NEMA
National Environmental Management Act (NEMA) is a progressive environmental management legislation in South Africa and globally. It has provided the framework for decision-making for individuals, institutions, and government.
National
Environmental Management Act
Act No. 107,
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"To provide for co-operative environmental governance by
establishing principles for decision-making on matters affecting the
environment, institutions that will promote co-operative governance and
procedures for co-ordinating environmental functions exercised by organs of
state; and to provide for matters connected therewith."
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View Act
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The NEMA defines the environment as the surroundings in which humans exist
and includes the land, water and atmosphere. In addition, it includes the
interrelationships, combinations, properties and conditions of all organisms
that exist within the surroundings. This extremely broad definition of the
environment ties into the concept of integrated environmental management, which
the NEMA promotes. The NEMA is not able to specify how each component of the
environment is legislated, as such, a significant amount of environmental
legislation stems from the NEMA
Listing
Notices
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Amendment of EIA
Listing Notice 1 of 2014 |
Amendment of EIA
Listing Notice 2 of 2014 |
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"The purpose of this Notice is to identify activities that would
require environmental authorisations prior to commencement of that activity
and to identify competent authorities in terms of sections 24(2) and 24D of
the Act." |
"The purpose of this Notice is to identify activities that would
require an environmental authorisation prior to the commencement of that
activity and to identify competent authorities in terms of section 24(2) and
24D of this Act." |
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EIA Listing Notice 1 (PDF)
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EIA Listing Notice 2 (PDF)
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Amendment of EIA
Listing Notice 3 of 2014 |
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"The purpose of this Notice is to list activities and identify competent
authorities under sections 24(2), 24(5) and 24D of the Act, where
environmental authorisation is required prior to commencement of that
activity in specific identified geographical areas only." |
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EIA Listing Notice 3 (PDF)
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Regulations
Regulations
relating to the procedure to be followed when
Oral Requests are made in terms of Section 30A
10 April
2015 |
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"The competent authority may direct a person to carry out a listed or
specified activity, without obtaining an environmental authorisation to
prevent or contain an emergency situation or to mitigate the effects of the
emergency situation."
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View Regulation
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Additional
Information
Other NEMA related Acts
NEMA: Biodiversity Act
NEMA: Protected Areas Act