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Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
North West donation of high value game to private individuals: Committee recommendations
24 Apr 2018
The meeting discussed the donation of high value species to private individuals by the North West Provincial Department of Rural, Environmental and Agricultural Development, Committee members. In the meeting, the Chairperson restated the recommendations of the Committee. At the crux of what the Committee is recommending to be adopted by ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
SA Weather Services Board performance & interface with senior management
18 Apr 2018
The briefing by the South African Weather Services Board was postponed to a later date. The following reasons were furnished. Among others, it was conclude that the board members were given sufficient notice to attend. It was also concluded that, if the meeting were to go ahead, it would not ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Waste Management of Tyres; Waste Management Bureau: legal opinion; SAN Parks Annual Performance Plan
17 Apr 2018
SANParks told the Committee that its board wanted to ensure that there was a balancing act between a constrained economic environment, where the government grant was declining quite substantially, and carrying out its conservation mandate as effectively as possible while having to generate sufficient revenue in order to carry out ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Isimangaliso Wetland Park Authority & SANBI 2018/19 Annual Performance Plans
28 Mar 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs received presentations from the Isimangaliso Wetland Park Authority and the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) on their annual performance plans (APPs) for 2018/19.
Isimangaliso’s key targets included increasing the number of environmental monitors from 28 to 120, conducting six new environmental audits, increasing ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Department of Environmental Affairs Annual Report, National Treasury & AGSA input; DEA 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan; with Minister
27 Mar 2018
The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) told the Committee it intended to contribute to the priorities outlined in the State of the Nation Address (SONA), such as job creation, with a special focus on young people, education, socio-economic transformation involving small businesses, cooperatives and township enterprises, and good governance. It ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Marine Spatial Planning Bill; SA Weather Service Annual Performance Plan & response to anonymous tip-off
20 Mar 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs received three briefings on 20 March 2018. In the first briefing, the Portfolio Committee dealt with Amendments to the Marine Spatial Planning Bill. The Bill had been referred back to the Committee by Parliament. The Minister of Environmental Affairs had requested the Committee to ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Biodiversity Colloquium; with Minister
27 Feb 2018
The Chairperson said the rationale for this colloquium was to home in on the value of a segment of South Africa’s wildlife economy. The theme was structured to address both consumptive and non-consumptive uses of wildlife against the background of existing government policy and legislative frameworks.
The Department of Environmental ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Annual Report late tabling; UNFCCC COP 23 conference; SADC Protocol on Environmental Management for Sustainable Development
20 Feb 2018
The Department of Environmental Affairs presented a report on the outcomes of the 23rd session of the conference of the parties to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (COP23), held from 6 to 17 November 2017 in Bonn, Germany, and the significance of developments in the negotiations for South ...
Finance Standing Committee
Carbon Tax Draft Bill: National Treasury briefing
13 Feb 2018
The briefing by National Treasury on the draft Carbon Tax Bill consisted of two presentations. The first presentation clarified South Africa’s Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission reduction system, while the second detailed South Africa’s Draft Carbon Tax Bill, 2017.
In 2015, Cabinet had approved South Africa’s climate change mitigation system framework. ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Minimum Emission Standards: compliance roadmap with Industry + NGOs inputs; DEA offsets programmes; Marion Island challenges
6 Feb 2018
The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) briefed the Portfolio Committee on environmental Affairs Committee on the research work at Marion Island and associated challenges; as well as on the on the postponement of compliance with Minimum Emission Standards (MES) of National Environmental Management Air Quality Act. In addition, Eskom and ...