is convened by DWS, with membership drawn from: DWS, DEA, SANBI, SANParks, DAFF, WRC and CMAs. It meets twice a year.

The Scientific Authority The Scientific Authority, has been established under Section 60 of the Biodiversity Act, to assist with regulating and restricting trade in TOPS- and CITES-listed species. It is administered by SANBI. Membership includes representatives from DEA, SANBI, provincial conservation authorities, SANParks and national zoological gardens. Regular meetings are held twice a year, with special meetings convened according to need. The Authority is active in all provinces, and participates in relevant international meetings (e.g. CITES). Its main functions are to: monitor the legal and illegal trade in listed species; make recommendations to issuing authorities on applications for permits to undertake restricted activities with TOPS species; make and publish non-detriment findings on the impact of trade on the survival of species in the wild; assist with identifying species in trade and issue certificates in which the identification of a specimen is verified as being taxonomically accurate.

National Ecosystem Classification Committee

The National Ecosystems Classification Committee, which is chaired by SANBI, is a technical working committee that oversees the ongoing development of the National Ecosystem Classification System. It has subcommittees that deal with specific realms, including freshwater, estuarine, coastal and marine ecosystems. The work of these committees is to identify, map and describe a standardised set of ecosystems types that will serve as consistent units of reference in a wide range of assessment, planning, policy, decision-making and management processes in the biodiversity sector. Participants include relevant experts from SANBI, DEA, DWS, DAFF, SANParks, PCAs, CSIR, SAEON, WRC, SAIAB and universities.




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4.2 National communities of practice for knowledge sharing Communities of practice are vital mechanism for co-ordinating, enriching and advancing the work of the sector and ensuring a consistent approach in the operating environment. As such, they are directly relevant to supporting the purpose of the NBF. There are numerous communities of practice operating at different scales in the country; those included in Table 7, below, are the key national forums of relevance under the six strategic objectives of the NBSAP.

Table 7: Communities of Practice that operate nationally to facilitate cooperation, lesson-sharing and knowledge exchange in the biodiversity sector

Name of CoP Convenor(s) Participants Frequency of meetings

People and Parks Forum

SANParks/DEA SANParks, local communities, private sector role-players, provincial conservation authorities, local businesses and other stakeholders living adjacent to national parks

Every two years

Core business: The People and Parks Forum brings together all relevant role-players at a conference every two years to share experiences and best practices, exchange information, identify issues of common concern and propose solutions with regard to implementation of the People and Parks Programme. Issues of key concern include: co-management arrangements and other aspects of landscape management, settlement of land claims, access and benefit-sharing, developing opportunities for strengthening the rural economy, youth conservation and the Kids in parks project, and other issues of mutual interest and concern. Aligned with NBSAP SO 1, Outcome 1.1, 1.3 and 1.4 Marine Protected Areas Forum

DEA; Oceans and Coasts

Government, MPA Management Agencies (SANParks, provincial conservation agencies, metros), Research Organizations (SAIAB, SAEON, ORI) and Academia, NGO’s (WWF), Coastal Communities

Annual Forum, and training events

Core business: To foster collaboration and information sharing between MPA stakeholders in Southern Africa to enable implementation of an integrated, multi-stakeholder approach to MPA Governance in Southern Africa, and improve MPA management effectiveness and capacity development. The mission of the South African MPA Forum is to work with all the role players in the SA MPA sector to maintain and improve communication, management and training of staff in all our MPAs. The Forum, which is managed by a Secretariat which identifies priority projects that require implementation by the full-time MPA Coordinator. Aligned with NBSAP SO 1, Outcome 1.1 The Wildlife Forum

DEA DEA, DAFF, provincial conservation and environmental authorities, SAPS, representatives of the organized and wildlife hunting industry

Quarterly

Core business: The Wildlife Forum’s purpose it to promote conservation through sustainable use of renewable wildlife resources; contribute to building a responsible, self-regulatory wildlife and hunting sector; promote sustainable growth in wildlife-related tourism, with equitable benefit sharing; and, create enabling conditions for transformation of the sector. The Forum makes inputs to relevant law-making processes, alerts government to issues on which collaboration or improvement is needed, and facilitates collaboration and cooperation within the industry. The Forum appoints standing or ad hoc sub-committees or technical teams to deal with specific issues according to need.




