Okavango Delta Management Plan - Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
Okavango Delta Management Plan - Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
Okavango Delta Management Plan - Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
this, but sectors should c<strong>on</strong>tinue to budget annually for training and capacity building<br />
programmes which are relevant for the advancement of their ODMP implementati<strong>on</strong><br />
programme.<br />
Regi<strong>on</strong>al or basin-wide collaborati<strong>on</strong> is inevitable. Persuasi<strong>on</strong> and c<strong>on</strong>structive negotiati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
should be pursued through existing mechanisms such as the OKACOM. Botswana stands<br />
to strengthen its negotiati<strong>on</strong> power if its positi<strong>on</strong>s are based <strong>on</strong> informati<strong>on</strong> that is<br />
emperical. Mechanisms for c<strong>on</strong>tinued updating at the regi<strong>on</strong>al platforms such as the ODMP<br />
Communicati<strong>on</strong> Strategy are encouraged. Partnership building with and participati<strong>on</strong> in<br />
regi<strong>on</strong>al programmes and projects should be encouraged to push the basin-wide interests<br />
of the ODMP forward and therefore solicit buy-in from basin-states.<br />
Recommendati<strong>on</strong>s from key ODMP studies should be tabled for c<strong>on</strong>siderati<strong>on</strong> at<br />
appropriate levels and implemented. Through the ODMP m<strong>on</strong>itoring and evaluati<strong>on</strong> tool the<br />
impact of the implemented results should be noted and negative <strong>on</strong>es avoided while positive<br />
<strong>on</strong>es should be adopted and replicated in other parts of the <str<strong>on</strong>g>Delta</str<strong>on</strong>g>.<br />
Implementati<strong>on</strong> of pilot projects, identificati<strong>on</strong> of best practices, infusi<strong>on</strong> of traditi<strong>on</strong>al<br />
knowledge and enhancement of livelihood are key elements that can enrich the impact of<br />
the plan. These elements will c<strong>on</strong>stitute a substantial part of the workplan under the<br />
communicati<strong>on</strong> comp<strong>on</strong>ent. Less<strong>on</strong>s derived from these processes will inform management<br />
opti<strong>on</strong>s and practices and can be shared locally, regi<strong>on</strong>ally (within the basin) and<br />
internati<strong>on</strong>ally.<br />
Resource allocati<strong>on</strong> commitments for integrated wetland management planning should<br />
c<strong>on</strong>sider the dynamism of the processes adopted to service the needs which may be<br />
adequately articulated in project documents but assume a highly varied form when actually<br />
implemented. The finances, instituti<strong>on</strong>al arrangements, ecosystem dynamics, and sociopolitical<br />
c<strong>on</strong>texts within an integrated planning framework present a complex situati<strong>on</strong><br />
where adjustments should happen as implementati<strong>on</strong> evolves.<br />
xxiv