LTAS Programme Factsheet: Biodiversity

The Climate and Impacts Factsheet Series has been developed to communicate key messages emerging from LTAS Phase 1, and to complement the LTAS Phase 1 technical reports and the summary for policy-makers. This factsheet has been developed specifically to provide policy and decision-makers, researchers, practitioners and civil society with up-to-date information on climate change impacts, adaptation responses and future research needs for the biodiversity sector in South Africa. The information builds on past and current research, including impact modelling for South African biomes and indicator species, as well as the National Biodiversity Framework, the National Protected Area Expansion Strategy and additional work under the Biome Adaptation Framework project, which is currently preparing to develop biome adaptation plans. For further details see the LTAS Phase 1 full technical report Vulnerability Assessment: Climate Change Impacts on South African Biomes.