Service Contract No 2007 / 147-446 Strategic ... - Swaziland

6 INDICATORS6.1 Analysis of NAS indicatorsThis section analyses the NAS indicators from an environmental point of view. The purposeof this analysis is to ensure that the proposed indicators are not linked to negativeenvironmental effects (i.e. that pursuing a sectoral indicator may imply adverse indirecteffects on the environment). The NAS document itself does not offer any indicators; thisanalysis is based on the indicators proposed for the revised Logical Framework.For the purposes of this analysis, a series of “StrEA Objectives” are defined, reflecting theobjectives that are pursued through the recommendations, and which are targeted toaddress the key aspects identified. The StrEA objectives used here for analytical purposesare as follows:Objective 1a: Water balance in Swaziland’s rivers is constantly positive and sufficient tocater for environmental services, international commitments with RSA andMozambique, and agricultural, industrial and domestic water demand.Objective 1b: Water balance in Swaziland’s rivers will remain positive in the future to caterfor water needs, taking into account the effects of climate change.Objective 2:Objective 3:Objective 4:Small- and medium-cane growers maintain viable and profitable businesses.Biodiversity is not compromised by sugar cane expansion.HIV/AIDS associated to workers in the sugar sector is controlled andprevalence eventually reduced.Objective 5a: The area under sugar cane burning is reduced.Objective 5b: Cane cutters maintain or increase their income when engaged in GCH.Objective 6a: Reliable information is regularly generated on the contribution of sugar canefarming to water pollution.Objective 6b: The contribution of sugar cane farming to water pollution is not increased.Objective 7:Objective 8:Reliable information is regularly generated on the contribution of sugar milleffluent discharges to water pollution.Reliable information is regularly generated on air pollution from sugar millatmospheric emissions.As can be seen in Figure 27 below, many of the proposed indicators are actually positivelycorrelated to environmental objectives promoted by the StrEA. Nevertheless, there are someindicators which are negatively correlated; this does not mean that they should not be usedas indicators, but rather that care should be taken to ensure no significant impacts takeplace.RDMU (Strategic Environmental Assessment of the National Adaptation Strategy) - Page 102