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Aligned with NBSAP SO 1, Outcome 1.3 and 1.4 BioPANZA (Bioproducts Advancement Network)

DEA, and co-chaired by DST and Dti

Government and industry roleplayers Twice per year

BioPanza has been established as a mechanism to promote applied research, local processing, innovation and product development in the bioprospecting/biotrade sector. The network brings together relevant government and industry roleplayers in partnerships to harness existing initiatives, address the innovation chasm and ensure access to bioproducts resources and equitable benefit-sharing. BioPANZA will work closely with the Bioprospecting Forum. [to be launched in 2018, though some functions have been operationalised). Aligned with NBSAP SO1, Outcomes 1.3 and 1.4 Bioprospecting Forum

DEA Industry, traditional knowledge holders, academia, NGOs and relevant government institutions

Twice per year

Core business: The Bioprospecting Forum (the formation of which was identified as a priority in the National Biodiversity Economy Strategy), is a platform that promotes coordination and facilitates formal communication and information exchange between sector role-players on matters and challenges facing the bioprospecting/ biotrade industry. Forum membership is by invitation from the Secretariat (DEA), but other individuals/institutions may be invited to make presentations at Forum meetings, upon request from the members. The Forum has two objectives: (i) implementation of the bioprospecting/biotrade aspects of the National Biodiversity Economy Strategy; and, (ii) the implementation of the Biodiversity Economy Indaba Action Plan (this is an Action Plan arising from the Biodiversity Economy Indaba, which is convened annually). A number of Working Groups also operate under the aegis of the Forum, to tackle specific issues and propose possible solutions, in relation to: Discovery, Bioprospecting Best Practices in the Natural Products Sector; Permitting; and, Traditional Knowledge and Benefit-Sharing. Working Groups are convened on a needs-driven basis, and participation is open to all relevant, interested parties. Aligned with NSAP SO 1, Outcomes 1.3 and 1.4 The Adaptation Network

Environmental Monitoring Group

Government, public and private entities, civil society groups, academics, businesses

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Core business: Founded in 2009, the Adaptation Network is a creative platform for sharing experiences, learning opportunities and practical approaches and frameworks relating to climate change adaptation. Its operation is governed by a Steering Committee which is elected at annual general meetings. Aligned with NBSAP SO 2, Outcome 2.2 Freshwater Ecosystem Network

SANBI Representatives from government, national and provincial agencies, NGOs and the private sector.

Annual

Core business: The Freshwater Ecosystem Network (FEN) was established in 2013 and is a community of practice related to freshwater ecosystems. The idea for the network emerged from a consultation process involving key role-players in the freshwater ecosystem sector. The forum serves to stimulate and support collaborative efforts and networks and is a platform for joint learning, coordination and networking around freshwater ecosystems.

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The National Biodiversity and Business Network (NBBN)

EWT (in partnership with DEA)

Founding partners, supporting partners and members draw from the business community and NGO networks

Annual Biodiversity and Business Indaba, and other meetings as relevant

Core business: The aim of the Network is to assist businesses from various sectors to integrate and mainstream biodiversity issues into their strategies and operations. It is designed to be an open and inclusive association of likeminded organisations that have recognised the need to raise awareness of, and stimulate conversation about, biodiversity issues amongst the business community. The primary role of the Network is to bring national stakeholders in business and biodiversity together to share ideas and engage in dialogue, with the following objectives: provide a national platform to facilitate strategic discussions about biodiversity and business; create national momentum about mainstreaming biodiversity considerations into businesses; facilitate the development of a national agenda in terms of biodiversity and business; facilitate cohesion and integration in the discussion and agenda about biodiversity and business; and, facilitate focused, pragmatic and useful interventions to support businesses in the mainstreaming process.

The EWT is spearheading the activities of the NBBN in alignment with the model of the Global Partnership for Business and Biodiversity of the Convention on Biological Diversity and in collaboration with the founding and supporting partners, as well as the other members of the Network.

Aligned with NBSAP SOs 1 (especially Outcome 1.3), 2 and 3 Biodiversity Planning Forum

SANBI Biodiversity planners in government, NGOs and private sector; scientists; land-use managers and conservationists; students

Annual conference

Core business: The Biodiversity Planning Forum was established in 2004. It provides an opportunity for individuals, agencies and departments involved in spatial biodiversity planning to share and synthesise valuable lessons from biodiversity planning projects across South Africa. The Forum is intended primarily for those involved in producing or using biodiversity planning products. Although the core focus of the Forum is on systematic biodiversity planning a key theme is planning for implementation. The Forum attracts practitioners, scientists and managers from a range of institutions and organisations including national, provincial and local government, conservation NGOs, universities and research institutes and independent biodiversity planning consultants. The Forum encourages students and interns to attend and offers funding, when possible, to support student involvement.

Each year the Forum identifies key issues that are presented, discussed and debated in plenary and parallel sessions.

Aligned with NBSAP SOs 1,2,3 and 6 Provincial and Metro Biodiversity Planning Working Group

SANBI Biodiversity planners from government departments, provincial environment departments and conservation authorities, local governments, private consultancies and NGOs, individual experts

Workshop approximately annually, more frequently if required.

