1. Biodiversity inputs to Strategic Environmental Assessments: integrating insights from advances in the science of systematic conservation planning
David Le Maitre, Jeanne Nel and Caroline Gelderblom
Environmentek, CSIR, Stellenbosch 7599, South Africa

2. Biodiversity Assessment
Component of EIA
Convention on Biological Diversity
Guidelines:
IAIA
Local guidelines: fynbos
Project managers
Specialists

3. Biological Scale Effective BIA: Species Ecosystem/Habitat/Community
Landscape (context)
Composition
Structure
Function

4. Systematic Conservation Planning
Choosing an optimum set of areas
Targets
Pattern (composition & structure)
Process/function
Evolutionary processes to adapt to change
Iterative process
Flexible
Based on previous choices
Gains/losses

5. Wild Coast of South Africa

7. Vegetation
Rivers
Targets
Threats
Estuaries
Reserves
CPlan
Coast
Irreplaceability
Categorised
Recalculate
Cells in top category
Cell selected
Selection criteria

8. Final set of priority areas
Vegetation target achievement > 100%
Expert priority areas = 83%

9. Future Biodiversity conservation inputs for SEA Outcomes
Sets of areas &/or river reaches
Adaptable, defensible
Incorporation in:
Local planning/policy
National planning/policy
Inclusion of ecosystem services