. Improve conservation and biodiversity through the safeguarding of ecosystems, species, genetic diversity and the minimising of threats to ecological sustainability, by increasing the percentage of land under conservation from 7.7 per cent in 2012/13 to 8.5 per cent in 2015/16. . Ensure the sustainability of ecosystems by regulating and promoting the use of biological resources, species and genes, by implementing 1 new sustainable natural resource based project per year over the MTEF period. . Promote and enhance livelihoods through access to, and fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of biological resources, by developing a draft system for transformation of the biodiversity sector by 2015/16.