Core business: The Working Group convenes approximately annually to discuss and resolve technical and process issues related to biodiversity planning and to ensure sufficient consistency across provinces and metros to maintain the usefulness and integrity of biodiversity plans. Its work draws from and feeds into the Biodiversity Planning Forum. Aligned with NBSAP SOs 3 and 6




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SA Mining and Biodiversity Forum

SAMBF and Chamber of Mines

Mining industry role-players, conservationists, government departments

¾ times per year

Core business: The Mining and Biodiversity Forum was established in 2005 to enhance biodiversity management in the mining industry. The Forum brings together all key role-players with the aim of facilitating cross-sectoral interaction and cooperation to improve biodiversity management and conservation, management and performance of the mining sector. The Forum was a key partner in the development of the Mining and Biodiversity Guidelines published in 2015. Aligned to NBSAP SO 3, especially Outcome 3.5 National Environmental Skills Planning Forum (NESPF)

DEA Relevant government departments and other public entities, NGOs, institutes and universities

Quarterly

Core business: The Forum brings together role-players that are actively engaged in catalysing and supporting nationally relevant skills development planning interventions. The Forum has 3 goals, which are to: raise and deliberate on matters that need to be addressed at national level; initiate action to ensure that resources are allocated to address these issues; and, respond to the absence of a dedicated SETA and skills-focussed professional boy in the environmental sector, and advise on implementation of the Environmental Sector Skills Plan. Aligned with NBSAP SO 5 (cros- cutting) National Biodiversity Evidence and Research Indaba

DEA Government departments (national, provincial, local), SANBI, CSIR, NRF, universities and research institutions, NGOs, business partners

Annual

The Indaba provides an annual opportunity to report on progress and share knowledge and experiences related to research and evidence needs and priorities identified in the National Biodiversity Research and Evidence Strategy. Aligned with NBSAP SO 6 Biodiversity Information Management Forum

Convenor: SANBI Biodiversity information managers form local, provincial and national government departments, universities, research institutions, museums, conservation bodies and NGOs

Annual

Core business: The Biodiversity Information Management Forum (BIMF) is the only national platform dedicated to discussing biodiversity information management issues. The BIMF brings together key role-players in biodiversity information management to ensure initiatives are aligned, co-ordinated and relevant in a rapidly changing world. The BIMF offers opportunities for strategic thinking, innovation, knowledge sharing, training and networking. It is primarily aimed at people who are involved in mobilising, managing, serving and using biodiversity information. While the primary focus is on South African issues, the forum has been enriched by delegations from African and other countries that have shared their knowledge and expertise and brought an international perspective. Aligned with NBSAP SO 6




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Management, Research and Planning Forum (MAREP)

Convenor: SANBI Researchers, planners, managers and practitioners involved in natural resource management

Several times a year

Core business: The MAREP brings together researchers, managers and other practitioners involved in natural resource management, including in DEA’s Environmental Programmes. MAREP meetings are held at both national and regional levels, and deal with a range of strategic thematic areas relevant to natural resource management, providing a platform for strengthening the links between research and practice. Aligned with NBSAP SO 2

Strengthening and expanding communities of practice

Strengthening opportunities for lesson-sharing and knowledge exchange is identified as a priority activity in most of the strategies reviewed in the NBF. Some areas of work currently do not have established communities of practice at national scale and these should be prioritised. Amongst these is biodiversity stewardship (see below). It is further recommended that priority be given to identifying and addressing other gaps in the community-of-practice network, with special attention to ensuring greater social inclusiveness.

Building a national community of practice for Biodiversity Stewardship

Biodiversity stewardship has become firmly established as a cost-effective and socially-inclusive way of bringing land of high biodiversity value under protection or improved biodiversity management, with benefits for stimulating rural economies (SANBI, 2017b). The NPAES 2016 reveals that biodiversity stewardship agreements account for 67 percent of the land that has been added to the protected area estate over the last 10 years, and that biodiversity stewardship is likely to be the dominant mechanism for achieving further expansion and consolidation of protected areas into the future.

It is a direct recommendation of the Business Case for Biodiversity Stewardship (SANBI, 2017b) that the community of practice for biodiversity stewardship should be strengthened and expanded. Currently, the Biodiversity Stewardship Technical Working Group plays a role in creating a community of practice to support sharing of experience and lessons, and biodiversity stewardship working groups operate in some provinces, such as the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. However, there is no formalised, national-level community of practice for biodiversity stewardship, though a successful, inaugural national biodiversity stewardship conference was convened by SANBI and other partners in September 2017. Following the recommendations made in the Business Case, it is recommended that priority should be given to supporting the development of a fully-fledged national community of practice for biodiversity stewardship that meets annually (in a manner similar to the Biodiversity Planning Forum).

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There are many forums, communities of practice and other partnerships and networks operating at sub-national level in the biodiversity sector. The NBF identifies two main areas of opportunity for enhancing co-ordination at regional and sub-regional scale, to achieve greater site-level impact. These are: linking the NBSAP to action plans at provincial and local level; and, strengthening multi-stakeholder partnerships.

