Botswana Ecosystem Accounting - - Final Scoping Report

A key consideration in the establishment of the accounts is that the supply of thematic information to the Ecosystem account, and the possibility to have access to information stored in the Ecosystem accounts, needs to be negotiated between the different ministries and agencies involved. [...] The amount of work required for developing an ecosystem account is determined by three factors: (i) the size of the area; (ii) the variability of the area (in time and in space); and (iii) the resolution of the analysis. [...] In Botswana, the individual ecosystems generally cover large areas, in particular in the West, North and Central parts of the country (in the east and southeast the ecosystems are more patchy related to the more frequent occurrence of croplands and the concentration of people in this area). [...] The aim of the ecosystem account is to analyse the contribution of the ecosystem to the livestock sector, in particular the supply of animal feed. [...] There is a clear need expressed by the stakeholders for capacity building in the field of ecosystem accounting including the spatial modelling part, the valuation, and the linking of the accounts to the national accounts.