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National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Amendment Bill, 2013

Posted 21 February 2014

The Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs has published her intention to shortly introduce the National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Amendment Bill, 2013 in Parliament. The Bill intends to incorporate the management of marine protected areas into the National Environmental Management Protected Areas Act, and repeal the relevant provisions from the Marine Living Resources Act 18 of 1998