Workshop with Portfolio and Select Committees, DEAT and

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• Workshop with Portfolio and Select Committees,
  DEAT and
• Public Entities
• 7-8 February 2005
• BRANCH
• BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

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Commitments in 2004/2005

• Promulgation and implementation of legislation
• Development of NBSAP
• Establishment of SANBI
• Inscription of newly identified WHS

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Commitments in 2004/2005

• Expand and consolidate PAs
• Establish and implement TFCAs
• People and Parks declaration
• CITES compliance

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Achievements in 2004/2005

• NEM Protected Areas Act into force on 01 Nov
• Draft regulations to NPAs finalised
• NEM Protected Areas Amendment Act passed by the
  NA in Sep and NCOP in Oct
• NEMBA promulgated in June 04
• National Spatial Biodiversity Assessment
  developed draft action plan developed and
  circulated for comment
• NBF published by April 2005
• SANBI launched on 2 Dec 2004 Board appointed
• Cape Floral Region inscribed on the World
  Heritage List
• People Parks Programme launched by Deputy
  Minister,
• action plan in place

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Achievements in 2004/2005

• Electronic system developed for CITES permitting
  and being piloted in KZN
• Additional 66 000 ha proclaimed as national parks
• Mapungubwe National Park launched
• Draft policy framework for the norms and
  standards for proposed Blyde National park
• 174 new beds established in TFCAs
• Construction started on 70km road leading to
  Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
• GLTP Border Post completed
• Wild Coast Project reactivated consensus
  (stakeholder) cabinet approved approach
• IUCN Presidency African candidate elected

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Gaps and challenges

• Alignment of provincial ordinances
• Development of an alien invasive species control
  programme NAP lack of inter governmental
  co-ordination
• Inter intra governmental co-ordination
• TFCAs commitments by other countries
• Capacity to implement legislation effectively
• Settlement of land claims
• Community land as part of the park system

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Medium Term Strategy 2005/06 2007/8

• 1. Effective system of managing trade and
  utilization of threatened, protected and
  commercial species
• 2. Create new commercial opportunities
• 3. Maintain and restore the optimal health and
  integrity of ecosystems and their processes

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Medium Term Strategy 2005/06 2007/8

• 4. Expand the conservation estate
• Integrated Information Management System
• 6. Build scientific capacity for biodiversity
  management (SANBI)

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Medium Term Strategy 2005/06 2007/8

• 7. Develop and implement regulatory
• systems for terrestrial resources
• 8. Combat illegal trade

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Priorities for 2005/2006

• Implementation of NEMBA and NEM Protected Areas
  Act
• Expansion of national Protected Areas
• TFCAs
• Marketing strategy
• Opening of GLTP border post
• Signing of MoU for Limpopo Shashe
• Wild Coast SDI
• Establish PMU Consolidation of present PMUs
• Land Use Plan SEA finalised by Aug 2005
• Establishment of Biosafety Directorate
• Establishing Bioprospecting Trust Fund

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Priorities for 2005/2006

• Publish and implement National Biodiversity
  Framework
• Implementation of NAP and Bioregions
• Expand electronic CITES permitting system to
  other provinces
• Develop ABS regulations
• Co-hosting of the 29th session of the WHC with
  DAC in July 2005, Durban
• Inscription of Makapans, Vredefort and Taung WHS
  on the World Heritage List
• Finalise regulations and establish WH Management
  Authorities for 4 sites
• BEE scorecard or BEE charter for the Hunting
  Industry

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Capacity requirements to deliver on strategy

• Skills required
• skills available in Branch need to redeploy
  staff
• Organisational structure
• Consulted and finalised
• Internship programme
• should be needs based head hunting, bursaries
• Additional posts required
• Biosafety Directorate
• Protected Areas e.g. International related
  matters and policy implementation

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THANK YOU