OVERVIEW OF PROGRAMME 5 -

BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION BRANCH

& PUBLIC ENTITIES STRATEGIC/ANNUAL

PERFORMANCE PLAN

(2013/14- 2017/18)

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BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT

Strategic Objective : Biodiversity conserved, protected and threats mitigated

Performance indicator Baseline Target 2013/14 Target 2017/18 Long term

Number of legislative tools

to ensure the protection of

species and ecosystems

developed and

implemented

The draft Norms and

Standards for

Biodiversity

Management Plans

for Ecosystems

(BMP-Es) finalised

• Regulations for the

registration of

Professional

Hunters and

Hunting Outfitters

finalised.

• Norms and

standards for the

translocation of

large herbivores

finalised

• TOPS regulations

finalised

• Norms and

Standards for

Biodiversity

Management Plans

for Ecosystems

(BMP-Es) published

for implementation

8 tools developed and

implemented

By 2020, ecosystems

that provide essential

services, including

services related to

water, and contribute

to health, livelihoods

and well-being, are

restored and

safeguarded (CBD

Target)

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BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT STRATEGIC PLAN

Strategic Objective : Biodiversity conserved, protected and threats mitigated

Performance indicator Baseline Target 2013/14 Target 2017/18 Long term target

and date

Number of Ramsar sites with

management plans developed

and implemented in

accordance with Ramsar

Convention requirements

15 Ramsar management

plan developed and

implemented

5 Management plans

for Ramsar sites

evaluated

20 Management

Plans completed

By 2020,

ecosystems that

provide essential

services, including

services related to

water, and

contribute to health,

livelihoods and well-

being, are restored

and

safeguarded.(CBD

target)

Tools to prevent the

introduction of, control and

eradicate Alien and Invasive

Species (AIS) which threatens

ecosystems, habitats or

species developed and

implemented

Risk assessment

framework and

guideline for

evaluation developed

1st draft guidelines

for Monitoring and

Control Plans

developed

National Strategy

finalised Interventions for the

National Strategy

implemented

2020 a multi agency

national programme

deals with the full

suite of impacts

posed by invasive

species across the

landscape and

seascape (NBSAP

Outcome 3.3) 4

BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT STRATEGIC PLAN

Strategic Objective : Fair access and equitable sharing of benefits from biological resources promoted

Performance indicator Baseline Target 2013/14 Target 2017/18 Long term target

and date

Biodiversity sub-sector analysis

for a biodiversity sector

transformation framework

developed and implemented

Wildlife Sector

transformation

negotiations initiated

through the wildlife forum

platform.

Biodiversity sub-

sector analysis

undertaken and

biodiversity sector

transformation draft

framework developed

Framework fully

implemented

By 2020 the use of

biological resources

is well managed to

optimise sustainable

benefits (NBSAP

Outcome 4.4)

Number of sustainable natural

resource based projects

implemented

Operationalisation of

Awelani Ecotourism Lodge

facilitated. Ecotourism

development programme

for TFCAs in place

One project

implemented

5 new projects

implemented

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BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT STRATEGIC PLAN

Strategic Objective: Biodiversity conserved, protected and threats mitigated

Performance

indicator

Baseline Target 2013/14

Target 2017/18 Long term Target and date

Percentage of

received GMO

CITES , TOPS and

BABS permits

applications

assessed for

environmental

compliance within

prescribed time

frames

100% 100% 100% 100%

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BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT STRATEGIC PLAN

Strategic Objective: Enhanced International governance, instruments and agreements supportive of SA environmental

and sustainable development priorities

Performance

indicator

Baseline Target 2013/14

Target 2017/18 Long term target and

date

Number of South

African

positions/objectives

on biodiversity,

multilateral

environmental

agreements (MEAS)

and Bilaterals

processes prepared,

negotiated and

reported

CBD, CPB, Nagoya Protocol

on ABS, WHC

CITES

Ramsar Convention on

Wetlands

CMS

UNCCD

AEWA

TFCA Bilateral

9 Positions developed

and approved

UNCCD COP11 CRIC

11 and CST,

World

Heritage Convention

CBD related inter-

sessional meetings

(SBSTTA-17; Article 8j

WG8, and ICNP3)

AEWA: 9th Standing

Committee Meeting

CMS: 41st Standing

Committee Meeting

46th April 2013

meeting of the Ramsar

Convention

Standing Committee

International

Biodiversity and

Heritage: Positions

developed,

researched, consulted

and negotiated and

implemented for the

following biodiversity

related MEAs:

CBD, CPB, Nagoya

Protocol on ABS,

WHC

CITES

Ramsar Convention on

Wetlands

CMS

UNCCD

AEWA

TFCA Bilateral

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BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT STRATEGIC PLAN

Strategic Objective: Improved compliance with environmental legislation

Performance

Indicator

Baseline Target 2013/14

Target 2017/18 Long term target and

date

Number of

compliance

monitoring

inspections for

TOPS and CITES

completed

Compliance with CITES

and TOPS regulations

monitored in two

provinces and reports

compiled

Compliance with

CITES and TOPS

regulations

monitored in two

provinces and

reports compiled

Compliance

monitoring

framework

inspections

completed on TOPS

and CITES in all

provinces

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Strategic Objective: Improved compliance with environmental legislation

Performance

Indicator

Baseline Target 2013/14

Target 2017/18 Long term target and

date

Number of

interventions

implemented for

safety and security

of wild life including

rhinoceros

populations in South

Africa

3 national and international

compliance operations/

inspections organised and

executed (Operation Worthy;

