Biodiversity Planning Forum 2017
Participants of the 2017 Biodiversity Planning Forum.
SANBI hosted the 14th annual Biodiversity Planning Forum in Skukuza, Kruger National Park form 20 – 23 June 2017. The theme for the 2017 Forum focused on biodiversity prioritisation to support spatial planning in other sectors, especially sectors that are central to the rural economy. Sessions focused on biodiversity planning products that identify biodiversity priority areas and how these interface with other key land uses in rural areas. The Forum allowed the biodiversity planning community of practice to explore how our work links or could link with other spatial planning initiatives including planning for protected area buffers, mapping and prioritisation in the agriculture sector, and spatial planning for the wildlife economy. The Forum also included a focus on global work on spatial biodiversity assessment and prioritisation, and an opportunity for participants to engage with the National Biodiversity Assessment 2018.
Over the past decade, South Africa has developed maps of Critical Biodiversity Areas (CBAs) and Ecological Support Areas (ESAs) for all parts of the country. These CBA Maps identify a set of biodiversity priority areas to inform planning, action and decision-making in support of sustainable development. In collaboration with the provincial conservation authorities, SANBI has developed the Technical Guidelines for CBA Maps: Guidelines for developing a map of Critical Biodiversity Areas & Ecological Support Areas using systematic biodiversity planning which were launched at the 14th Biodiversity Planning Forum in June 2017. These technical guidelines set out the rationale for CBA Maps, and provide minimum technical requirements as well as recommended good practice for developing these maps, based on the collective experience of the biodiversity planning community in South Africa over more than a decade.
Please click here for the 2017 Biodiversity Planning Forum programme.
Presenter
Presentation title
Size
Opening and Welcome
Kristal Maze
Welcome, introduction and purpose of the Forum
3.6 MB
Wadzi Mandivenyi
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and implications for South Africa
1.8 MB
Prof. William Bond
Grasslands in trouble
4.6 MB
Danie Pienaar
An introduction to the Kruger National Park and its management
10 MB
From theory to practice: a review of biodiversity planning globally and nationally
Sam Lloyd
A global review of conservation prioritisation
0.3 MB
Fahiema Daniels
Review of biodiversity planning in South Africa: past to present
3.7 MB
Amanda Driver
Technical Guidelines for Maps of Critical Biodiversity Areas (CBA Maps)
4.4 MB
New global standards: Red List for Ecosystems and Key Biodiversity Areas
Andrew Skowno
New global standards for biodiversity
1.3 MB
Maphale Matlala
Testing the IUCN Red List for Ecosystems methodology on South African datasets
1 MB
Daniel Marnewick
Key Biodiversity Areas and links to biodiversity planning
3.8 MB
Domitilla Raimondo
South Africa’s data for identifying Key Biodiversity Areas
5.8 MB
Spatial planning and agriculture
Anneliza Collett
Land capability and the Preservation of Agricultural Land Bill
2.5 MB
Anneliza Collett
Demarcation of protected agricultural areas
2 MB
Paul Avenant
Long-term grazing capacity norms for South Africa: data, mapping and application
2 MB
Boyd Escott
Identifying agri-biodiversity zones for mainstreaming into land use schemes: progress and challenges from the KwaZulu-Natal experience
1.5 MB
Mike Wallace
CapeFarmMapper: a free-access, integrated spatial web portal for rural planning
4.5 MB
Francis Steyn
Scaling up climate smart agriculture from the pilot project of 80 000 ha to 500 000 ha, doing it the LandCare way
2.8 MB
Spatial aspects of the wildlife economy
Xola Mkefe
Overview of the fifteen initiatives from the Biodiversity Economy Lab
2.8 MB
Fahiema Daniels
A framework for identifying and developing spatial biodiversity economy nodes
1.3 MB
Philip Desmet
Proposed categorisation framework for the wildlife ranching sector in South Africa and spatial analysis of its impact
