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Biodiversity & Conservation Framework

Data gathering, inventories,
analytical & technical support
SADC-GMI is working with the African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW) to
implement the AMCOW Pan-African Groundwater Program (APAGroP) and is Decision-making tools X
leading the Groundwater Governance Working Group to implement APAGroP.
knowledge-sharing and
exchange
SADC-GMI hosted project- based internships for young professionals from Data gathering, inventories,
member states. The projects were related to collecting and managing analytical & technical support
data, expanding the SADC Groundwater Information Portal, and Decision-making tools X
broadening the Groundwater Grey Literature Archive. The project has
helped strengthen SADC GMI’s institutional capacity by forging knowledge-sharing and
strategic partnerships with regional and international water institutions. exchange

Data gathering, inventories,
analytical & technical support

Decision-making tools
The SADC-GMI implemented five joint activities to advance knowledge on
transboundary and national groundwater. The institute contracted the knowledge-sharing and
Institutions International Water Management Institute (IWMI) to implement the exchange
Conjunctive Water Resources Management Research project on the X X
Shire River Basin. A Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis and Strategic Natural capital & provision of
Action Plan are under development for the Tuli-Karo, which includes work ecosystems services
on GDEs. Other preparation work is under way regarding the Eastern
Kalahari, Ramotwsa, and Strampriet TBAs. Improved ecosystem integrity,
species diversity & connectivity
Groundwater protection &
recharge
SADC-GMI produced Gap Analysis Reports for each member state,
guidelines for groundwater management, roadmaps for institutional Data gathering, inventories,
analytical & technical support
frameworks in Eswatini and Tanzania, and three strategic analyses to
support the evidence base for cooperation (an SADC Drought risk knowledge-sharing and X
assessment, a Big Data Transboundary Water Cooperation study, and an exchange
OKACOM Groundwater Assessment)
Data gathering, inventories,
SADC-GMI participated in eight regional or international research platforms analytical & technical support
where it disseminated research results pertaining to groundwater
management in SADC member states. knowledge-sharing and
exchange

Investments

Thematic Linkages Linkages
Area CIWA Activity Link - Biodiversity Action - Direct - Indirect

Data gathering, inventories,
analytical & technical support

Decision-making tools

Development of the Multi-Sector Investment Opportunities Analysis (MSIOA). knowledge-sharing and
The MSIOA is part of a systematic strategy by the Permanent Okavango River exchange
Basin Water Commission (OKACOM). The joint actions identified through the Natural capital & provision of
MSIOA inform the Sustainable and Equitable Climate Resilient Investment ecosystems services X X
Program and are structured around the following three key areas: climate-
resilient livelihoods enhancement, enhancing eco-tourism, and joint Improved ecosystem integrity,
Investments infrastructure development. species diversity & connectivity
Role of climate change
adaption in current freshwater
resource planning and
management

The Zambezi River Basin Development Project supported preparation for
infrastructure development, including detailed feasibility, environmental,
and social studies, and provided transaction advisory services for the Environmental, Social and X
Governance Safeguards
Batoka Gorge Hydroelectric Power Station, a 2,400 MW project on the
Zambezi River upstream of the Kariba Dam.

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