IMPLEMENTING THE GABORONE DECLARATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY A BOTSWANA NATIONAL ROADMAP

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1 IMPLEMENTING THE GABORONE DECLARATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY A BOTSWANA NATIONAL ROADMAP

2 Sustainable Development Context Botswana subscribes to global sustainability agreements and processes *Rio conventions (CBD, UNFCCC, CCD): Agenda 21: JPOI;Rio+20 process Partnerships with regional and global agencies aligned to sustainable development *UN Agencies, AU/AMCEN, CI, World Bank National development planning frameworks embrace sustainability *NDP, DDP, TWG Botswana

3 The National Sustainability National Strategy for Sustainable Development National Vision National Development Planning District Development Planning Poverty Eradication Strategy Initiatives Climate Change Policy (on-going) Economic Diversification Drive Priority setting for SCP (water, energy, transport, agriculture, tourism, mining)

4 About the Gaborone Declaration Summit for Sustainability in Africa May 2012 Hosted by Botswana Aimed at building consensus in Africa on significance of natural capital in socio-economic development Livelihoods improvement and poverty eradication key to sustainability Private sector involvement Coca-cola, Walmart Summit for Africa Communique on Natural Capital Accounting (NCA)

5 NCA Implementation in Botswana - Process National consultation identification for GDSA aligned initiatives Each Activity/initiative was aligned to a specific Action statement of the GDSA Initiatives were from different state & non state actors A matrix was used to collect information

6 Mapping Existing Initiatives towards the GDSA-Botswana Action Statement 3 - Capacity Building & Knowledge Advocacy and Lobbying Property Inventory Skill Development Country-wide Wildlife Aerial Surveys Livestock Surveys Surveys and Mapping Statistics Environmental Info. Systems Action Statement 2 - Sustainable Production Hunting Ban Decentralization Local Economic Development BPC Lesedi Bird Tourism Economic Diversification Drive Poverty Eradication Action Statement 1 - Natural Capital Accounting Global Taxonomy Initiative Nomination of Okavango Delta for World Heritage Listing Monuments Development Programme Archeological Imapct Assessment Awareness and Appreciation Piloting and Benchmarking Capacity Building Up-Scaling and Mainstreaming Capital Accounting and Sustainability Practice Stages of Value Chain

7 Example: eco-tourism standards Sustainable Planning Approach Tools Integration of economic, environmental and sociocultural values Protection of human heritage and biodiversity Tourism planning integrated with other planning processes Ecotourism Best Practices Guidelines Technical Manual Ecotourism Best Practices Guidelines User Manual

8 Implementation Status as per the Scatter Diagram Botswana has information which can & is used to integrate NCA into planning decisions However the information is collected by different actors, for different uses and by different data protocols There are a lot of initiatives which target Livelihoods improvement using Natural Capital The initiatives are also fragmented A lot of inventories and statistics; but not coordinated to yield resource inventories for NCA

9 Botswana Approach: National Roadmap a) Policy Reforms: to support NCA through green growth, SCP in public & private expenditure/ project appraisal multi-criteria analysis for NDP b) Development of national standards; for cleaner technology (solar geysers) for private sector eg. Eco-tourism standards c) Create Financial Incentives and Disincentives d) Build capacity on NCA; Institutional & Human

10 Roadmap continued e) Develop communication strategy for NCA information exchange, coordination, networking, database management f) Incorporate Natural capital enhancement programmes/ project into national development planning eg. ecosystem enhancement projects, ecosystem valuation projects

11 Conclusion Integrating value of natural capital livestock, mineral and water accounts Building social capital and reducing poverty beekeeping, Chobe forest reserves for eco-tourism, CBNRM Ecosystem restoration wetlands management plans, national parks and game reserves Building the knowledge data capacity and policy network for SD Environment Information System Effective communication and public education NEESAP and