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BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION Strategic Plan for 2011-2012 Portfolio Committee April 2011.
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Transcript of BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION Strategic Plan for 2011-2012 Portfolio Committee April 2011.
PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAMME
Promote Conservation and Sustainableuse of natural resources to contribute to economic growth and poverty alleviation
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OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION1. Biodiversity & Conservation Strategy Map
2. GOAL 1: Environmental assets conserved, valued, sustainably used, protected and continually enhanced.
SO : Biodiversity conserved, protected and threats mitigated
SO : Biological resources sustainably utilised and regulated
SO: Improved Compliance with Environmental legislation (Biodiversity)
SO: Enhanced international governance, instruments and agreements supportive of South Africa’s environmental and sustainable development priorities
3. GOAL 2: Enhanced socio-economic benefits and employment creation for the present and future generations from a healthy environment
SO: Fair access and equitable sharing of benefits from biological resources promoted
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BIODIVERSITY & CONSERVATIONStrategy Map Promote the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources to contribute to
economic growth and poverty alleviation)
Information Disemmination, Monitoring and reporting
Cooperative Governance, Collaboration, Support & Capacity Building
Conservation
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Fair And Equitable Benefit Sharing
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Purpose:
Sustainable Utilisation
Advocacy and Awareness creation
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Align Budgets to Strategic Objectives
Effective Budget & Risk Management
Fair access and equitablesharing of benefits frombiological resourcespromoted
Biodiversity conserved, protected and threats mitigated
Attract, Develop & Retain Appropriate Human Capital
Biological resourcessustainably utilised andregulated
• GOAL 1: Environmental assets conserved, valued, sustainably used, protected and continually enhanced.
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Strategic Objectives and Targets for 2011/12
• SO: Biodiversity conserved, protected and threats
mitigated
- 0.5% increase in land under conservation
→ 4 provinces with established programmes
→ 5 000 ha of private land proclaimed, with contracts and management plans, according to National Environmental Management Protected Areas Act (NEMPAA), per province
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Strategic Objectives and Targets for 2011/12
• SO : Biodiversity conserved, protected and threats mitigated (cont)
→ TOPS regulations amended and published
→ Norms and standards for the management of Damage causing animals finalized
→ 1st draft norms and standards for the translocation of large herbivores developed
→ 1st draft discussion document for the regulation of the hunting industry in South Africa developed
→ Non-Detriment Findings (NDFs) and quotas made by Scientific Authority published (at least 5 NDFs per annum)
→ 85% Threatened or Protected Species (ToPS) and Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) permit applications received, processed within prescribed timeframe
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Strategic Objectives and Targets for 2011/12
• SO : Biodiversity conserved, protected and threats mitigated (cont)
→ Draft Biodiversity Management Plan (BMP) for Black Rhino; encephelartos latifrons and pelargonium sidoide finalized
→ Draft BMP for African Penguin consulted and published for public comments
→ Management plans finalised for Blesbokspruit, Ntsikeni, Makuleke, Verlorenvlei, Orange River Mouth
→ Management plans for five more wetlands of international importance initiated
→ 100 Wetlands rehabilitated
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Strategic Objectives and Targets for 2011/12
• SO : Biodiversity conserved, protected and threats mitigated (cont)
→ Process for approval and publication of Minimum requirements for biodiversity in land use planning and Integrated Environmental Management (IEM) initiated
→ Process for approval and publication of Mining and Biodiversity-Good Practice Guidelines for South Africa initiated
→ GIS based spatial land use planning tool developed: Phase 1
→ 100% of Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) applications assessed for environmental compliance
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Strategic Objectives and Targets for 2011/12
• SO : Biodiversity conserved, protected and threats mitigated
- 5 tools developed and implemented to address threats
→ Alien Invasive Species (AIS) regulations published and implemented
→ Risk assessment framework for AIS and guideline for evaluation developed
→ 1st draft guidelines for Monitoring and Control Plans developed
→ Initiate the development of the National Strategy for AIS
→ Species management and eradication programmes developed
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Strategic Objectives and Targets for 2011/12
• SO: Biodiversity conserved, protected and threats mitigated
→ Vulnerability assessments completed for all biomes
→ 800 hectares of Land rehabilitated
- Research Programmes
→ New species research programme initiated
→ Biosafety research programme implemented
→ Institutionalize the coordination of Desertification, Land degradation and Drought (DLDD) research
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Strategic Objectives and Targets for 2011/12
• SO: Biological resources sustainably utilised and regulated
– Sustainable natural resource based project
→Facilitate operationalisation of Aweleni Ecotourism Lodge
→Biodiversity Access and Benefit Sharing- 40%
→Threatened or Protected Species- 60%
→Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species-65%
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Strategic Objectives and Targets for 2011/12
• SO: Improved Compliance with Environmental legislation– Biodiversity Compliance
→Compliance Monitoring Framework for National Environmental Management Biodiversity Act finalised ,National Environmental Management Protected Areas Act and World Heritage CITES Act developed
→2 Coordinated national and international Compliance Operations/ inspections organized and executed
– Biodiversity Enforcement→Assessment of Biodiversity Enforcement Strategies of 3 countries
undertaken and the best practice model identified
→1 specialised training course for Biodiversity Environmental Management Inspectors (EMI’s) organised
– Awareness raising strategic plan developed
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GOAL 2: Enhanced socio-economic benefits and employment creation for the present and future generations from a healthy environment
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Strategic Objectives and Targets for 2011/12
• SO 4: Fair access and equitable sharing of benefits from biological resources promoted
→ Wildlife Sector transformation negotiations initiated (situational analysis on broader biodiversity sector)
→ 80 % of Biodiversity Access and Benefit Sharing (BABS) permits applications assessed
→ Guidelines for negotiating, concluding and evaluation benefit sharing agreements finalised
→ Ratification of Nagoya Protocol
→ 1 co-management agreement facilitated
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Strategic Objectives and Targets for 2011/12
• SO: Enhanced international governance, instruments and agreements supportive of South Africa’s environmental and sustainable development priorities
→ 2 integrated conservation and development plans initiated for TFCA’s
→ 1 cross border trail established
→ 50 animals Translocated
→ 3 projects in the TFCAs investment catalogue financed by investors as a result of investment promotion
→ 2 awareness raising campaigns held under Boundless Southern Africa
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