351 Results Found

Declaration of Greenhouse Gases as Priority Pollutants

Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa

The declaration operates under the 2014 air quality act. The greenhouse gases declared as priority pollutants are outlined; and it is mandated that people carrying out activities specified in the annexure should prepare pollution prevention plans for approval.

South Africa 2017 Environment and Climate Change

Regulations for the Management of the Uthukela Marine Protected Area

Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa

The Uthukela marine protected area contains two inshore restricted zones, two inshore controlled zones, one offshore controlled-pelagic linefish zone, three offshore controlled zones, and one offshore restricted zones; which are all determined using the World Geodetic System (WGS) of 1984. The regulations stipulate that no scientific research within the protected area shall be carried out except with a research permit issued by the Minister. It lists out the general restrictions within the protected area.

South Africa 2019 Environment and Climate Change

Notice Declaring the Uthukela Marine Protected Area

Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa

The notice declares the Uthukela marine protected area under Section 22a of the national environmental management: protected areas act of 2003 marine living resources act of 1998. The boundaries of the marine protected areas are specified.

South Africa 2019 Environment and Climate Change

Regulations for the Management of the Browns Bank Corals Marine Protected Area

Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa

The entire Browns Bank Corals marine protected area is zoned as a controlled zone with three offshore areas which are all determined using the World Geodetic System (WGS) of 1984. The regulations stipulate that no scientific research within the protected area shall be carried out except with a research permit issued by the Minister. It lists out the general restrictions within the protected area.

South Africa 2019 Environment and Climate Change

Regulations Relating to the Procedure to be Followed and Criteria to be Considered When Determining Appropriate Fines

Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa

The regulations provide for the procedure to be followed and criteria to be considered in the determination of a fine pursuant to an application submitted in terms of section 24g of the national environmental management act of 1998. It empowers competent authorities to establish fine committees to consider applications.

South Africa 2017 Environment and Climate Change

Standard and Associated Excluded Activities for the Implementation of the Gauteng Provincial Environmental Management Framework

Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa

The standards specified in the schedules of the notice pushes to ensure sustainable development within the Gauteng province, compliance to management measures and the principles of the national environmental management act of 1998. The provisions of the standard applies to activities excluded from acquiring an environmental authorisation, when undertaken within Zone 1 or Zone 5 of the Gauteng Province.

South Africa 2018 Environment and Climate Change

National Norms and Standards for the Management of Elephants in South Africa

Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa

The purpose of the management standards is to set national norms to guide the management of elephants in ways that ensure their longevity in ethical and humane means, with the sustainable utilization of their products. The norms and standards also sets out a uniform way of management across the Republic, in line with international standards, agreements, and obligations.

South Africa 2008 Environment and Climate Change

Declaration of the Prince Edward Islands Marine Protected Area

Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa

The Minister declares the area specified in the schedule a marine protected area, with an highlight of boundaries and exact geographic coordinates.

South Africa 2013 Environment and Climate Change

National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Amendment Act

Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa

This serves as an amendment to the national environmental management: protected areas act of 2003. It makes provisions to authorise the declaration of marine protected areas and their subsequent management, and to effect textual corrections.

South Africa 2014 Environment and Climate Change

Regulations for the Management of the Port Elizabeth Corals Marine Protected Area

Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa

The entire Port Elizabeth Corals marine protected area is zoned as a single restricted zone, which is determined using the World Geodetic System (WGS) of 1984. The regulations stipulate that no scientific research within the protected area shall be carried out except with a research permit issued by the Minister. It lists out the general restrictions within the protected area.

South Africa 2019 Environment and Climate Change

Regulations for the Management of the Protea Marine Protected Area

Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa

The Protea marine protected area contains one offshore controlled zone, one offshore controlled-pelagic linefish zone, and one offshore restricted zone; which are all determined using the World Geodetic System (WGS) of 1984. The regulations stipulate that no scientific research within the protected area shall be carried out except with a research permit issued by the Minister. It lists out the general restrictions within the protected area. A fish list pertaining to the controlled-pelagic linefish zone is attached in the annexures of the regulations.

South Africa 2019 Environment and Climate Change

Identification of Activities which may have Detrimental Effect on Environment: Outeniqua Sensitive Coastal Area Extension.

Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa

The notice is made under the environment conservation act of 1989. It identifies the activities that poses substantial detrimental effect on the environment in the specific coastal area under review, and for which maps are provided in the schedules of the notice.

South Africa 1998 Environment and Climate Change

National Environmental Management Act: Amendments

Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa

The notice amends schedules one and two of the act as it relates to specifying the national departments exercising functions that may affect the environment, and those carrying out activities that involve the management of the environment.

South Africa 2014 Environment and Climate Change

Biodiversity Act: Policy on White Shark Cage Diving

Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa

The policy should be read with the White Shark Cage Diving (WSCD) guidelines; the threatened or protected marine species regulations of 2017. It hopes to guide the processing and decision making on permit allocations for the WSCD, improve existing frameworks through effective impact monitoring and assessment, and set out procedures and criterias guiding the rational process of permit allocations. The need to manage the WSCD industry, based on sound scientific and financial sustainability, stems from the status of the great white sharks as “vulnerable to extinction in the wild”.

South Africa 2017 Environment and Climate Change

National Environmental Management Act: Procedures for Assessment and Minimum Criteria for Reporting on Identified Environmental Themes when Applying for Environmental Authorisation

Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa

“The notice serves as the minister’s prescription for the general requirements for undertaking site sensitivity verification, and for protocols for the assessment and minimum report content requirements of environmental impacts for environmental themes for activities requiring environmental authorisation”. Protocols apply to respective environmental theme within their scopes, while multiple themes may apply to single applications for environmental authorisation.

South Africa 2020 Environment and Climate Change

Regulations for the Management of the Aliwal Shoal Marine Protected Area

Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa

The entire Aliwa Shoal marine protected area contains two inshore restricted zones, two inshore controlled zones, one offshore controlled-pelagic linefish zone, two offshore controlled zones, and four offshore restricted zones; which are all determined using the World Geodetic System (WGS) of 1984. The regulations stipulate that no scientific research within the protected area shall be carried out except with a research permit issued by the Minister. It lists out the general restrictions within the protected area.

South Africa 2019 Environment and Climate Change

Regulations for the Management of the Cape Canyon Marine Protected Area

Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa

The entire Aliwa Shoal marine protected area is zoned as a single restricted zone, which is determined using the World Geodetic System (WGS) of 1984. The regulations stipulate that no scientific research within the protected area shall be carried out except with a research permit issued by the Minister. It lists out the general restrictions within the protected area.

South Africa 2019 Environment and Climate Change

Listing Notice 2: List of Activities and Competent Authorities

Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa

This represents the listing notice on activities and competent authorities identified in sections 24 of the national environmental management act of 1998. It specifies activities that require environmental authorisation for implementation and the competent authorities saddled with the responsibility.

South Africa 2014 Environment and Climate Change

Regulations for the Management of the Orange Shelf Edge Marine Protected Area

Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa

The regulations zone the entire Orange Shelf Edge Marine Protected Area as Sanctuary area with two areas determined by using the World Geodetic System of 1984 (WGS 84). The regulations are made under the national environmental management: protected areas act of 2003. “No person may undertake any scientific research within the Marine Protected Area, except on the authority of a scientific research permit issued by the Minister”. The general restrictions within the marine protected area are listed out in the schedules.

South Africa 2019 Environment and Climate Change