3.4 MB
Matthew Child
Where are the wild things? A foundational framework for measuring the conservation value of managed populations
3.8 MB
Current developments in provincial biodiversity planning
Greer Hawley-Mcmaster
Reviewing a systematic biodiversity conservation plan: Eastern Cape
3.4 MB
Philip Desmet
Making CBA Maps: considering previous biodiversity plans in CBA Maps
2.4 MB
Genevieve Pence
The 2017 Western Cape Biodiversity Spatial Plan and Implementation Strategy
3.6 MB
Anisha Dayaram
Feedback loops between the VEGMAP and provincial and fine-scale biodiversity plans
3.8 MB
Sediqa Khatieb
BGIS, working with users and data partners to deliver an improved service
1.6 MB
Chuma Chinzila
Learning from the 12 years of conservation planning in South Africa
0.5 MB
Update on the National Biodiversity Assessment (NBA) 2018 and National Monitoring Framework
Carol Poole
Key achievements and progress towards National Biodiversity Assessment 2018
1,8 MB
Lara Van Niekerk
National Biodiversity Assessment 2018: Estuaries component
1,9 MB
Andrew Skowno
Indicators of change and changing the indicators: the National Biodiversity Monitoring Framework
2.2 MB
Species in biodiversity assessments and planning
Lize Von Staden
Progress on developing a method to evaluate protection level for species
2 MB
Sarisha Daya
The effectiveness of bioregional planning as a tool in protecting threatened species in South Africa
3 MB
Siyasanga Miza
Marine alien species research: inputs towards the National Biodiversity Assessment 2018
1.8 MB
Mapping, assessment and prioritisation of ecological infrastructure
Amanda Driver
An initial framework for mapping and prioritising ecological infrastructure
1.5 MB
Stephen Holness
Towards a national ecological infrastructure map: What can we do in the National Biodiversity Assessment?
3.7 MB
David Le Maitre
Strategic Water Source Areas: protecting critical ecological infrastructure for human well-being and biodiversity
2.9 MB
Genevieve Pence
State of Water Capture Report: a preliminary investigation
2.5 MB
Kedibone Lamula
Prioritisation for the Land User Incentive programme
2 MB
Perushan Rajah
Ecosystem services mapping in the uMngeni catchment
1 MB
Ruan Veldtman
Mopane worm harvesting in Limpopo Province and underlying ecological infrastructure
3 MB
Spatial planning for protected areas
Falko Buschke
The conservation costs and economic benefits of using biodiversity offsets to meet protected area targets in South African grasslands
3.4 MB
Enrico Oosthuysen
Northern Cape Protected Area Expansion Strategy
3.5 MB
Janis Smith
Managing beyond protected area boundaries
1.3 MB
Jayshree Govender
Spatial planning in protected areas and their buffers
4 MB
Marisa Coetzee & Judith Botha
Kruger National Park Management Plan review: lessons learnt, and informing the strategic and operational priorities for the next ten years
2.3 MB
Mainstreaming biodiversity in environmental management and land use planning
Peter Lukey
Spatial systems used to improve environmental screening
1.6 MB
Jeffrey Manuel
Biodiversity component of the Environmental Impact Assessment screening tool
3.2 MB
Domitilla Raimondo
Including species data in a land use screening tool
3 MB
Hulisani Magada
How Spatial Development Frameworks incorporate biodiversity priorities
2 MB
Kensani Mangena
Environmental classes for the National Land Use Classification System
0.3 MB
Johan Bester
Defining ‘Forestry’ as a principal category of the proposed National Land Use Classification System for South Africa
3 MB
Biodiversity information, assessment and planning in Africa
Kiruben Naicker
The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES): opportunities and impact for South Africa
1.6 MB
Bastian Bertzky
How European Union information systems can support biodiversity planning in Africa
2.5 MB
Matthew Child
The African Biodiversity Challenge: an incentive-driven approach to mobilising biodiversity data
4 MB
Lawrence Kruger
OTS: Skukuza Science Leadership Initiative
2.8 MB
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