Okavango Delta Management Plan - Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

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101 4 GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND ACTION PLANS The process of developing objectives has involved identifying the long-term objectives or principal/ideal objectives, which for purpose of alignment with Botswana government planning guidelines and nomenclature have been called strategic goals. The development of these goals is based on the evaluation of the status of the ecosystem resources as described in Chapter 3. The strategic goals represent what needs to be achieved and set a broad, balanced framework from which to design and develop strategic and operational objectives as well as management action plans. This presents a hierarchy in descending order through which the evaluation process and emerging issues can now be addressed. This process will lead to specific and distinct management interventions directed at addressing identified hotspots or management issues, both in the immediate future and the long term. The attainment of these goals requires close partnership and collaboration between all stakeholders, enhanced awareness of the long-term benefits, supporting legislation and an enforcement framework as well as a strengthened institutional base. The strategic goals are supported by strategic objectives. The potential to achieve these objectives is weighed against a set of constraints or limitations. These limitations do not change the objectives but they do change the way in which they are achieved and this is defined by operational objectives. These operational objectives form the basis for individual management activities. 4.1 DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGIC GOALS The ODMP sets out to practically demonstrate the application of the ecosystem approach in wetland management. The principles of this approach are in agreement with the national wetlands management framework as contained in the Draft National Wetland Policy and Strategy. Under the ecosystem approach, the <strong>Okavango</strong> <strong>Delta</strong> <strong>Ramsar</strong> Site is treated as an ecosystem comprising three subsystems, the institutional, bio-physical and socioeconomic subsystems. These are depicted as an overlap of three circles where each circle represents one of the three subsystems (Figure 4-1). It illustrates not only the interdependence of these subsystems as shown by the overlapping parts, it also underlines the fact that ecosystem management is not about the natural system alone, but about the entire complex of nature, people and their management systems. The institutional subsystem describes the institutions and the management tools (e.g. legislative instruments), employed at the different levels (from the local level up to the international level). The bio-physical subsystem is composed of the abiotic and biotic components and their interactions that constitute what often is referred to as the natural system. The socio-economic subsystem includes the different uses that man makes of the components of the bio-physical subsystem. These are often referred to as the ecosystem products and services, which man is dependant upon.
The overall goal of the ODMP sets the basis for integrated management planning within which the three subsystems are subsumed. The overall goal of the management plan of the <strong>Okavango</strong> <strong>Delta</strong> <strong>Ramsar</strong> Site is “to integrate resource management for the <strong>Okavango</strong> <strong>Delta</strong> that will ensure its long-term conservation and that will provide benefits for the present and future well being of the people, through sustainable use of its natural resources". The following strategic goals have been developed for each subsystem: The strategic goal for the institutional subsystem is “to establish viable institutional arrangements to support integrated resource management in the <strong>Okavango</strong> <strong>Delta</strong> at local, district, national and international (River Basin) levels”. The strategic goal for the bio-physical subsystem is “to ensure the long-term conservation of the <strong>Okavango</strong> <strong>Delta</strong> and the provision of existing ecosystem services for the benefit of all the organisms depending on it”. The strategic goal for the socio-economic subsystem is “to sustainably use the natural resources of the <strong>Okavango</strong> <strong>Delta</strong> in an equitable way and support the livelihoods of all stakeholders”. Bio-physical Subsystem - abiotic and biotic components and their interactions -natural System. Figure 4-1: Ecosystem subsystems 4.2 DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES Strategic objectives provide a framework for achieving strategic goals and at the same time integrating sectoral operational objectives. Their development involves a 102 Ecosystem – <strong>Okavango</strong> <strong>Delta</strong> Bio -physical Institutional Socio-economic Socio-economic sub-system- human uses of the components of the bio-physical subsystem Institutional Sub-system - institutions and their tools that manage the system at the different levels
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1.3 THE NEED FOR A MANAGEMENT PLAN
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