Operation Hunt; Operation

Compliance)

4 interventions

implemented for the

Safety and Security of

rhinoceros populations

in South Africa:

• Agreement on

areas of

cooperation with

Safety and

Security

Agencies

• Engaging

regional

economic

communities

(RECs) and other

groupings

• Rhino funding

mechanism

• Verification of

Rhino Stockpile

8 interventions

implemented for the

Safety and Security of

rhinoceros populations

in South Africa

Conservation and

Sustainable utilization of

South Africa’s rhino

population

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Strategic Objective : Potential negative impacts of all significant developments prevented or managed

Performance

Indicator

Baseline Target 2013/14

Target 2017/18 Long term target and

dates

Number of tools for

mitigation of

negative impacts of

development to

biodiversity

developed

Draft minimum requirements

for

biodiversity in land use

planning

and IEM revised

Minimum requirements

for biodiversity in land

use Planning and IEM

updated

4 tools finalised:

• Minimum

requirements for

biodiversity

management in land-

use planning and IEM

•Mainstreaming

Biodiversity into Mining

guideline

By 2020: A national

biodiversity planning

and assessment

framework informs all

decisions regarding

land and resource use

and spatial

development (NBSAP

Outcome 1.4)

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Strategic Objective: Climate change impacts effectively managed

Performance

indicator

Baseline Target 2013/14

Target 2017/18 Long term target and date

Number of sector

plans aligned with

the National

Climate Change

response Policy

(biodiversity Sector

Plan)

Vulnerability

assessment

conducted for

South Africa’s

major biomes

Climate change

Adaptation Plans

for 3 biomes

completed

Climate change adaptation

plans for all 9 biomes

completed

By 2020 an integrated national

programme facilitates

adaptation to the predicted

impacts of climate change on

biodiversity across the

landscape and seascape

(NBSAP Outcome 3.4)

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Strategic Objective: Effective knowledge and information management for the sector

Performance

Indicator

Baseline Target 2013/14

Target 2017/18 Long term target and

date

Number of

biodiversity

management,

monitoring and

evaluation reports/

publications

produced

National Biodiversity

Framework published

1 biodiversity

management,

monitoring and

evaluation report/

publications produced

-NBF monitoring and

evaluation report

3 biodiversity

management,

monitoring and

evaluation

report/publications

produced

By 2020, knowledge,

the science base and

technologies relating to

biodiversity, its values,

functioning, status and

trends, and the

consequences of its

loss, are improved,

widely shared and

transferred, and

applied.

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BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT STRATEGIC PLAN

trategic Objective: Improved sector education and awareness

Performance

indicator

Baseline Target 2013/14

Target 2017/18 Long term target and

date

Number of

biodiversity related

communication

events including

Ministerial PPP

events.

4 events:

Hunting Indaba

BABS,

Biodiversity Day -UN

Decade on biodiversity,

World Day to Combat

Desertification (WDCD)

commemorated

4 events:

Hunting Indaba

BABS,

Biodiversity Day -UN

Decade on biodiversity,

World Day to Combat

Desertification (WDCD)

commemorated

12 biodiversity related

communication events

including Ministerial

PPP events.

By 2020 a

comprehensive and

proactive national

communication,

awareness raising and

advocacy strategy

reaches all targeted

sector and facilitates

conservation and wise

use of biodiversity

(NBSAP Outcome 2.6)

Number of public

events to raise

awareness about

TFCAs

3 events held to raise

awareness about TFCAs

3 events held to raise

awareness about

TFCAs

12 events to raise

awareness about

TFCAs

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Species Management Entity Strategic Objective Key indicators

DEA Biodiversity conserved, protected and threats mitigated

legislative tools to ensure the protection of species and ecosystems developed and implemented • Hunting • TOPS • AIS • N&S Translocation

SANBI Provide scientific evidence to inform policy and decision making

Number of reports on status and trends in biodiversity based on research, monitoring and assessment of ecosystems and species (NBA, ecosystem services and ecological infrastructure, threatened species, invasive species, the impacts of genetically modified organisms, and the impacts of and adaptation to climate change.

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Species Management Entity Strategic Objective Key indicators

DEA Biodiversity conserved, protected and threats mitigated

Legislative tools to ensure the protection of species and ecosystems developed and implemented -

SANBI Generate and collate fundamental biodiversity information

Number of updates to inventories of species and ecosystems (number of species added; classifications completed and updated).

Provide science-based policy tools and advice for the effective management of biodiversity assets and ecological infrastructure

Number of ongoing assessments of TOPS, CITES and AIS species required to support regulations and implementation of management plans

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Species Management

Entity Strategic Objective Key indicators

DEA Tools to prevent the introduction of, control and eradicate Alien and Invasive Species (AIS) which threatens ecosystems, habitats or species developed and implemented

National AIS Strategy finalised

SANBI Provide scientific evidence to inform policy and decision making

Status and trends in biodiversity based on research, monitoring and assessment of ecosystems and species - invasive species

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Ecosystem Management

Entity Strategic Objective Key indicators

DEA Biodiversity conserved, protected and threats mitigated

Number of legislative tools to ensure the protection of species and ecosystems developed and implemented - Norms and Standards for Ecosystems

SANBI Manage, develop and maintain South Africa’s National Botanical Gardens, their associated infrastructure and biological assets.

Declaration and proclamation of two new NBGs in the Eastern Cape and Limpopo Provinces with required resources (capital infrastructure, personnel and operations) sourced.

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