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Biodiversity and conservation

Biodiversity and conservation. Strategic Plan for 2011-2012 Portfolio Committee April 2011. PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAMME. Promote Conservation and Sustainable use of natural resources to contribute to economic growth and poverty alleviation. OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION.

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Biodiversity and conservation

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  1. Biodiversity and conservation Strategic Plan for 2011-2012 Portfolio Committee April 2011

  2. PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAMME Promote Conservation and Sustainableuse of natural resources to contribute to economic growth and poverty alleviation

  3. OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION 1. 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

  4. BIODIVERSITY & CONSERVATION Strategy Map Promote the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources to contribute to economic growth and poverty alleviation) Purpose: Information Disemmination, Monitoring and reporting Cooperative Governance, Collaboration, Support & Capacity Building Advocacy and Awareness creation Stakeholders Fair And Equitable Benefit Sharing Sustainable Utilisation Conservation Biodiversity conserved, protected and threats mitigated Biological resources sustainably utilised and regulated Fair access and equitable sharing of benefits from biological resources promoted Internal Process Attract, Develop & Retain Appropriate Human Capital Learning & Growth Effective Budget & Risk Management Align Budgets to Strategic Objectives Finance

  5. GOAL 1: Environmental assets conserved, valued, sustainably used, protected and continually enhanced.

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Strategic Objectives and Targets for 2011/12 • SO : Biodiversity conserved, protected and threats mitigated (cont) • Draft Biodiversity Management Plan (BMP) for Black Rhino; encephelartoslatifrons and pelargonium sidoidefinalized • 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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%

  13. 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

  14. GOAL 2: Enhanced socio-economic benefits and employment creation for the present and future generations from a healthy environment

  15. 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

  16. 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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