Caroline Petersen, UNDP Illegal Wildlife Trafficking Chemicals Fisheries Climate Change Land Degradation Biodiversity Commodities Sustainable Cities Food Security Sustainable Forest Management Forests International Waters Integrated and Programmatic Approaches “STAR” Allocations in Focal Areas Program&1:&Sustainability&of&PA&Systems& Programme 1: Protected Area Sustainability Programme 9: Human-Biodiversity Interface Program&9:&Human$Biodiversity&Interface& Using spatial biodiversity data to guide economic development in South Africa Overallocated water resources Mining in sensitive environs Inadequate extension; Degraded rangelands Poverty, environmental risks, lack of services Poor environmental practise, regulation, compliance Peri-urban sprawl; Diffuse settlement patterns Using systematic biodiversity planning to provide tools to help guide economic development South Africa has developed composite multi-scale maps biodiversity priority areas • Vegetation, wetlands and river types used as proxies for biodiversity • Layers generated from different datasets used for various purposes Composite map of biodiversity priority areas NBSAP: 3-way action plan Reduce loss / maintain in good condition - Land use planning EIAs Mining guideline Classification of water resources Protect - PA expansion strategy - Biodiversity stewardship - Management effectiveness in PAs Restore - Env public works - Spatial info to inform broader NRM work - Pilots to show value of ecol infrastructure biodiversity priority areas in Matzikama LM CBA maps – using environmental and planning language Critical Biodiversity Areas • • • All the areas required to meet biodiversity pattern and ecological process targets. Must be maintained in a natural or nearnatural state. Included in ecological corridors to maintain connectivity. Ecological Support Areas • • support the ecological functioning of critical biodiversity areas Must be maintained in at least a functional state Other Natural Areas • Not required to meet biodiversity pattern or process targets provided CBAs are not lost. i.e. suitable for sustainable development. Ecological Infrastructure: using language of engineering and service delivery “functioning ecosystems that deliver valuable services to people” Biodiversity maps used to determine National Protected Areas Expansion Strategy Biodiversity maps used to prioritise location of private & communally owned PAs and offer incentives Protected Areas Act Protected areas Protected Environment Protected Areas Act conservation Increasing support from conservation authority Increasing landowner commitment to Increasing biodiversity importance Nature Reserve Biodiversity Management Agreement Biodiversity Act Biodiversity Agreement contract law Biodiversity Partnership Area Non-binding Conservation areas The National Grasslands Biodiversity Programme South Africa’s Grasslands Biome A working landscape – with globally significant biodiversity Mainstreaming across landscapes PROTECTED State owned and managed protected areas Mostly natural, high biodiversity importance; private/ communally owned Protected areas PRODUCTION Largely natural, elements of biodiversity importance; low impact production sectors Largely modified for intensive production e.g. commercial crops Biodiversity stewardship & best-practice production DEVELOPED Light to heavily modified or degraded fragments of biodiversity Land-use planning & decision making Mainstreaming ‘tools’: Biodiversity stewardship; maps; guidelines; regulatory instruments & decision-support systems… Use of spatial data • Systematic biodiversity planning • Identifies spatial priorities • Informs management priorities on the ground • Informs which sectors to engage Mainstreaming into plantation forestry and small growers Plantation forestry st 1 to implement tools and protect new areas >32 780 ha 0 ha new plantations in biodiversity priority areas CPT used on >290 000 ha Mainstreaming into agriculture Coal mining st 1 to get government endorsed regulatory tools >700 people trained 119 ha Wetland offset pilot with 1 company Proactive stewardship on >9 200 ha Agriculture st 1 Protected >97 760 ha Environment 3 Biodiversity agreements with land reform communities Biodiversity priority maps used to develop mining guidelines Chamber of Mines CEO Bheki Sibiya with Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa Biodiversity maps used to inform siting of electricity grid infrastructure through Strategic Integrated Projects of Presidency Biodiversity maps used to inform siting of electricity grid infrastructure through Strategic Integrated Projects of Presidency The NBSAP Forum • • • • • A one-stop shop for NBSAPs, that supports countries in their critical work to reverse the global loss of biodiversity by 2020 Coordinated, targeted and demand-driven support Connection with a global community of NBSAP practitioners who are working to overcome similar challenges Ability to share and find resources on each Aichi Target Ability to obtain peer and expert review on a draft NBSAP • 1,110 members * 178 countries * 78 languages www.nbsapforum.net NBSAP Spatial Data Challenge: Sample Data Layers Land Cover – Land Use Pressure: Mining Key Biodiversity Areas
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