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Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Plastics environmental impact & possible ban; Minamata Convention on Mercury
15 Aug 2018
The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) and the Water Research Council briefed the Committee on the impact of plastic bags in the environment, the policy approaches towards the management of plastic, the research work done and the recommendations on how to deal with the situation.
Global plastic use was increasing ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Rhino Poaching; Marion Island challenges
14 Aug 2018
There were three presentations to the Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs. The first presentation was by a panel of experts on Rhino poaching in South Africa. Rhino conservation, Dr George Hughes commented, is not nature conservation today, but an economic one. When the first major poaching effort began, it was ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
NEMLA Bill B14-2017: adoption; SA Weather Services Board performance & interface with senior management
19 Jun 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs received a briefing from the Department of Environmental Affairs, on the final version of the proposed amendments to the NEMLA (National Environmental Management Laws Amendment) Bill. The purpose of the briefing was to ensure all the amendments had been captured accurately and to have the ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
NEMLA Bill: deliberations; Minamata Convention on Mercury
12 Jun 2018
The Portfolio Committee received a clause-by-clause briefing from the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) on the proposed amendments to the National Environmental Management Laws Amendment (NEMLA) Bill. There were also discussions on the Amendment List (A-list) document, the well-being of wild animals, and South Africa’s ratification of the MINAMATA Convention ...
Finance Standing Committee
Carbon Tax Bill: Treasury response to submissions
7 Jun 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs and the Standing Committee on Finance received a briefing from the National Treasury on its responses to the various comments from various stakeholders on the draft Carbon Tax Bill 2017. In addition, a number of the stakeholders, including a university professor, a non-governmental organisation ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Environmental Programmes & Socio-Economic Benefits: Colloquium
6 Jun 2018
The Colloquium was another instalment in a series of dialogues that the Committee has initiated to provide a national platform for engagements on key issues in the environmental space. This Colloquium spotlighted one of the biggest programmes in the DEA, responsible for job creation and poverty alleviation, which is the ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
NEMLA Bill: deliberations
5 Jun 2018
The Committee received a briefing from the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) on the proposed amendments to the National Environmental Management Laws Amendment (NEMLA) Bill.
The purpose of the Bill was to amend certain provisions under the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA), taking into account related legislation dealing with protected ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
NEMLA Amendment Bill: Department response to submissions; SANParks; SAWS; Isimangaliso Quarter 3 & 4 performance
30 May 2018
The Portfolio Committee was briefed by the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) on the feedback from the stakeholder engagements regarding the National Environmental Management Laws Amendment (NEMLA) Bill. It also received quarterly performance reports from its entities, the Isimangaliso Wetland Park Authority, SANParks and the South African Weather Service (SAWS) ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
NEMLA Bill: Department response to public submissions
15 May 2018
The meeting to consider the written responses by the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) to proposals submitted by stakeholders affected by the National Environmental Management Laws Amendment (NEMLA) Bill, was divided into two parts.
In part one, the Portfolio Committee and the DEA were briefed by state law advisors as ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Environmental Affairs Budget: Committee Report
10 May 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs met for the adoption of the Environmental Affairs Budget Vote No. 27 Report, 2018.
After making some inputs to the report the Committee adopted the report with amendments.