4.3.1 Linking the NBSAP to action plans at provincial and local level

Provinces and municipalities may choose to develop Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans (PBSAPs and LBSAPs). The NBSAP and its sub-national counterparts should be well-aligned and mutually strengthening. Provincial and local biodiversity strategies and action plans (PBSAPs and LBSAPs) provide an opportunity to select from and adapt national-level objectives, outcomes and priorities to the provincial or local context, to achieve impact on the ground. In the South African context, it is also import that PBSAPs and LBSAPs be informed by and well-aligned with the other national strategies and frameworks that guide work in the sector. The information presented in the NBF contributes to achieving this alignment. Furthermore, the NBF recommends a nominal list of acceleration measures that can be used as a starting point to inform the identification of priorities and targets at provincial and local level. Indicators identified in the National Biodiversity Monitoring Framework may also be useful informants of PBSAPs and LBSAPs.

4.3.2. Strengthening multi-stakeholder partnerships

Over the past decade, the biodiversity sector has demonstrated the effectiveness of working through multi-stakeholder (and often cross-sectoral) partnerships that operate at different scales to address biodiversity conservation and social development challenges in an integrated way. These partnerships are a powerful mechanism for co-ordination of the work of the biodiversity sector at sub-national level, across government, private sector and NGO lines and provide excellent opportunities for addressing multiple NBSAP priorities simultaneously. Multi-stakeholder partnership programmes can be determined spatially (landscape-scale initiatives) or thematically (large-scale projects dealing with particular aspects of biodiversity conservation or management), or a combination of these criteria. Landscape initiatives Multi-partner, landscape-level initiatives operate in biodiversity priority areas that include a mosaic of land uses and include interventions that operate at a variety of spatial scales. They provide opportunities for broadening stakeholder participation to be more socially inclusive, and to cross sectoral boundaries. They also enable local partnerships and communities of practice to emerge and flourish, and many examples of these exist. Landscape initiatives include corridor programmes (such as the Barberton Tourism and Biodiversity Corridor, BATOBIC), Biosphere Reserves, Marine Hope Spots, and others such as the uMngeni Ecological Infrastructure Partnership and a large number of other projects, many led from within the NGO sector.

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integrating protected areas into broader landscapes, reconciling the potentially conflicting interests of diverse stakeholders, and testing and demonstrating diverse approaches such as strengthening biodiversity stewardship, supporting development of Biodiversity Economy Nodes, raising community awareness, and involving people in improved landscape management, with equitable sharing of benefits. Biosphere Reserves hold great potential for leveraging additional capacity for implementation as they operate through collaborative partnerships, often involving a large cohort of volunteers drawn from business, citizen science groups, and the public at large. They hold the additional benefit of being linked to a well-established international programme with clear governance and reporting mechanisms, and have access to a large pool of expertise and best practices that can be adapted for the local context. Although funding is a challenge for local biosphere reserves, being part of the UNESCO MAB programme does facilitate access to a diversity of potential funding avenues, which otherwise would not be available.

It is recommended that support to Biosphere Reserves can be enhanced by:

(i) Conducting a thematic learning review of the benefits of biosphere reserves and capturing these in appropriate knowledge products to raise the profile of biosphere reserves within government, and the public.

(ii) Providing support to facilitate more opportunities for lesson-sharing and information exchange between biosphere reserves (involving stakeholders on the ground, as opposed to high-level interactions), including, but not limited to, the possibility of establishing a local chapter of the MAB Youth Forum.

UNDP-supported, GEF-financed multi-partner projects The implementation of a number of GEF-financed, UNDP supported projects is currently underway in South Africa. These include projects dealing with Biodiversity and Land Use (aligned with NBSAP SO 3), Protected Area Management Effectiveness (NBSAP SO 1), Nagoya Protocol Access & Benefit Sharing (NBSAP SO1) , Sustainable Land Management (NBSAP SO2), the Orange River Senqu Basin (regional, with a South African Secretariat; NBSAP SO2), and Operation Phakisa marine governance and protection projects (NBSAP SO 1). These are large, five-year interventions with dedicated resources and governance and implementation capacity, involving multiple stakeholders with a high level of institutional commitment. Support for these initiatives should continue to be prioritised as an effective means of addressing multiple objectives and high priority activities identified in the NBSAP and NBF, through coordinated activity of multiple role-players operating across the broader landscape/seascape. 4.4 Strengthening biodiversity monitoring and reporting The biodiversity sector in South Africa is well-established, institutionally complex and extremely active. Currently, the conservation outcomes of this activity are not monitored in a consistent way across institutions, or areas of work. Although many institutions have systems for monitoring in place, different sets of indicators are used to monitor the implementation of different strategies in different parts of the sector (though some of the objectives are common), and in different reporting systems (for example, internal reporting such as State of the Environment reporting, and accounting to international bodies such as the Convention on Biological Diversity). This makes it difficult to obtain a clear picture of the impact that the work of the sector is having in terms of conservation outcomes on




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the ground (i.e. the state of biodiversity), which, in turn influences work-planning, prioritisation and allocation of resources.

