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The National Protected Area Expansion Strategy, first published in 2008 (NPAES 2008), presents a 20-year strategy for the expansion of protected areas in South Africa.Provision is made for the review and updating of the NPAES every 5 years. This document (NPAES 2016) represents the first full revision of the NPAES 2008, and the updated strategy for the next 5-years (2016 – 2020). Each new revision of the NPAES refers to a rolling 20-year period, so this revision sets out a future 20-year strategy.The updated NPAES 2016 now includes:New biodiversity data and newly declared protected areas as well as updated provincial conservation plans and provincial protected area expansion strategies (PAES), to improve the setting of targets and the identification of priority areas for meeting these targets.The goal of the NPAES is to achieve cost effective protected area expansion for improved ecosystem representation, ecological sustainability and resilience to climate change. It sets protected area targets, maps priority areas for protected area expansion, and makes recommendations on mechanisms to achieve this.A review of the performance of protected area institutions in protected area expansion for the first implementation phase of the NPAES (2008 – 2014).A description of the priority activities, with explicit performance targets, for the second implementation phase (2016 – 2020) of the NPAES.In order to maintain continuity of the NPAES over the 20 years of the strategy, the structure of this document has been maintained using similar formatting to the NPAES 2008. The document has similar sections, but the information has been revised and updated. |