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ABI REVISIONING RESULTS
ABI: THE WAY FORWARD
FOUNDATIONS OF THE ABI RE-VISIONING PROCESS, Caroline Petersen, Prosper with Nature, 2021 – Available here
OVERVIEW OF ABI MEMBERS: STATUS, PERSPECTIVES AND COMMUNICATIONS PREFERENCES
AN EVALUATION OF ABI INVASIVE ALIEN CLEARING PROJECT
AN EVALUATION OF THE AGULHAS BIODIVERSITY INITIATIVE’S (ABI) INVASIVE ALIEN CLEARING PROJECT IMPLEMENTED BY THE FLOWER VALLEY CONSERVATION TRUST 2013 TO 2020, Contour Enviro Group, 2021 | Available here
ANNEXURES
The revisioning process was funded by the WWF Nedbank Green Trust between 2020 and 2021.
LEGISLATION | STRATEGIES AND POLICIES
AGRICULTURE
WESTERN CAPE
Speech delivered by the Western Cape Minister of Agriculture during the budget debate, Western Cape Department of Agriculture, 2021 | Available here
Western Cape Department of Agriculture Strategic Plan for 2020-2025, Western Cape Department of Agriculture, 2020 | Available here
Bio-economy
NATIONAL
Urban lockdown lessons for South africa: Nature-based solutions for a green and equitable recovery in municipalities, WWF South Africa, 2020 | Available here
Barriers to greening the South African economy, WWF South Africa, 2018 | Available here
Biodiversity economy strategy for the Department of Environmental Affairs, DFFE, 2016 | Available here
WESTERN CAPE
Western Cape guidelines on biodiveristy offsets, Western Cape Government, 2015| Available here
Biodiversity
NATIONAL
South Africa’s national biodiveristy framework 2019-2024, DFFE, 2021 | Available here
Ecosystem-based adaptation action plan and priority mapping, DFFE, 2020 | Available here
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment’s strategic plan 2020-2024 and annual review of performance for 2020, DFFE, 2020 | Available here
National Protected Area Expansion Strategy for South Africa 2016, DFFE, 2016 | Available here
South Africa’s National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2015-2025, DFFE, 2016 | Available here
The South African Strategy for the Biosphere Reserve Programme 2016-2020, DFFE, 2016 | Available here
WESTERN CAPE
Western Cape 2020 State of Conservation Report, CapeNature, 2021 | Available here
CAPE Legacy project final report, CAPE, 2020| Available here
The provincial biodiversity strategy and action plan 2015-2025, DEADP, 2016| Available here
Climate Change
NATIONAL
Strategic framework 2021-2025 for the African Climate Foundation, The African Climate Foundation, 2021 | Available here
Policy brief: Future proofing supply chains for climate resillience, WWF South Africa, 2020 | Available here
The imposition of a tax on carbon dioxide equivalent of greenhouse gas emmisions, and to provide for matters connected therewith, National Government Gazette, 2019 | Available here
National climate change adaptation strategy for South Africa, DFFE, 2019 | Available here
Pricing greenhouse gas and air pollution externalities in South Africa, WWF South Africa, 2019 | Available here
Carbon trading in South Africa providing flexibility or escape route? WWF South Africa, 2018 | Available here
South Africa’s low emission development strategy 2050, 2018 | Available here
Financial instruments used by governments for climate change mitigation, WWF South Africa, 2019 | Available here
Conservation Management
NATIONAL
Biodiversity human capital development strategy mid-term review 2020-2021, Lewis Foundation and SANBI, 2021 | Available here
Mainstreaming biodiversity into land-use regulation and management at the municipal scale. Mid-term review, DFFE, SANBI, UNDP, 2017 | Available here
WESTERN CAPE
A practical guide to managaging invasive alien plants: A concise handbook for land users in the Cape Floral Region, WWF South Africa, 2021 | Available here
Finance
NATIONAL
The Biodiversity Finance Initiative South Africa: Biodiversity Finance plan, DFFE, 2018 | Available here
Landscape & Urban Planning
MUNICIPAL
Overstrand Integrated Development Plan for 2021/2022, Overstrand Municipality, 2021 | Available here
Overstrand Environmental Management Framework, Overstrand Municipality, 2013 | Available here
Water Management
NATIONAL
National ground water strategy, Department of Water and Sanitation, 2016 | Available here
National Water Resource Strategy for an equitable and sustainable future, Department of Water Affairs, 2013 | Available here
OVERBERG
Catchment Management Strategy for the Breede-Gouritz Water Management Area, BGCMA, 2017 | Available here
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OVERBERG
Located around the most southerly tip of Africa, the Overberg region is the showcase of some of the most beautiful landscapes.
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