The National Biodiversity Assessment provides a five to seven-yearly assessment of the status of ecosystems and species using high-level headline indicators, but these cannot be used for all monitoring and reporting requirements. The National Biodiversity Monitoring Framework has been developed to address this. It identifies an operational set of trackable indicators that can be applied consistently across institutions and reporting processes, to reflect status and trends with respect to biodiversity conservation and management outcomes, on a regular basis. The indicator framework will be updated frequently in response to reporting requirements.

It is recommended that the National Biodiversity Monitoring Framework be adopted and implemented within DEA, national and provincial conservation bodies, and local governments, as a matter of priority, as it will contribute in significant measure to strengthening coordination with respect to biodiversity monitoring, thus improving the effectiveness with which the sector operates.

4.5 Regional priorities and mechanisms for co-ordination A number of the issues affecting biodiversity conservation and management in South Africa transcend the national boundaries. This means that it is important to identify regional priorities and mechanisms to promote coordinated action on issues of common interest or concern, and build synergy and facilitate lesson-sharing within the Southern African region. South Africa is an active member of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the African Union (AU), is a strong supporter of NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa’s Development), and an active participant in numerous regional, biodiversity-related initiatives led by international organizations such as the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). These provide multiple opportunities for addressing regional issues that influence South Africa’s ability to address transboundary threats and risks to biodiversity, maintain the integrity of ecosystems at landscape scale, fulfil the vision of its NBSAP, and contribute meaningfully to ensuring that natural resources continue to provide the basis for socio-economic development in the broader southern African region.

Priorities for regional cooperation are to:

o Strengthen transboundary management of water resources o Collaborate in combatting illegal wildlife trafficking o Strengthen development of integrated management and tourism plans for transfrontier

conservation areas and transboundary World Heritage Sites, with benefits for developing rural economies

o Improve collaboration and monitoring at border points to reduce biological invasions o Develop, implement and strengthen programmes to promote international collaboration,

sharing of information, technology transfer, and biodiversity training o Collaborate on the adoption of ecosystem-based approaches to strengthen ecological and

social resilience to climate change.

Relevant strategies/mechanisms for promoting regional cooperation and coordination include:

o The SADC Regional Biodiversity Strategy (developed in 2002, and still in effect)




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o The AU Guidelines for Co-ordinated implementation of the Nagoya Protocol o The AU Convention on Natural Resource Conservation o NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency investment programmes, and the NEPAD Strategic

Framework (2016 – 2020) o The Nairobi Workplan on EbA (2015) o The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services o The Peace Parks Foundation Advisory Committee o The Leadership for Conservation in Africa Initiative (co-led by IUCN, DEA and SANParks) o The UNP-supported, GEF-financed Senqu Basin project

4.6 Mobilising finance for the biodiversity sector

Limited financial resources (for example, for funding biodiversity stewardship programmes or protected area management) is one of the ongoing challenges compromising the ability of institutions in the biodiversity sector to fulfil their mandates (NBSAP, 2015). Additional resources can be mobilised by: (i) increasing allocations from existing sources (the national fiscus and non-state resources); (ii) improving the effectiveness with which existing funds are used (through more strategic allocations, and reducing costs); and (iii) mobilising resources from new sources (DEA, 2017b: the BIOFIN Plan). The BIOFIN Biodiversity Finance Plan for South Africa (DEA, 2017b, hereafter referred to as ‘the Plan’), has been developed to identify and support the implementation of innovative biodiversity finance solutions that augment existing sources of funding from government, the private sector and other sources. The Plan has been developed under the auspices of the UNDP-led Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN), being implemented in South Africa through DEA with collaboration of National Treasury. A systematic process and detailed analyses were used to identify and prioritise 15 finance solutions, each of has significant impact on aligning incentives, increasing financing, and improving cost effectiveness and service delivery. Collectively – and in combination with strong commitment and financing by the public sector, and technical and financial support of the private sector, foundations, donors, and NGOs – these finance solutions will serve as effective accelerators for strengthening biodiversity management, creating jobs and supporting the achievement of South Africa’s development agenda as set out in the National Development Plan, and the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Implementation of the Plan will require a coordinated effort and technical capacity from key institutions including the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA), national and provincial conservation authorities, National Treasury, the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), a broad range of Non-Government Organizations (NGOs), other government agencies and civil society groups. Monitoring of the Plan will be coordinated by DEA using existing collaborative or new frameworks (DEA, 2017).






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4.7 Implementation and monitoring of the NBF The Department of Environmental Affairs carries overall responsibility for overseeing implementation and monitoring of the NBF, but catalysing the actions listed in the NBF is the joint responsibility all role-players in the sector. As the NBF is a framework for co-ordination, and not an action plan in itself, its implementation does not have to be monitored in the same way as the NBSAP. However, progress should be reported regularly at MinTech WG1 meetings.





