Biodiversity Planning Forum 2013
The Golden Gate Highlands National Park was abuzz in May 2013, as representatives from across the country made their way to the annual National Biodiversity Planning Forum. This year the Forum celebrated its 10th year, since its inception in 2004. The Biodiversity Planning Forum was established to provide an opportunity for individuals, agencies and departments involved in spatial biodiversity planning to share and synthesize valuable lessons from biodiversity planning projects across South Africa. The core focus of the Forum is on systematic biodiversity planning, with a key theme being planning for implementation. Much of the biodiversity planning done in South Africa underpins strategic interventions and supports improved environmental decision-making.
For more information on the background of the National Biodiversity Planning Forum, Forum objectives and key themes discussed at the 2013 Forum please click here. For details on the 2013 Forum programme please click here. For access to the 2012 Biodiversity Planning Forum information, please click here.
2013 Biodiversity Planning Forum presentations:
| OPENING | |
| Introduction and Forum objectives – K Maze (SANBI) | 231 KB |
| Streamlining environmental planning in Strategic Integrated Projects (SIPs) – D Fischer (DEA) | 2.86 MB |
| Ecological Infrastructure: An opportunity for influencing national planning and policy – K Maze (SANBI) | 2.3 MB |
| Who’s using our maps and products? – S Willoughby (SANBI) | 1.1 MB |
| The evolution of biodiversity planning in South Africa (Part 1 & 2) – F Daniels (SANBI) | 3.43 MB & 3.94 MB |
| Ten years of the National Biodiversity Planning Forum – T Smith (SANBI) | 1.34 MB |
| ECOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES: CONCEPTS AND MAPS | |
| Ecological infrastructure and ecosystem services concepts – M Driver (SANBI) | 308 KB |
| Mapping Ecological Infrastructure for the greater uMngeni Catchment – S Holness (NMMU) | 2.48 MB |
| Mapping Water Ecosystem Services: from provisioning to regulating – J Smith & I Kotzee (CSIR) | Not yet available |
| Economic contribution of ecosystem services in KwaZulu-Natal – J Phadima (EKZNW) | 2.02 MB |
| Principles of investment in ecological infrastructure – T Cumming (SANBI) | 213 KB |
| Thoughts on prioritising natural resource management investments on private land – Mark Botha | 2.35 MB |
| Setting restoration priorities for the Cape Floristic Region, using Cape Town as an example – A Rebelo (SANBI) | 2.89 MB |
| FORESTRY AND BIODIVERSITY: TOOLS FOR CONSERVATION GAINS | |
| Planning for the protection of grasslands on State Forest land in Mpumalanga- I van der Merwe (DAFF) | Not yet available |
| Integrated conservation planning in a timber plantation landscape in South Africa – S Germishuizen (SANBI) | Not yet available |
| NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY PLANNING INITIATIVES AND PROCESSES: FOUNDATIONS AND APPLICATIONS | |
| Introducing the National Ecosystem Classification System – M Driver (SANBI) | 4.67 MB |
| National biodiversity monitoring: what progress have we made? – H Terrapon (SANBI) | 1.12 MB |
| Fruit salad for everyone: municipal summaries – T Malebu (SANBI) | 1.66 MB |
| Towards a map of South Africa’s private protected areas – A De Vos | 1.43 MB |
| Planning for improved threatened species conservation – L Von Staden (SANBI) | 1.01 MB |
| Ecosystem-based spatial conservation planning: a novel approach to sandy beach conservation and management – L Harris (NMMU) | 3.25 MB |
| PROVINCIAL BIODIVERSITY PLANNING: LATEST DEVELOPMENTS | |
| Bioregional planning technical guidelines: key outcomes – M Driver (SANBI) | 168 KB |
| Guidelines for submitting spatial data to the BGIS website (http://bgis.sanbi.org) – S Khatieb (SANBI) | 2.13 MB |
| Report back on progress of the Free State Provincial Biodiversity Assessment – N Collins (FS DETEA) | 809 KB |
| Feedback from the North West for the year 2012 – R Schaller (NW DEDECT) | 768 KB |
| Update on the Limpopo Conservation Plan – P Desmet (ECOSOL GIS) | 1.43 MB |
| The Mpumalanga Biodiversity Sector Plan 2013, Mervyn Lötter (MTPA) | 1.08 MB |
| An initial attempt of edge-matching and integrating provincial biodiversity plans: first steps towards a national biodiversity plan – B Escott (EKZNW) | 996 KB |
| IMPLEMENTING BIODIVERSITY PLANS: CASE STUDIES, LESSONS AND CHALLENGES | |
| Biodiversity and ecosystem service priority area mapping: assisting municipalities to identify and conserve important untransformed land areas – L Quayle (Institute of Natural Resources) | 1.00 MB |
| Challenges and opportunities to implementing Cape Town’s biodiversity sector plan – J Wood (City of Cape Town) | 3.21 MB |
| An evaluation of the consequences of Environmental Impact Assessments(EIAs) on KwaZulu-Natal’s biodiversity targets – D Thambu (EKZNW) | 3.03 MB |
| Formal adoption of the CBA maps for the Western Cape: is it necessary? A Duffell-Canham (CapeNature) | 894 KB |
| Landscape characterization: a means of incorporating ‘sense-of-place’ into traditional spatial planning tools – B Escott (EKZNW) | 2.00 MB |
| ECOSYSTEM CLASSIFICATION AND TOOLS FOR IMPLEMENTATION | |
| Classifying and describing ecosystems: science-implementation issues encountered in the grasslands ecosystem guidelines – J Manuel (SANBI) | 1.42 MB |
| Ecosystem guidelines as a vehicle for biodiversity mainstreaming: from the fynbos to the grasslands – C de Villiers (Charl de Villiers Environmental Consulting) | 611 KB |
| A method for determining appropriate buffer zones for wetlands, rivers and estuaries – I Bredin (Institute of Natural Resources) | 902 KB |
| Water resource classification as a mechanism for incorporating Freshwater Ecosystem Priority Areas (FEPAs) into water resource management – J Dini (SANBI) | 883 KB |
| DEVELOPING METRICS FOR BIODIVERSITY OFFSETS | |
| An overview of biodiversity metric calculators: No Nett Loss vs Formulaic Ratios – J Manuel (SANBI) | 1.15 MB |
| A detailed, field-based assessment: the wetland methodology – S Holness (SANBI) | 796 KB |
| Offset metric calculator proposal – M Botha (Conservation Strategy, Tactics and Insight) | 399 KB |
| OPEN PRESENTATION SESSION: SUBMITTED ABSTRACTS | |
| A context for environmental surveys – A Rebelo (SANBI) | 1.15 MB |
| Planning a World Heritage Site buffer zone: a 40-year contribution – J Kiepiel (COGTA) | 2.23 MB |
| BIODIVERSITY BASICS | |
| Biodiversity Planning Basics (Part 1) – J Manuel | 1.28 MB |
| Biodiversity Planning Basics (Part 2) – J Manuel | 5.20 MB |
| Biodiversity Planning Basics (Part 3) – J Manuel | 3.17 MB |