SANBIs Contribution to National Development Goals and UN - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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RJ Sebola

SANBI’s Contribution to National Development Goals and UN Sustainable Development Goals

SAN SANBI Vision

Biodiversity richness for all South Africans

SAN ANBI BI Mission

To champion the exploration, conservation, sustainable use, appreciation and enjoyment of South Africa’s exceptionally rich biodiversity for all people.

human wellbeing improved service delivery job creation harnessing biodiversity value investment in ecological infrastructure ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change streamlined environmental decision-making

FOUNDATIONS OF BIODIVERSITY: collections| taxonomy | inventory | maps | classification

• f ecosystems and species

BUILDING BIODIVERSITY KNOWLEDGE: assessments | status | trends | monitoring | modelling SCIENCE INTO POLICY / ACTION: information | planning | policy advice | models | tools HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT GARDENS windows on biodiversity

WHAT WE DO

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SANBI’s contribution to DEA’s Outcomes

National Development Plan (NDP) desired 2030 outcome

Transition to a society & economy which is internationally competitive, equitable, job creating & sustainable

SOCIALLY TRANSFORMED & TRANSITIONED COMMUNITIES

Drive socio-economic transformation & transition by optimising the fair & equitable sharing of benefits & enabling Social Development

ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY SAFEGUARDED & ENHANCED

Provide leadership in promoting & ensuring environmental sustainability through the management, utilisation, conservation, protection & valuing

• f our natural resources

GLOBAL AGENDA INFLUENCED & GLOBAL/LOCAL OBLIGATIONS MET

Enhanced international cooperation supportive of SA environmental /Social Development priorities

SANBI’s Contribution DEA Outcomes

BUILDING BIODIVERSITY KNOWLEDGE SCIENCE INTO POLICY/ ACTION HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION OPTIMISED

Facilitate sustainable Socio- economic Growth & Development by catalysing,

• ptimising & scaling up the

contribution of the environmental sector to economic prosperity

Medium Term Strategic Framework (MTSF) Sub-outcomes

FOUNDATIONS OF BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE GARDENS AS WINDOWS ON BIODIVERSITY

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SANBI’s Value Offering

Human Capital Development

WHAT WE DO INFLUENCE

Biodiversity Information & Policy Advice Models, assessments, research Foundational biodiversity information

SDGs

International agreements

NDP MTSF DEA Outcomes

SANBI Programes

SANBI’s contribution to SDG’s through National & International obligations & priorities

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International contributions/obligations

Science SANBI climate change research positioned SANBI internationally as a leader in the field of climate

• change. It laid the science foundation for further

policy and implementation work on climate change adaptation. Policy SANBI's policy work advanced the concept of ecological infrastructure. This thinking developed the concept of 'Ecosystem-based Adaptation', which is a core theme of SANBI's Adaptation Fund projects. Implementation SANBI accredited as an implementing agent for the Adaptation Fund and Green Climate Fund

> $10 million funding Ecosystem- based Adaptation

Foundations of biodiversity Historical distribution records in SANBI herbaria, as well as data from the Protea Atlas and SA Bird Atlas provided baseline data for for modelling changes in distributions related to climate change

Records for 20 000 plant species,

• 8 million bird distribution records

from SABAP2

• 200 000 records for proteas from the

Protea Atlas

5 – 8 ֯C warmer by 2100

Foundations of biodiversity Basic biological information is gathered about invasive

• species. Fieldwork and detailed taxonomic science is

used to identify and understand emerging invasive species. Building biodiversity knowledge Information, research and modelling is used to conduct risk assessments, including assessments of their potential impact on the economy, plan responses and determine the effectiveness of interventions. Science into policy/action The risk assessments and information is used to inform the listing of invasive species under the Biodiversity Act as well as policy responses to invasions and their impact on people

>9000 alien species in RSA

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listed invasives Risk assessment

Foundations of Biodiversity

We document and classify biodiversity and maintain collections (gardens, herbaria with >1,5 million plant specimens) and co-ordinate work on animals

SPECIES (>20,00 plants, 65 000 animals) ECOSYTEMS

Scope of FBIP

Research and data mobilization to answer the following questions:

• What species have we got in South Africa? (surveys,

description, including genetic descriptions / diversity)

• What is it? (identification tools including DNA barcodes)
• Where does it occur? (surveys, collection specimen records,

spatial and temporal data, population abundance)

• What does it do? (Compiling information about priority species –

photos, illustrations, legislation, biology, references, links)

• Aligns with 3 international initiatives
• Must have relevance to global change and / or bioeconomy
• Data must be made publically accessible and must have a direct

use

• Small grants – 1 year, R200 000;
• Large grants – 3 years, R6 million

Leading and Setting Biosystematics Research Agenda

• Online resources (i.e. e-

Flora & e-Fauna)