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Section 6: Annexures

6.1. List of strategies and frameworks reviewed in the NBF 6.2. References 6.3. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 6.4. The 20 Aichi Biodiversity Targets (ABTs) 6.5. Acronyms and abbreviations




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Annexure 6.1: List of strategies, frameworks and systems included in the overview presented in the National Biodiversity Framework

The strategies are listed in the sequence in which they appear in Table 4. Where they are commonly referred to in abbreviated form, the abbreviation appears at the start of the reference, followed by full citation details, where these apply. Active weblinks are provided to enable easy access by users.

1. NPAES 2016: DEA. 2016a.The National Protected Areas Expansion Strategy for South Africa: Priorities for expanding the protected area network for ecological sustainability and climate change adaptation. DEA, Pretoria. (Draft, awaiting final sign-off). Available at: http://biodiversityadvisor.sanbi.org/

2. The Business Case for Biodiversity Stewardship 2015: SANBI. 2015. The business case for biodiversity stewardship. A report produced for the Department of Environmental Affairs. Developed by Cumming, T., Driver, A., Pillay, P., Martindale, G., Purnell, K., McCann, K. and Maree, K. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.

3. The National Buffer Zone Strategy 2012: DEA. 2012. Biodiversity Policy and Strategy for South Africa: Strategy on Buffer Zones for National Parks. Government Notice 106 of 2015, No. 35020. Available at: or www.environment.gov.za

4. The People and Parks Co-Management Framework 2016. Available at: http://bit.ly/2ifcVNT 5. Phakisa MPSG Strategy 2014: GoSA. 2014. The Operation Phakisa Marine Protection Service

and Governance Strategy, Executive Summary. Available at: http://bit.ly/2lrqKxw 6. NPCS 2015: Raimondo, D (Ed.) 2015. South Africa’s Strategy for Plant Conservation, SANBI

and BotSoc, Pretoria. Available at: http://bit.ly/2A04KNv or https://www.sanbi.org/information

7. National MAB Strategy, and, Implementation Plan and Monitoring Framework: GoSA . 2015. National Strategy for the Biosphere Reserve Programme 2016 - 2021, and, Implementation Plan and Monitoring Framework for the South African Strategy for the Biosphere Reserve Programme 2016 – 2020. DEA Pretoria. Available at: www.environment.gov.za

8. NBES 2017: DEA. 2017a. The National Biodiversity Economy Strategy. Government Gazette, Vol. 604, No. 39268, Notice 965 of 2015. Available from:

9. The National Botanical Gardens Expansion Strategy 2016 – 2030, Unpublished report, compiled by C.K. Willis and T. Mutshinyalo , SANBI. Available from: https://www.sanbi.org/information

10. EbA Strategy 2016: DEA & SANBI. 2016. The Overarching Strategy and Implementation Plan for Ecosystem-based Adaptation (2016). DEA, Pretoria. Available from: https://www.sanbi.org/information or http://biodiversityadvisor.sanbi.org/?

11. SANBI. 2014. A Framework for Investing in Ecological Infrastructure. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Available from: http://bit.ly/2gNee65 or https://www.sanbi.org/information

12. CSIR. 2016. Framework for investment in environmental and natural resources for a green economy. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria. Available from: http://www.sagreenfund.org.za/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ENRMWindow_FinalReport_15January2016.pdf

13. DEA. 2016. The National Strategy for dealing with Biological Invasions. Available from: http://bit.ly/2zjpC5h or http://biodiversityadvisor.sanbi.org/?






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14. DEA. 2014. The Biodiversity Sector Climate Change Response Strategy. Available from: http://biodiversityadvisor.sanbi.org/

15. Climate Change Adaptation Plans for Biomes 2015: DEA. 2015. Climate Change Adaptation Plans for South African Biomes. Eds. Kharika, J.R.M., Mkhize, N.C.S.,Munyai, T., Khavhagali, V.P., Davis, C., Dziba, D., Scholes, R., van Garderen, E., von Maltitz, G., Le Maitre, D., Archibald, S., Lotter, D., van Deventer, H., Midgely, G. and Hoffman, T. DEA. Pretoria. Available from: www.environment.gov.za

16. NWRS v 2 2013: DWS. 2013. The National Water Resource Strategy, 2nd Edition. Department of Water and Sanitation, Pretoria. Available at: www.dws.gov.za

17. Water RDI Roadmap 2015: WRC.2015. The Water Research, Development and Innovation Roadmap. WRC Report 2305/1/15. Available from: www.wrc.org.za

18. BIOFIN Finance Plan 2017: DEA. 2017b. Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) – South Africa: Biodiversity Finance Plan. Draft Report written Van Zyl, H.; Cumming, T.; Kinghorn,J.; Botha, M.; Pillay, K.; Meyers, D.; Riva, M. and Motaung, L. Department of Environmental Affairs and United Nations Development Programme, Pretoria. Available from: http://biodiversityadvisor.sanbi.org/?

