A platform for exchange between policy makers and academics
South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) and the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) co-hosted and co-sponsored the 2010 Biodiversity Planning Forum from the 2nd to the 5th March 2010.
The Biodiversity Planning Forum was established in 2004 to provide an opportunity for individuals, agencies and departments involved in spatial biodiversity planning to share and synthesise valuable lessons from biodiversity planning projects across South Africa
Policy maker leaders such as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the South Africa National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) and the Director General from the Department of environnmental affairs and Tourism (DEAT) were present. Consultants, municipality, SANBI and DEAT biodiversity planners and academics shared their views around the future of biodiversity in South Africa. EPRU Junior Research Fellow Johane Dikgang and Gladman Thondhlana PhD student from Rhodes University presented their works on the use of economic incentives in the Kgalagadi landscape. Johane presentation dealt with the question of valuation of Biodiversity Conservation in the Kgalagadi area. A total of around 200 people attended the 2010 Forum from all over South Africa reported Johane.