South Africa - 2017 - Environment and Climate Change

Norms and Standards for the Inclusion of Private Nature Reserves in the Register of Protected Areas of South Africa

Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa

The norms and standards apply to lands regarded as nature reserves, and private lands declared as nature reserves. The guiding principles for the norms and standards include; preserving the ecological integrity of protected areas, preserving the nation’s biodiversity, protecting South Africa’s threatened species, providing for the sustainable use of natural and biological resources, and managing the relationship between environmental biodiversity, human settlement, and economic development.

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January 2022

The norms and standards apply to lands regarded as nature reserves, and private lands declared as nature reserves. The guiding principles for the norms and standards include; preserving the ecological integrity of protected areas, preserving the nation’s biodiversity, protecting South Africa’s threatened species, providing for the sustainable use of natural and biological resources, and managing the relationship between environmental biodiversity, human settlement, and economic development.

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