19. NISCWT 2017: DEA. 2017c. The National Integrated Strategy to Combat Wildlife Trafficking: Securing South Africa’s Wildlife heritage – breaking the illicit value chain of wildlife trafficking. Available from: https://pmg.org.za/files/170530NISCWT.pdf

20. DEA. 2014. Environmental Sector Local Government Support Strategy. Available from: www.environment.gov.za

21. BHCDS 2010: SANBI & Lewis Foundation. 2010. The Biodiversity Human Capital Development Strategy. Available from: http://biodiversityadvisor.sanbi.org/?

22. ESSP 2010: DEA. 2010a. Environmental Sector Skills Development Plan: Summary. Available from: www.emvironment.gov.za or www.envirolearningforum.co.za

23. DEA. 2010b. Strategy for Gender Mainstreaming in the Environmental Sector. Available at: www.evironment.gov.za

24. IPBES: Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Visit: https://www.environment.gov.za/projectsprogrammes/ipbes

25. DEA. 2015. The National Biodiversity Research and Evidence Strategy. Available at: http://biodiversityadvisor.sanbi.org/ and www.environment.org.za/documents/strategicdocuments

26. DEA. 2012. Environmental Sector Research, Development and Evidence Strategy. Available at: http://biodiversityadvisor.sanbi.org/

27. The National Biodiversity Information System. Visit: https://www.sanbi.org/information 28. DST/SANBI National Scientific Collections Facility. Visit: https://www.sanbi.org/information 29. The National Biodiversity Monitoring Framework (under development) 30. National Ecosystem Classification System. Visit: http://biodiversityadvisor.sanbi.org/






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Annexure 6.2: General References

Cadman, M., Petersen, C., Driver, A., Sekhran, N., Maze, K., and Munshedzi, S. 2010. Biodiversity for Development: South Africa’s landscape approach to conserving biodiversity and promoting ecosystem resilience. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.

DEA. 2008. National Protected Area Expansion Strategy for South Africa 2008. Department of Environmental Affairs, Pretoria. (Also cited as NPAES 2008). Available from: www.environment.gov.za or http://biodiversityadvisor.sanbi.org/

DEAT (Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism – now DEA). 2005. South Africa’s National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. (Also cited as NBSAP 2005). Available from: www.environment.gov.za

DEAT .2008. National Biodiversity Framework for South Africa. Government Gazette No. 32474, Notice 813, 3 August 2009. Available from: http://biodiversityadvisor.sanbi.org/

GoSA. 2015. National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Pan. Department of Environmental Affairs, Pretoria (also cited as ‘NBSAP 2015’). Available from: http://biodiversityadvisor.sanbi.org/

GoSA (The Presidency). 2014- 2019. Medium Term Strategic Framework.

NBA 2011: National Biodiversity Assessment 2011: An Assessment of South Africa’s biodiversity and ecosystems: Synthesis Report. By Driver, A., Sink, K.J., Nel, J.N., Holness, S., van Niekerk, L., Daniels, F., Jonas, Z., Majiedt, P.A., Harris, L. and Maze, K. SANBI and DEA, Pretoria. Available from: www.environment.org.za

Nel., J, and Driver, A. 2015. National River Ecosystem Accounts for South Africa: Discussion document for advancing the SEEA Experimental Ecosystem Accounting Project in South Africa. SANBI, PTA. Accessible from: http://bit.ly/2iM1UHF or www.statssa.gov.za

NPC (National Planning Commission). 2012. Executive Summary: National Development Plan 2030. Our future – make it work. Republic of South Africa. (Also cited as NDP 2030). Available at: https://www.gov.za/issues/national-development-plan-2030

NSBA 2004: Driver, A.; Maze, K., Rouget, M., Lombard, A.T., Nel, J., Cowling, R.M., Desmet, P., Goodman, P., Harris, J., Jonas, Z., Reyers, B., Sink, K., and Strauss, T. 2005. National Spatial Biodiversity Assessment 2004: priorities for biodiversity conservation in South Africa. Strelitzia 17. SANBI, Pretoria.







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SDG Description 1 End poverty in all its forms everywhere 2 End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable

agriculture 3 Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages 4 Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning

opportunities for all 5 Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls 6 Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all 7 Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all 8 Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive

employment and decent work for all 9 Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and

foster innovation 10 Reduce inequality in and among countries 11 Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable 12 Ensure sustainable consumption and production (SCP) patterns 13 Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts 14 Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable

development 15 Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably

manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss

16 Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels

17 Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development




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Annexure 6. 4: The Aichi Biodiversity Targets

CBD Strategic Goal Target Description A: Address the underlying causes of biodiversity loss by mainstreaming biodiversity across government and society

1 Awareness of biodiversity increased 2 Biodiversity values integrated 3 Incentives reformed 4 Sustainable consumption and production

