Subnational Water-Biodiversity Nexus Model (Four South African Provinces)
Development of a subnational system dynamics model of the water-biodiversity nexus across four South African provinces.
The challenge
Water resources and biodiversity are closely interdependent, and managing that relationship at a subnational level requires tools that can represent how the two systems influence one another across different provincial contexts. A modelling approach was needed to support this understanding.
Our approach
As Research Consultant, Dr Benjamin Batinge worked with two modellers to build a subnational system dynamics model of the water-biodiversity nexus across Limpopo, the Western Cape, the Eastern Cape and the Northern Cape.
Outcomes
The collaboration produced a subnational system dynamics model of the water-biodiversity nexus spanning four South African provinces, providing a tool to explore the interactions between water resources and biodiversity.
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