With regard to Programme 5, the Portfolio Committee noted the Key Performance Indicators and targets set for Programme 5 in the Department's 2013-2014 Strategic Plan and APP and those set for Isimangaliso, SANBI and SANParks in theirs; and noted that the Key Performance Indicators of the above entities are aligned with those of the Department in Programmes 3, 5 and 6; and that the conservation and biodiversity mandates are interlinked and interdependent.