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South African National Biodiversity Institute PRESENTATION TO PARLIAMENT PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE : Water & Environmental Affairs June 2009 Dr Tanya Abrahamse : CEO Background… The National Environmental Management Biodiversity Act (NEMBA) established SANBI in 2004 on the foundations of the National Botanical Institute (NBI), which had a history of more than a century of botanical exploration and research in South and Southern Africa SANBI is tasked to: - Lead the Biodiversity research agenda - Provide Biodiversity knowledge & information - Give Biodiversity policy support and advice - Manage National Botanical Gardens (9 NBGs) as ‘windows’ to South Africa’s biodiversity for tourism and education - Run ecosystem based restoration & rehabilitation programs - Develop best-practice models to manage biodiversity better South African National Biodiversity Institute ( SANBI ) Minister of Environment & Tourism SANBI BOARD Chair CEO CFO Biodiversity Research Portfolio Management Climate Change & Bioadaptation Biosysytem atics & Collections Climate Change Co-ordination & Policy Managed Network Research Zoology Systematics Plant Systematics Millennium Seed Bank Precis Data Management Compton Herbarium Kwa-Zulu Natal Herbarium BIOTA and SAEON - Fynbos Flowering Plants of Africa Bothalia, Strylizia GMO Monitoring Biodiversity Knowledge, Policy & Network Management Applied Biodiversity Research Scientific Authority Biodiversity Planning & Mainstreami ng Biodiversity Policy Biodiversity Mainstreami ng Mary Gunn library Ethnobotany Vegetation Mapping Invasive Species Pollination & Ecosystems SABIF Biodiversity Planning CREW Biodiversity Human Capital Development Information Management Fynbos Programme Conservation Management & Corporate Services Internationa l Liaison & research services Grasslands Programme Greening of the Nation Threatened Species Threatened Ecosystems Molecular ecology Molteno Library SANBI website Working for Wetlands Marine Programme Conservation Gardens & Tourism Biodiversity education & Empowerment Succulent Karoo Programme Freshwater Programme Pretoria NBG Karoo Desert NBG Kwa-Zulu Natal NBG Harold Porter NBG Free State NBG Lowveld NBG Walter Sisulu NBG Hantam NBG Kirstenbosc h NBG Human resources & Training Marketing & Communica tions Information Technology Human Resources Finance Managemen t Key Milestones In the Last Year 1. Key senior appointments made for integration and leadership 2. Funding secured for development of Human Capacity Development Strategy – an important priority of the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP, 2005) 3. Income of R128.8 million from DEAT, R175.9 million from other grants, donations and sponsorships and over R34 million generated by SANBI’s scientific work and Gardens 4. SANBI managed over 100 local, national and international projects in the biodiversity field, as well as core business 5. Hantam NBG, the 9th NBG was formally gazetted by DEAT in the Government Gazette in December 2008 6. Over a million people visited the Gardens 7. Our Chelsea display scooped a gold medal and SANBI walked away with the President’s Most Creative Award Strategic Objectives 2009 – 2012 1. Be the preferred national resource for knowledge management and information 1. Be a centre of excellence for coordinated research 2. Establish a national network of bioregional programmes 3. Provide support to government on biodiversity related obligations and opportunities 4. Develop and manage a system of National Botanical Gardens representative of the South African flora Strategic Objectives 2009 – 2012 (continued) 6. Monitor and report on the status of biodiversity in South Africa 7. Implement rehabilitation programmes that systematically target threatened ecosystems 8. Inspire and empower people to take responsibility for conservation and sustainable use of our biodiversity 9. Be a vibrant organisation, building national professional capacity in biodiversity 10. Be financially sustainable with an expanding diversity and volume of income streams GOOD GOVERNANCE A GIVEN Key Priorities Going Forward… • National Footprint – Gardens and other activities • • Climate Change and Bio-adaptation Strategy Protected Area Expansion Strategy obligations • • Rural Development linked to our work Invasive Alien Species Early Detection and Control of Emerging Invasions • • National Events Strategy and Targeted Tourism Biodiversity Human Capital Development Strategy THANK YOU
