The MEC for the North West Department of Rural, Environment and Agricultural Development has, in terms of rule 188 of the North West Provincial Legislature Standing Rules, given notice of his intention to introduce the North West Biodiversity Bill, 2016 together with memorandum in the House.
The purpose of the Bill is to, inter alia, provide for the management and conservation of the North West Province's biophysical environment and protected areas within the framework of the NEMA; to provide for the protection of species and ecological systems that warrant provincial protection; and to provide for the sustainable use of indigenous biological resources.