• Priority genera urgently

in need of revision

• Species/Taxa of

conservation importance

• Geographic Areas poorly

understood or no biodiversity information

Biosystematics Research Strategy for the Algae, Animals, Bacteria and Archaea, Fungi and Plants of South Africa 2013 – 2018:

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Foundational Information

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National Biodiversity Assessment

Number of downloads

April 2012 – March 2013

Number of downloads

April 2013 – March 2014 NBA 2011 Synthesis Report (low res) 79 177 99 545 NBA 2011 Technical Report Vol 3 - Estuaries 46 493 17 051 NBA 2011 Technical Report Vol 4 - Marine 2 957 4 933 NBA 2011 Technical Report Vol 2 - Freshwater 1 790 LIFE: The State of South Africa’s Biodiversity 2012 - low resolution (published in 2013) 88 662

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National Biodiversity Assessment

Major “integrator”

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biodiversity evidence

Species Assessments

Birds Mammals Fresh Water Fish Reptiles Amphibians Butterflies Dragonflies Spiders Marine Line Fish Plants

• Informs conservation planning
• Informs decision making
• Informs regulations
• Informs status of species linked

to health & wellbeing, e.g. line fish, medicinal plants

Ecosystem Classification

Ecosystem classification systems and maps have been developed for terrestrial, marine, freshwater and estuarine ecosystems

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Evidence for Decision Making

Priorities derived from (i) SANBI mandate, (ii) National Biodiversity Research & Evidence Strategy, (iii) NBSAP and NBF, and (iv) direct requests from DEA.

Biological invasions Impact of GMOs Wildlife Economy Climate Change

Ecosystem services, ecological infrastructure, natural resource management

Issues of importance to government & society

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Focus areas are drawn from (i) the mandate; (ii) the National Biodiversity Research & Evidence Strategy, (iii) the NBSAP & NBF, and (iv) requests from DEA

Promote South Africa as a coastal & marine tourist destination Expand cultivation of 25 high potential species Ensure sustainability of wild harvested inputs to commodities (focus on 6 commercially important spp, e.g. Aloe ferox, Marula, baobab) Expand the land area under wildlife economy by 10m ha Develop 11 biodiversity economy nodes Create an enabling legislative environment Build the knowledge & evidence base

Coastal & marine tourism

Promote South Africa as a coastal & marine tourist destination Develop tourism activities linked to marine biodiversity

Bioprospecting Wildlife Economy

Expand cultivation of 25 high potential species Ensure sustainability of wild harvested inputs to commodities (focus on 6 commercially important spp, e.g. Aloe ferox, Marula, baobab) beneficiation and development of new products Expand the land area under wildlife economy by 10m ha Develop 11 biodiversity economy nodes Create an enabling legislative environment Build the knowledge & evidence base

Inputs into the Biodiversity Economy

SANBI harnesses inputs from the sector, e.g. Marine

New Partnerships in marine biodiversity

Coral taxonomy & barcoding Bleaching monitoring Incl Deep Cold Water Corals Global change understanding & management Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management Kingklip population genetics Fisheries stock assessment Fisheries Management Food Security Offshore Marine Protected Area establishment Nudibranch Research Nudibranch Atlas to test ecosystem maps Bioprospecting successes Scuba Tourism

Knowledge for SDGs: e.g. marine

Foundations Research & assessment Outcomes

Ecological Infrastructure

• SO1. KNOWLEDGE CREATED FOR DECISION MAKING

SANBI Policy Focus Areas

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Making Information Accessible

Current architecture URL Biodiversity Advisor http://biodiversityadvisor.sanbi.org/ Biodiversity Geographic Information System (BGIS) http://bgis.sanbi.org/ Botanical Database of Southern Africa http://newposa.sanbi.org/ SANBI metadata portal http://metadata.sanbi.org SeaKeys http://seakeys.sanbi.org Integrated Publishing Toolkit http://197.189.235.147:8080/iptsanbi/ Red List of South African Plants http://redlist.sanbi.org/ Species Status Database http://speciesstatus.sanbi.org/ SANBI Enterprise Image System http://www.seis.sanbi.org.za/ims/login.do SANBI's Library Catalogue http://196.30.82.83/amlibweb/ Citizen Science Project (iSpot) http://www.ispotnature.org/communities/southern-africa National Sensitive Species List http://nssl.sanbi.org.za/ PlantZAfrica http://pza.sanbi.org/ Environmental Impact Assessment http://eia.sanbi.org/ Recently launched systems SANBI Institutional Repository http://opus.sanbi.org/ Crowd Sourcing Project http://transcribe.sanbi.org/ Systems currently under development Zoological Database of Southern Africa (ZOODATSA) http://species.sanbi.org Species Identification Tool (Species and Cycad App) App stores Invasive species management Animal Species Red List Assessment Plant and reptile DNA accessions Plot sample data Ecosystem data

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