Biodiversity Management Plan for Vultures
STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY, FISHERIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT Read the draft paper here on the SA Hunters website BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR VULTURES PUBLISHED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT 12 DECEMBER 2022 Comment has been invited by the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Ms Barbara Creecy, on the Draft Multi-species Biodiversity Management […]
Publication of draft revised White Paper for comment Gazette No 47378 of 28 October 2022
Die Minister van departement van bosbou, visserye en die omgewing het ‘n nuwe, gewysigde konsepwitskrif oor bewaring en volhoubare benutting van biodiversiteit in SA gepubliseer vir kommentaar teen 11 November. SA Jagters het kommentaar op die eerste konsepwitskrif gelewer en het verskeie uitdagings in die dokument uitgelig. Ons is veral bekommerd oor die definisies van […]
National Conservation Legislation Documents
National Conservation Legislation Documents Filename Size TOPS Media statement 5 April 2023 50 KB A – Gazette Notice Draft White Paper 08 July 2022 4.06 MB A – Media Statement by Minister Cabinet approves publication of draft White Paper on Conservation and Sustainable Use 27 June 2022 92.94 KB AIS Regulations 25 September 2020 (for […]
Draft White Paper for Conservation and Sustainable Use of SA’s Biodiversity
SA Jagters versoek lede om kommentaar te lewer op die konsepwitskrif vir bewaring en volhoubare benutting van SA se wildlewe. Die konsepwitskrif bevat die aanbevelings van die High Level Panel of Experts (HLP) wat in 2019 aangestel is om huidige beleid, wetgewing en praktyke te hersien ten opsigte van die bestuur, teel, handel en hantering […]
SA Hunters concerned about new regulations that allow cross-breeding of wildlife
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) recently added twelve wildlife species to the list of tame and domesticated animals regulated under its Animal Improvement Act (No. 62 of 1998). This amendment will allow genetic manipulation and cross-breeding of wildlife in the same way that cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, horses and poultry are bred […]
Request for submission – Environmental Management Bill 2020
National Forests Amendment Bill and National Environmental Management Laws Amendment Bill Filename Size 1st Presentation of NCOP on National Forests Amendment Bill B11 -2016 1.22 MB 2nd presentation National Environmental Laws Amendment Bill 05 August 2020 273.3 KB B11B-2016 (National Forests) BILL 1 375.91 KB B14D-2017 (National Environmental Management Laws) 1.76 MB Request Submissions- Wildlife […]