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5 Habitat loss halved or reduced 6 Sustainable management of aquatic resources 7 Sustainable agriculture, aquaculture and forestry 8 Pollution reduced 9 Invasive alien species prevented and controlled

10 Ecosystems vulnerable to climate change C: Improve the status of biodiversity by safeguarding ecosystems, species and genetic diversity

11 Protected areas 12 Reducing the risk of extinction 13 Safeguarding genetic diversity

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Annexure 6.5: Acronyms and Abbreviations

ABT Aichi Biodiversity Target ACT African Conservation Trust ARC Agricultural Research Council AU African Union BDS TWG Biodiversity Stewardship Technical Working Group BHCDS Biodiversity Human Capital Development Strategy BioPANZA Bioproducts Advancement Network of South Africa BotSoc The Botanical Society of South Africa CATHSSETA Culture, Arts, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport Sector Education Training

Authority CBD Convention on Biological Diversity CBNRM Community-based Natural Resource Management CBO Community-based Organisation CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species CMA Catchment Management Agency CoGTA Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs CPA Community Property Association CSIR Council for Scientific and Industrial Research DAC Department of Arts and Culture DAFF Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries DARDLEA Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, and Environmental

Affairs DBSA The Development Bank of Southern Africa DEA The Department of Environmental Affairs DEA&DP Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning

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DEDEAT Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism (Eastern Cape)

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DENC Department of Environment and Nature Conservation (Northern Cape) DHET The Department of Higher Education and Training DIRCO The Department of International Relations and Cooperation DMR The Department of Mineral Resources DoE The Department of Energy DoH The Department of Health DOJ&CD The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development DRDLR Department of Rural Development and Land Reform DST Department of Science and Technology dti Department of Trade and Industry DWS Department of Water and Sanitation EA(P) Environmental Assessment (Practitioner) EbA Ecosystem-based Adaptation ECPTA Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Authority EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EKZNW Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife EMI Environmental Monitoring Inspectorate/Inspector ENRM Environmental and Natural Resource Management EPWP Expanded Public Works Programme EWT Endangered Wildlife Trust FEPA Freshwater Ecosystem Priority Area GDARD Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development GDP Gross Domestic Product GEF Global Environment Facility GIS Geographic Information System GSPC Global Species Conservation Programme ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability IDP Integrated Development Plan IPBES Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity And Ecosystem Services IUCN International Union for the Conservation of Nature LBSAP Local Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan LEDET Limpopo Department of Economic Development, Environment and

Tourism LRBSI Land Reform and Biodiversity Stewardship Initiative LTPB Limpopo Tourism and Parks Board MAB Man and Biosphere (Programme) MEC Member of the Executive Council MinMEC Minister and Members of the Executive Councils Committee MinTECH Ministerial Technical Committee MTSF Medium Term Strategic Framework NAP National Action Plan NBA National Biodiversity Assessment NBBN National Business and Biodiversity Network NBES National Biodiversity Economy Strategy NBF National Biodiversity Framework NBG National Botanical Garden NBIS National Biodiversity Information System

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NBSAP National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan NDP National Development Plan NECS National Ecosystems Classification System NEMA National Environmental Management Act NEPAD New Partnership for Africa’s Development NESPF National Environmental Skills Planning Forum NICC National Implementation Coordinating Committee NISCWT National Integrated Strategy for Combatting Wildlife Trafficking NIE National Implementing Entity (of the Adaptation Fund) NPAES National Protected Areas Expansion Strategy NPCS National Plant Conservation Strategy NPO Non-profit Organization NRF National Research Foundation NSBA National Spatial Biodiversity Assessment NSSD National Strategy for Sustainable Development NW READ NorthWest Department of Rural, Environmental and Agricultural

Development NWPB NorthWest Parks Board NWRS National Water Resource Strategy PATTT Protected Areas Technical Task Team PBSAP Provincial Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan PCA Provincial conservation authority PPF Peace Parks Foundation RDI Research, Development and Innovation RBG Royal Botanical Garden SADC South African Development Community SAEON South African Environmental Observation Network SAHRC South African Human Rights Commission SAIAB South African Institute for Aquatic Biology SALGA South African Local Government Association SANBI South African National Biodiversity Institute SANDF South African National Defence Force SANParks South African National Parks SAPS South African Police Service SARS South African Revenue Service SDF Spatial Development Framework SEA Strategic Environmental Assessment SEEA System of Environmental-Economic Accounting SDG Sustainable Development Goal (or Global Goal) SIPS Strategic Infrastructure Projects SO Strategic objective SPLUMA Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act SSA State Security Agency TOPS Threatened or Protected Species UN United Nations UNCCD United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNEP United Nations Environment Programme UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UNSD United Nations Statistics Department





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WESSA Wildlife and Environment Society of Southern Africa WfW Working for Water WftC Working for the Coast WfWet Working for Wetlands WHS World Heritage Site WonEco Working on Ecosystems WRC Water Research Commission WWF-SA World Wide Fund for Nature South Africa
