ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: SIX NATIONAL PARKS TO BE EXTENDED?

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: SIX NATIONAL PARKS TO BE EXTENDED?

• 21 February 2025
• Environmental Law
• SA Legal Academy

Please note: 1) On 28 February 2025, the department gazetted a notice calling for input by 29 April 2025 on proposals for extending the Western Cape’s Agulhas National Park; 2) On 7 March 2025, the department gazetted a notice on proposals for extending the Western Cape’s Karoo National Park, with 6 May 2025 as the deadline for input.

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries & the Environment has called for input by 22 April 2025 on proposals for extending the following protected areas:

• Mountain Zebra National Park (Eastern Cape) (Government Gazette notice)
• Tankwa Karoo National Park (Western Cape) (Government Gazette notice) 
• Tankwa Karoo National Park (Northern Cape) (Government Gazette notice), and
• Namaqua National Park (Northern Cape) (Government Gazette notice).

The extensions envisaged are proposed under the 2003 National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act.

Published by SA Legal Academy Policy Watch

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