National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act
Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa
The act applies in the Prince Edward Islands, and to the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf of the Republic; It equally binds all organs of state, and is to be read alongside the principles enshrined in the biodiversity act, and the national environmental management act of 1998. The objectives of the act include; provision for the declaration and management of protected areas, to manage and conserve the biodiversity of the Republic, and to provide for continued existence of national parks in South Africa.
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National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act Current Version
January 2022
The act applies in the Prince Edward Islands, and to the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf of the Republic; It equally binds all organs of state, and is to be read alongside the principles enshrined in the biodiversity act, and the national environmental management act of 1998. The objectives of the act include; provision for the declaration and management of protected areas, to manage and conserve the biodiversity of the Republic, and to provide for continued existence of national parks in South Africa.
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