NATURAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTING FOR BETTER POLICY

WAVES NCA Policy Forum 22-23 November 2016

Country presentation: Botswana Water management Presentation by: Ogopotse B Pule

Water Accounting Unit – Department of Water Affairs, Botswana

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BotswanaInstitutionalarrangementforNCA

Futureplans&Policyissues

Policyguidance

Challenges&lessons

BOTSWANAINSTITUTIONALARRANGEMENTFORNCA

•  CoordinationbyNCAUnitintheMinistryofFinanceandDevelopmentPlanning

•  ImplementationofNCAactivitiesiscarriedoutatsectorallevelbytheMinistriesof;•  Minerals,EnergyandWaterResources,•  Environment,WildlifeandTourism

•  TheseMinistriesareresponsibleforcompilingnaturalcapitalaccountsforwater;minerals;energy;tourismandMacroeconomicIndicatorsofSustainableDevelopment.

•  NCAUnitsinallimplementingsectors-responsiblefortheactualdevelopmentoftheaccounts.

•  Multi-SectoralTechnicalWorkingGroups(TWGs)-assistintimelysupplyofrelevantdataandprovidetechnicalinputintheanalysisoftheresultsgeneratedbyvariouscomponentaccounts.

“MyministryisimplementingaprojectonWaterAccountingundertheWealthAccountingandValuationofEcosystemsServices(WAVES)partnershipprogram.Withpopulationgrowth,increasingdemandforwater,declineinavailablefreshwater,thereisaneedtoaccountforeverydropofwaterthatisavailableinthecountry.”TheHonourableMinisterofLandManagement,WaterandSanitationServices,Mr.PrinceMaeleMP,officiallyopeningthe17thWaterNet/WARFSA/GWP-SAsymposium,26thOctober2016

BOTSWANAINSTITUTIONALARRANGEMENTFORNCA

! Op#miza#onofagriculturedata:Irriga#onsurveysandbe:erlivestocknumbers,collabora#onwithBUANonirriga#ondata,assesscostsandbenefitsofexpandingirriga2on

! Explorepoten#alforinclusionofwildlifewateruse:waterandwildlifemanagement

! CasestudiesonhouseholdsnotconnectedtoWUC! Developmentofgroundwaterassetaccounts! Casestudyonaccoun#ngforclimatechangeandrain-fedagriculture(experimentalaccounts)

! WaterAccoun2ngUnittobetheDWAdatacentreforallwaterdataindicatorsandprovidelinkagetoSDGNo.6

! Planningthedevelopmentandmaintenanceofwatersupplyinfrastructure

Futureplans&Policyissues

Policyguidance

•  “Themainobjec#veofthewateraccoun#ngprocessistogeneratemorecredibleinforma#ononnaturalcapitalforinformedplanningandpolicydecisionmaking.Theaccountsaredeemedtobeacri#caltooltoassistandguideinissuesofwateralloca#onefficiency,monitoringofcompliancetosafeyields,createlinkageswithsustainabledevelopmentgoalsandbe:erdecisionmaking.Thewateraccountsenableassessingwaterscarcity,tobe:erassesstheavailability,uses,andeconomiccontribu#onofwater.”DPS–DrOTObakeng,WaterNetSymposium,Oct2016

Challenges–lessonslearnt•  Systematicsubmissionofdataisa

challenge•  Sharingofinitialresultswithstakeholders

canimproveownership•  Moretrainingandcapacitybuildingis

requiredtoexpandtheaccountsinthefutureandhavebetterunderstandingofpolicyandNCA.

•  ClosercollaborationbetweenthedifferentaccountsshouldbepursuedtohaveacombinedNCAreportinthefuture