. The need for South Africa to integrate the principles of sustainable development into its national policies and programmes. . The international community should encourage action towards sustainable biodiversity management as a vehicle for sustainable development. In this regard, the commitments made by developed countries in the Copenhagen Accord of December 18, 2009 to provide resources amounting to USD 30 billion for the period 2010 - 2012 with balanced allocation between adaptation and mitigation should be concretized. . The additional commitment by developed countries which relates to the mobilization of USD 100 billion a year by 2020 to address the need of developing countries is an opportunity for South Africa to speed up the transformation of MDG 7.