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ACT NO. 57 0F 2003: NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: PROTECTED AREAS ACT

Posted 11 August 2014

The Minister of Environmental Affairs, hereby gives notice of the intention to prescribe norms and standards for the management of protected areas in South Africa under Section 11(1) of the NEMPAA, as set out in the Schedule to this notice.

Members of the public were invited to submit to the Minister, within 30 days after the publication of the draft norms and standards in the Gazette, written comments or inputs in respect of such norms and standards for the management of protected areas in South Africa, which comment period closed on 6 August 2014.