Arid Zone Issues

NEW: Amended National Environmental Management Act (NEMA) EIA Regulations

The amended NEMA EIA Regulations were gazetted on Friday, 18 June 2010 and are listed under 'Environmental Impact Management' on the Department of Environmental Affairs website.

Further information can be found on the following page of the Centre for Environmental Rights website: http://cer.org.za/?p=759. According to the CER website, "The Department has also published Draft Implementation Guidelines that accompany the regulations (R.603 GG33308) for public comment within 30 days after 18 June 2010."

Additional information:

Department of Environmental Affairs »
Environmental Impact Management (DEA) »
Centre for Environmental Rights »

Draft National Strategy on Sustainable Development and Action Plan

The Department of Water and Environmental Affairs has published a Draft National Strategy on Sustainable Development and Action Plan (http://www.pmg.org.za/node/21731) that will operate between the years 2010 and 2014.

Comments can be emailed to Ms Dorah Nteo at dnteo@deat.gov.za by no later than 14 June 2010

Enquiries: Ms Dorah Nteo: 012 310 3813

The document is also available here: www.pmg.org.za/gazettes

Save the Flamingo Campaign: Kamfers Dam

Kamfers Dam, located just north of Kimberley, South Africa, is under threat from deteriorating water quality due to a badly managed sewerage works. This wetland is home to: the largest permanent population of Lesser Flamingos in southern Africa; the only Lesser Flamingo breeding site in South Africa; one of only four Lesser Flamingo breeding sites in Africa, and six in the world and a host of other endemic and threatened waterbirds. Kamfers Dam is also a South African Natural Heritage Site and an Important Bird Area.

Additional information:

Save the Flamingo website »

South Africa’s 2nd National Communication to the UNFCCC: A call for expressions of interest in making a scientific contribution

South Africa is committed to submitting its Second National Communication (SNC) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in partial fulfilment of its obligations under this Convention, by early 2011. A call for expressions of interest is hereby issued to interested and appropriately qualified individuals and research groups to participate in this project.

Additional information:

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