The Minister of Environmental Affairs has, in terms of section 9(1)(a) read with section 100 of the NEM:BA, given notice of her intention to issue norms and standards for the management of damage-causing animals in South Africa. The purpose of these norms and standards is to provide, inter alia, for a uniform approach to the application of management interventions relating to damage-causing animals, in order to prevent or minimize damage to live stock or wild animals; cultivated trees, crops or other property; and to prevent imminent threat to human life, with the minimum adverse effect to the damage-causing animal.
Members of the public are invited to submit written comments within 30 days after the publication of this notice (i.e. on or before 29 September 2016).
