information requirements arising out of the biodiversity economy lab
TRANSCRIPT
Information requirements arising out of the
Biodiversity Economy Lab
John Donaldson, SANBI
1
• Joint initiative of Depts of Tourism and Environmental Affairs
• Aim is to unlock the potential of the Biodiversity Economy and make the most of South Africa’s unique biodiversity
• Three areas being developed
• Builds on the Biodiversity Economy Strategy published in November 2015
Coastal & Marine Tourism
Bioprospecting Wildlife Economy
What is the Biodiversity Lab?
Recognises South Africa’s wealth of biodiversity Builds on countries unique biodiversity
Involves multiple stakeholders
Information Needs
Planning
Implementation
Monitoring & Evaluation
Adaptive management
Government
Private Sector
Communities Support services
AC
TIV
ITIE
S
USER GROUPS
Baseline/
Where to focus resources
How to respond to change
Where to invest/ what products
How to produce products
What products to focus on
Progress
Spatial data biodiversity, land reform, development potential
Requires socio-ecological information at different scales and for use by different sectors
How to respond to change/ alternatives
Monitoring data, systems knowledge
Improve-ments
Site specific information
Growth of investment, contribution to transformation
Social & ecological metrics
Tools for specific investments
Optimal deployment of resources
Priority Issues • Baseline is poorly known, e.g. how many game
farms, where are they, whats on them? • Information needs to be collated and verified
Baseline data
InformationGaps
• Information gaps will be linked to research programmes
Barriers to Big, Fast Results
• Priority will be given to information needs to achieve rapid transformation results
Information systems
• Need to be appropriate for different user groups (e.g. government, investors, farmers, tour operators)
7
THANK YOU