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South African environmental law describes the legal rules in South Africa relating to the social, economic, philosophical and jurisprudential issues raised by attempts to protect and conserve the environment in South Africa. South African environmental law encompasses natural resource conservation and utilization, as well as land-use planning ...
The National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998, abbreviated NEMA) is the statutory framework to enforce Section 24 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa. The NEMA is intended to promote co-operative governance and ensure that the rights of people are upheld, but also recognising the necessity of economic ...
Environmental issues in Southern Africa; Geography of South Africa#Environmental issues; Minister of Environmental Affairs – Cabinet position in South Africa. List of ministers of the environment#South Africa; South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) – Institution under the South African Department of Environmental Affairs
The first National Conference on Environment and Development in South Africa was held at the University of the Western Cape during June/July 1991. [1] It saw at least 231 representatives from a wide range of organisations discussing the links between environmental degradation and the political situation in Southern Africa.
SANBI was established on 1 September 2004 in terms of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, No 10 of 2004. [3] Previously, in 1989, the autonomous statutory National Botanical Institute (NBI) had been formed from the National Botanic Gardens and the Botanical Research Institute, which had been founded in the early 20th century to study and conserve the South African flora.
National Environmental Management Act, 1998 National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act 10 of 2004 Natural Justice: Lawyers for Communities and the Environment
Africa Institute of South Africa Act Repeal Act, 2013: 22: Banks Amendment Act, 2013: 23: Rates and Monetary Amounts and Amendment of Revenue Laws Act, 2013: 24: Merchant Shipping (International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund) Act, 2013: 25: Merchant Shipping (Civil Liability Convention) Act, 2013: 26: Employment Tax Incentive Act, 2013: 27
The Department of Environmental Affairs was a department of the South African government with responsibility for the environment. It was created in 2009 when the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism was split into two departments, and was replaced in 2019 by the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries which also incorporated the forestry and fisheries components from the ...