For instance, South Africa’s National Strategy for Sustainable Development and Action Plan (2011-14) highlights the importance of ecosystems and natural resources in sustainable development, setting out five strategic objectives, particular interventions and indicators w'ith the aim of integrating socioeconomic goals with ecological sustainability (DEA, 2011). The importance of biodiversity and ecosystems is also recognised in the sustainable development strategies of France and Australia. Priorities under this strategy include maintaining capacity of territories to provide and benefit from ecosystem services and developing a more resource-efficient new industrial and agricultural policy (MEDDE, 2015).