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| Some of the Biodiversity practitioners who met in The Wilderness, 8 to 10 March |
"Government has agreed on 12 outcomes as a key focus of work
between now and 2014. Each outcome has a limited number of
measurable outputs with targets."
These are the opening words of the Dept of Environmental Affairs' Delivery Agreement for OUTCOME 10, which deals with "...outputs and measures regarding environmetnal assets and natural resources that are well protected and continually enhanced". (Draft dd 10 May 2010). Part of the vibrancy that flows from this commitment can be seen in the high levels of energy and optimism that were generated at the 2011 Biodiversity Planning Forum, co-hosted by SANBI and the Dept of Environmental Affairs. That was a get together that happened in The Wilderness in early March. In this blog post I will refer you to a 30 minute You Tumbe video talk by Judy Beaumont, Deputy Director General in the Presidency on some of the deeper thinking around which our strategies and planning for protected biodiversity need to be built. It is also a talk that offers recognition for some of the ground-breaking work already done. With more video footage still to be edited, I will add more material over the coming weeks in which you can meet some of the people involved in this serious effort being made to secure a sustainable future.
Just as additional information, Outcome 10 has 4 outputs, which are:
1. Enhanced quality and quantity of water resources;
2. Reduced greenhouse emissions, climate change impacts and improved atmospheric quality
3. Sustainable environmental management; and
4. Protected biodiversity.
