The rationale for carrying out a National Ecosystems Assessment (NEA) is premised on the Decision
14/1 of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), which urged Parties and invited other national governments to undertake national assessments of biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services. Despite the commitment to sustainable growth, a fully integrated approach to conservation and development, and equitable distribution of benefits from environment and wildlife by 2016, management of the environment and conservation in Botswana is hampered by a lack of integration of knowledge and data on ecosystem and biological diversity, state, major drivers, ecosystems interdependency and linkages. While there is a measure of knowledge of some components, there
are major gaps in understanding the systems in a holistic way.
Botswana National Ecosystem Assessment Scoping Report
Year: 2023
