NATURAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTING FOR BETTER POLICY
WAVES NCA Policy Forum 22-23 November 2016
Country presentation: Botswana Water management Presentation by: Ogopotse B Pule
Water Accounting Unit – Department of Water Affairs, Botswana
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BotswanaInstitutionalarrangementforNCA
Futureplans&Policyissues
Policyguidance
Challenges&lessons
BOTSWANAINSTITUTIONALARRANGEMENTFORNCA
• CoordinationbyNCAUnitintheMinistryofFinanceandDevelopmentPlanning
• ImplementationofNCAactivitiesiscarriedoutatsectorallevelbytheMinistriesof;• Minerals,EnergyandWaterResources,• Environment,WildlifeandTourism
• TheseMinistriesareresponsibleforcompilingnaturalcapitalaccountsforwater;minerals;energy;tourismandMacroeconomicIndicatorsofSustainableDevelopment.
• NCAUnitsinallimplementingsectors-responsiblefortheactualdevelopmentoftheaccounts.
• Multi-SectoralTechnicalWorkingGroups(TWGs)-assistintimelysupplyofrelevantdataandprovidetechnicalinputintheanalysisoftheresultsgeneratedbyvariouscomponentaccounts.
“MyministryisimplementingaprojectonWaterAccountingundertheWealthAccountingandValuationofEcosystemsServices(WAVES)partnershipprogram.Withpopulationgrowth,increasingdemandforwater,declineinavailablefreshwater,thereisaneedtoaccountforeverydropofwaterthatisavailableinthecountry.”TheHonourableMinisterofLandManagement,WaterandSanitationServices,Mr.PrinceMaeleMP,officiallyopeningthe17thWaterNet/WARFSA/GWP-SAsymposium,26thOctober2016
BOTSWANAINSTITUTIONALARRANGEMENTFORNCA
! Op#miza#onofagriculturedata:Irriga#onsurveysandbe:erlivestocknumbers,collabora#onwithBUANonirriga#ondata,assesscostsandbenefitsofexpandingirriga2on
! Explorepoten#alforinclusionofwildlifewateruse:waterandwildlifemanagement
! CasestudiesonhouseholdsnotconnectedtoWUC! Developmentofgroundwaterassetaccounts! Casestudyonaccoun#ngforclimatechangeandrain-fedagriculture(experimentalaccounts)
! WaterAccoun2ngUnittobetheDWAdatacentreforallwaterdataindicatorsandprovidelinkagetoSDGNo.6
! Planningthedevelopmentandmaintenanceofwatersupplyinfrastructure
Futureplans&Policyissues
Policyguidance
• “Themainobjec#veofthewateraccoun#ngprocessistogeneratemorecredibleinforma#ononnaturalcapitalforinformedplanningandpolicydecisionmaking.Theaccountsaredeemedtobeacri#caltooltoassistandguideinissuesofwateralloca#onefficiency,monitoringofcompliancetosafeyields,createlinkageswithsustainabledevelopmentgoalsandbe:erdecisionmaking.Thewateraccountsenableassessingwaterscarcity,tobe:erassesstheavailability,uses,andeconomiccontribu#onofwater.”DPS–DrOTObakeng,WaterNetSymposium,Oct2016
Challenges–lessonslearnt• Systematicsubmissionofdataisa
challenge• Sharingofinitialresultswithstakeholders
canimproveownership• Moretrainingandcapacitybuildingis
requiredtoexpandtheaccountsinthefutureandhavebetterunderstandingofpolicyandNCA.
• ClosercollaborationbetweenthedifferentaccountsshouldbepursuedtohaveacombinedNCAreportinthefuture
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