OBJECTIVE 4 Protect ecosystem Strengthen water resource Ecosystem Protection Level SANBI BGIS Ecosystems provide critical services to services to rural planning and infrastructure rural communities such as clean water, communities Availability of Ground Water SARVA air, biodiversity and soils, and Ensure sustainable use of protecting ecosystems will build groundwater resources Invasive Plant Survey (average ARC reports resilience of rural communities to density all species) climate change Scale up land rehabilitation SANBI BGIS and DEA Annual Reports programmes – working for % of land under protected areas Expanding protected areas to include wetlands, grasslands, critical ecosystems in ways that do not SANBI BGIS and DEA Annual Reports etc Hectares of wetlands /other compete with other land uses will contribute to ecosystem resilience ecosystems rehabilitated Estuarine, marine and coastal management programmes Quantum of investment into Biodiversity offsets are a cost effective biodiversity offsets per annum way of promoting ecosystem protection Expansion of protected areas and and ensuring no net loss of biodiversity community based natural assets resources management programmes Rehabilitation of ecosystems such as wetlands that provide protection against extreme weather events, working for fire programme Financing of biodiversity through environmental offset requirements for development
OBJECTIVE 4 Protect ecosystem services to rural communities Strengthen water resource planning and infrastructure Ensure sustainable use of groundwater resources Scale up land rehabilitation programmes – working for wetlands, grasslands, etc Estuarine, marine and coastal management programmes Expansion of protected areas and community based natural resources management programmes Rehabilitation of ecosystems such as wetlands that provide protection against extreme weather events, working for fire programme Financing of biodiversity through environmental offset requirements for development Ecosystem Protection Level Availability of Ground Water Invasive Plant Survey (average density all species) % of land under protected areas Hectares of wetlands /other ecosystems rehabilitated Quantum of investment into biodiversity offsets per annum SANBI BGIS SARVA ARC reports SANBI BGIS and DEA Annual Reports SANBI BGIS and DEA Annual Reports Ecosystems provide critical services to rural communities such as clean water, air, biodiversity and soils, and protecting ecosystems will build resilience of rural communities to climate change Expanding protected areas to include critical ecosystems in ways that do not compete with other land uses will contribute to ecosystem resilience Biodiversity offsets are a cost effective way of promoting ecosystem protection and ensuring no net loss of biodiversity assets
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