Information requirements arising out of the Biodiversity Economy Lab
Transcript of Information requirements arising out of the Biodiversity Economy Lab
Information requirements arising out of the
Biodiversity Economy Lab
John Donaldson, SANBI
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• 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
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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)
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