News Flash No. 07/2016
NORMS AND STANDARDS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF PROTECTED AREAS IN SOUTH AFRICA
 

MacRobert wishes to draw your attention to the following important notice published
Thursday, 31 March 2016
 

Notice 382
Gazette 39878
Date 31 March 2016

The Minister of Environmental Affairs has issued norms and standards for the management of protected areas in South Africa in terms of section 11 of the NEM:PAA.

The purpose of the Norms and Standards is to, inter alia, ensure that human induced disturbances originating outside or within protected areas is avoided and so as to provide a “goal for protected area management authorities to strive for in managing their protected areas”. The Norms and Standards include provisions pertaining to, inter alia,-
  • Verifying the importance of the protected area to the South African system of protected areas;
  • Demarcating the boundary of a protected area;
  • Promoting positive involvement of the protected area management in planning outside the protected area which may affect its integrity; and
  • Ensuring that each protected area has an effective performance evaluation system in place.
For any queries please contact our environmental and mining law division at the details below:

Kenneth Cameron
(012) 425 3514
kcameron@macrobert.co.za

Caroline Pepermans
(012) 425 3522
cpepermans@macrobert.co.za

Patricia Muthelo
(012) 425 3435
pmuthelo@macrobert.co.za