Iied dbsa project

11) For which environmental integration tasks (see section 3 above) are no useful tools or methodologies available

Environmental integration tasks	Indicate with a tick if no useful tools are available (in your view)
Information and assessment
Deliberation and engagement
Planning and organising
Management & monitoring
Other (specify)

Do you think solving development and environmental/sustainability crisis will depend on tools methods and approaches or do you think we need to focus our energy on other matters – can you articulate them

DO you think a User Guide that identifies 30 tools /methods or tactics will be useful?.

Yes or no	why

Are you aware of similar type guides – please name them

Name of guide	Indicate if you use it	comments

APPENDIX 4


DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS AND TOURISM, 2006.
SOUTH AFRICA ENVIRONMENTAL OUTLOOK. A REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND KEY FINDINGS. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS AND TOURISM , PRETORIA
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1 CSIR, P O Box 320, Stellenbosch 7599, South Africa, [e-mail]

2 ERM Southern Africa, [e-mail]

3 CSIR, [e-mail]

4 CSIR, [e-mail]

5 Shayo (2006)

6 Kok and de Coninck (2007 in press)

7 From the Stern Review, HM Treasury (2006)

8 http://unfccc.int/adaptation/methodologies_for/vulnerability_and_adaptation/items/2674.php

9 See www.aiaccproject.org

10 www.eldis.org/go/topics/dossiers/climate-change-adaptation/themes/cba-exchange

11 Downing and Ziervogel (2004)

12 See www.southsouthnorth.org

13 Referred to in the webpage of the IISD/SouthSouthNorth/IIED meeting in April 2007, www.iisd.org/climate/south/early.asp

14 As noted in the Stern Review, HM Treasury (2006), chapter 19.

15 The need for flexibility in this framework is so that those at an early stage of understanding can begin to assess vulnerability to climate variability and change, and those at a more advanced stage can begin to implement adaptation in practice. The overall approach embeds adaptation into key policies for development and places substantial emphasis on stakeholder engagement (HM Treasury, 2006).

16 Global Water Partnership Technical Committee (2007:1)

17 Global Water Partnership Technical Committee (2007)

18 Meaning that it is not currently obliged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto Protocol, but is eligible to host Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects.

19 Malgas et al (2007)

20 Dr Guy Midgley, South African National Biodiversity Institute, personal communication, 30^th August 2007

21 Priority ‘sectors’ for initial focus may be agriculture and biodiversity.

22 Tshilidzi Dlamini, DEAT, personal communication, 4^th September 2007

23 www.climatebusiness.net

24 Midgley et al (2005)

25 Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (2000)

26 A coalition of non-governmental organisations committed to activism and capacity development initiatives regarding climate change across all sectors of business, government and civil society.

27 www.durban.gov.za/durban/services/departments/environment/environews/change

28 The anticipated adverse effects of climate change include water scarcity, production losses, and deterioration of veld conditions, which will add to the existing economic risk amongst all farmers in the area.

29 The technologies implemented include retaining natural strips of vegetation when clearing lands for rooibos tea plantations, re-establishment of strips of indigenous vegetation in rooibos plantations by construction of wind breaks and adjoining mulched areas, leaving organic material on the soil surface after clearing of lands for planting, establishment of contour bunds to promote infiltration of run-off water and prevent soil erosion, construction of stone packs in erosion gullies, and removal of invasive plants.

30 Malgas et al (2007: 8)

31 Noel Oettlé, Environmental Monitoring Group, personal communication, 24^th August 2007.

32 This section is based upon the case study set out in this paper by Ziervogel, Bharwani and Downing (2006)

33 Hoffman and Rohde (2007)

34 Speech by Deputy Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Ms Rejoice Mabudafhasi at Machubeni in the Eastern Cape on World Day to Combat Desertification (WDCD), Wednesday, 20 June 2007, www.environment.gov.za

35 While the DEAT is well aware of this and has set several programmes in place to address this gap, it will be some time before the necessary roll-out is achieved.

36 The SDF is an indicative plan to guide and inform land development and management. It should show desired patterns of land use, directions of growth, urban edges, special development areas, and areas for conservation.

37 Richard Worthington, Earthlife Africa, personal communication, 4^th September 2007.

38 See www.khanya-aicdd.org for information on a multiple country community-based planning project.

39 Noel Oettlé, Environmental Monitoring Group, personal communication, 24^th August 2007.

40 Dr Guy Midgley, South African National Biodiversity Institute, personal communication, 30^th August 2007.

41 www.aiaccproject.org

42^ Malgas et al (2007)

43 Drynet (2007)

44 Huq (2007)

45 Professor Timm Hoffman,

46 CDRA (2006)

47 Dr Gina Ziervogel, Stockholm Environment Institute and University of Cape Town, personal communication, 7^th September 2007.

48 Spanger-Siegfried et al (2005)

49 Downing and Ziervogel (2004). This document also describes a range of tools for adaptation assessment, such as cognitive mapping, knowledge elicitation tools, multi-criteria analysis, scenario analysis and strategic environmental assessment (SEA).

50 www.livelihoods.org/lessons/project_summaries/IISD_projsum.html

51 Richard Worthington, Earthlife Africa, personal communication, 4^th September 2007.

52 Adger et al (2007)

53 Key milestones in the evolution of sustainable development concept and debate were the publication of the Brundtland report of the World Commission on Environment and Development (1987); the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janerio in 1992 (known as the Earth Summit); and the Manchester Global Forum in 1994, which focussed on sustainable development and cities.

54 Futurity refers to that stock of natural and human capital that should be handed down to future generations so that they can support their needs and have access to the same, if not better environmental resources and services as we have today.

55 The combination of data limitations, model imperfections, and the possibility that certain natural processes are indeterminate, generates an uncertainty in environmental science that prevents a critical-load approach, because we cannot be certain where these thresholds are. Increasingly, we are beginning to fall back on the principle of precaution, where the notion of 'being roughly right in due time', is better than 'being precise too late' (O'Riordan, 2000)

56 'Carrying capacity' is defined as ' the maximum number of users that can be supported by a resource' (Cape Metropolitan Council, 1999)

57 Inter-generational equity is concerned with providing for today’s needs without negatively impacting on ecological life supporting systems, social systems, the cultural heritage etc., such that future generations cannot support their needs or have access to environmental goods and services enjoyed today

58 Intra-generational equity is concerned with social equity and social justice and the relative redistribution of resources to the poor and marginalised.

59 ‘Organs of state’ is defined in the Constitution as: (a) any department of state or administration in the national, provincial, or local sphere of government: or (b) any other functionary or institution - (i) exercising a power or performing a function in terms of the Constitution or a provincial constitution; or (ii) exercising a public power or performing a public function in terms of any legislation, but does not include a court or judicial officer."

60 The term ‘planning processes’ is used generically in this paper to include policy, planning, programmes and project level planning and decision-making processes.

61 Departments of Environment are constantly shifting and linking with other sectors. This is particularly evident at the Provincial level. Environment is also linked to very different sectors in the provinces, for example agriculture, economic affairs or tourism.

62 A directory of short courses in the field of sustainable development and environmental management has recently been prepared by the Environmental Evaluation Unit, University of Cape Town (1999).

63 Expanded scope of responsibility of local government has not been accompanied by adequate financial resources.

64 Strategic Environmental Assessment has been defined as "the formalised, systematic and comprehensive process of evaluating environmental impacts of a policy, plan or program and its alternatives, the preparation of a written report on the findings, and the use of the finding in public accountable decision-making" (Therivel, 1995).