Africa Wild

GOAL 3: Discourage development in areas in which biodiversity and ecological function· would be adversely affected.
STRATEGY
Development outside a national park, and in its buffer zone, depending on its type may be controlled at any one of the three spheres of government. All development in the buffer zone which may have a negative impact on the national park will be strictly controlled. Development which may have a negative impact or effect on a national park include—
 Mining;
 Urban development;
 Industrial development;
 Large scale resort or housing estate development;
 Transport infrastructure development;Page 14 of 20
 Water resource development;
 Agricultural development;
 Forestry development; among others.

National park buffer zones, defined in the park management plans, will be considered special areas in terms of section 24(2)(b) of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998) (NEMA). All development in the buffer zone requiring an environmental authorisation in terms of the NEMA, will be subject to an environmental impact assessment process at national level.

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NOTICE 528 OF 2014

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: PROTECTED AREAS ACT, 203 (ACT NO. 57 OF 203)
NORMS AND STANDARDS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF PROTECTED AREAS IN SOUTH AFRICA

I, Bomo Edith Edna Molewa, Minister of Environmental Affairs, hereby give notice of my intention to prescribe norms and standards for the management of protected areas in South Africa under Section 1(1) of the National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act, 203 (Act No. 57 of 203), set out in the Schedule hereto.
Members of the public are invited to submit to the Minister, within 30 days after the publication of the draft norms and standards in the Gazette, written comments or inputs

9. Planing outside the boundary to secure the protected area

Purpose
The purpose for this norm and its standards is to [promote and or ensure] the positve involvement of the protected area management in planning outside the protected area which may affect its integrity.

Application
This standard applies to al protected areas declared in terms of sections 18 (special nature reserve), 20 (national park), 23 (nature reserve) and 28 (protected environment) of the Act, as well as their buffer zones.

9.1 Norm
A protected area has a determined buffer zone and is involved with planning outside planning structures to ensure integrity of the protected area.

a) Standard
An appropriate buffer zone for the protected area has been established.

Indicators
- The protected area has identified a buffer zone in its management plan;
- The protected area has mechanisms to facilitate the implementation of the buffer zone;
- The protected area management has proactively sought to encourage neighbours to introduce conservation-friendly land uses to enhance buffering of the protected area;
- A policy for controlling activities in the buffer zone has been developed and is implemented.

b) Standard
A protected area is integrated into land-use planning outside of the protected area.

Indicators
- Management authorites play an active role in land use planning affecting the protected area.
- The land-use planning takes cognisance of the protected area and the achievement of protected area management objectives.

c) Standard
Water-use planning outside takes into account he objectives of the protected area.

Indicators
- Management authorities play an active role in water use planning affecting the protected area.
- The water-use planning takes cognisance of the protected area and the achievement of protected area management objectives.

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