Transcript Bioregional Programmes, Policy & Planning

Select Committee Briefing
20 May 2008
SANBI Strategic Plan 2008-2009
Overview
1. Revised vision, mission and goals
2. Revised structures
3. SANBI way
4. Strategic objectives and outputs
5. Areas requiring special support
SANBI Vision
Biodiversity richness for all South Africans
SANBI Mission
To champion the exploration,
conservation, sustainable use,
appreciation and enjoyment of South
Africa’s exceptionally rich biodiversity
for all people.
SANBI Goals
By the year 2011 SANBI will:
1.
Have effective frameworks, networks
and leadership for generating, managing
and disseminating biodiversity
knowledge.
2.
Be the leader for coordinating and
communicating the country’s response
to the bio-impacts of climate change.
3.
Be a leader in the development of cooperative, integrated biodiversity
programmes, best practice models and
conservation estate management.
4.
Be a vibrant and transformed
biodiversity employer of choice.
Be the recognised strategic partner in
human capital development for
biodiversity science.
5.
Value Chain Perspective
Monitoring
Reports
Economics:
Tourism / Horticulture
Business
Impact
Knowledge Systems
Networks
Policy:
Support
Advice
Information
Guidelines
Etc.
Information
Products / Outputs / Goods / Services
Models and Mainstreaming
Pilots / Testing / Demo’s
Foundation - Research
SANBI approach
Towards a Managed Network:
SANBI
•
Identifies research priorities with DEAT
•
Sets broad Bio Research framework with close public entities
•
Harnesses national biodiversity research capacity
•
Gives focus of effort for public, academic institutions & NGOs
•
Leads, publicizes, raises funds etc, for identified research and
•
With resources and scientific support, fosters a network of SA
institutions, builds a strong biodiversity knowledge network,
strengthens institutional capacity and increases human capital
formation in our sector –particularly young black scientists.
Tool for ‘managed network’
from species perspective
Plants
Research
Curate &
Preservation
Manage DATA
Disseminate
Info & Advise
Monitoring &
Reporting
Birds
Fish
Molluscs
Reptiles &
Amphibians
Marine
Insects &
Arachnids
SANBI
SANBI
SANBI
SANBI
SANBI
Molecular
SANBI
Tissue
???
Genetics
???
Set Standard
for Curation
Mammals
SANBI
SABIF
SABIF
SABIF
SABIF
SABIF
SABIF
SABIF
A tool to communicate
bioregional/ecosystem work
DESERT
MOPANE SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH
SUCCULENT
KAROO
GRASSLAND
NAMA
KAROO
SAVANNAH
FYNBOS
THICKET
FYNBOS
Applied Biodiversity Research
• National Biodiversity Research Strategy
• GMO Research Programme established
• Scientific Authority operating in terms of
NEMBA
• Assessment of species
utilisation – Sustainable
Use Programme
Climate Change & Bio-adaptation
• 2nd National
communications
programme to UNFCCC
• Strengthening of a
bio-adaptation
research programme
Biosystematics & Collections
• Initiate animal taxonomy programme
• Develop national strategy for natural history
collections (i.e. museums & herbaria)
• Significantly progress floristic inventories of the
Succulent Karoo, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and
Free State
• Complete Angolan checklist for plants
• Collaborate in network to compile electronic
identification manual for African Plants
Biodiversity Planning &
Mainstreaming
• Identification of ecosystems under threat
• Launch of the National Grasslands Programme
• Initiation of Freshwater & Marine programmes
• Costing analyses for the implementation of
National Protected Area Expansion Strategy
• Law enforcement decision support tool for CITES
implementation
• Poverty & biodiversity phase 1- project
completed
• Implementation of Municipal Biodiversity
Programme in partnership with DPLG
Municipal capacity building
Municipal planning capacity building
[PMG note:photo’s have been removed]
State of Biodiversity
• First ‘State of Biodiversity Report’
developed
• Red List project for fish initiated
• Red list project for reptiles completed
Rehabilitation of threatened
ecosystems
Working for Wetlands EPWP:
• 95 wetlands rehabilitated
• 1,800 temporary jobs
• 210 SMMEs employed
Policy Development Support
• Support implementation of Bioregional
Plans
• Development of list of Threatened
Ecosystems
• Invasive alien species regulations –
technical support to redrafting process
• Treasury environmental fiscal reform –
incentives for biodiversity management
Knowledge & Information
Management
• Expansion of online access to
biodiversity data
• Hosting of ‘virtual museums’
• Expansion of BGIS – Biodiversity
Geographical Information System
Conservation Gardens & Tourism
• Planned expansion of NBGs to
the Eastern Cape and Limpopo
Provinces by 2012
• Possible expansion of Harold
Porter NBG and Walter Sisulu
NBG to adjacent natural areas
• Gardens promoted as
‘embassies of biodiversity,
education and culture’.
• Tourism destinations
• Ex situ (off site) conservation
of plants & climate change
Biodiversity Education
and Empowerment
• Outreach Greening – (National Lotteries funded):
Greening of 240 schools in Mpumalanga, Gauteng
and Free State
• Environmental Education – (National Lotteries):
Sponsoring learners to get to the botanical gardens
for curriculum-linked EE programmes
• Greening of the Nation – (DEAT & EPWP funded):
Greening of over 200 schools; developing community
parks and community nurseries for educational
purposes; training and capacity building through
internships, academic and experiential training; job
creation and environmental education of people from
all walks of life.
Biodiversity Education and
Empowerment & Human Capital
Development
• New approach to Environmental
Education going forward
• Old approach hasn’t worked since few
HDI’s participate in the mainstream
of this sector
• Based on human capital
development strategy for the
biodiversity sector
Areas of challenge
• Increase numbers of black participation in
biodiversity (as employees, consultants, scientists,
in managed network institutions, visitors, etc.)
• Unfunded mandate – MTEF via DEAT does not
cover the demands on SANBI from the NEMBA &
NBSAP/F
• Making gardens more accessible to the majority
of our people – think about locations, concessions,
disabled, niche marketing and increase black family
visits to gardens
Immediate actions
• Reshape organigram & refocus strategy
• Break down silo working
• Appoint high level key staff including
Marketing & Communications
• Lobby for more MTEF support (for Climate
Change, our NEMBA, NBSAP & NBF
commitments)
Areas requiring special support
• Climate Change
• Marine Biodiversity Programme
• New Gardens in Eastern Cape & Limpopo
• Neighbourhood Greening
• Municipal biodiversity planning support
Thank you