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Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
North West Department donation of high value species to private individuals: oversight responses
29 Nov 2016
The meeting had been convened because the Committee had found that the North West Parks Board (NWPB) had not followed due process in donating a large quantity of game to individuals in the North West Province. In addition, when the Committee had requested a report from the office of the ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Renewable Energy: Eskom and Minister of Environmental Affairs briefing
25 Oct 2016
The Portfolio Committee and Eskom expressed divergent views over South Africa’s future approach to power generation, with the utility arguing that renewable energy sources were too unreliable and costly to consider as an alternative to coal and nuclear, while the Department countered that issues such as pollution, the community’s health ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Paris COP21 Agreement: ratification
20 Oct 2016
A unanimous agreement was reached by the Committee to support the decision to ratify the Paris Agreement, which was a legal instrument that would guide the process for universal action on climate change and whose main objective was to keep the global temperature rise to well below 2 degrees Celsius. ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs on its 2015/16 Annual Report, with Minister and Deputy Minister in attendance
12 Oct 2016
The Departments of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs presented their 2015/16 annual reports to the Committee, which also heard progress reports on the implementation of the Integrated Urban Development Framework and the finalisation of transitional measures in newly-established municipalities. A status report on the application of Section 139 of the ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Department of Environmental Affairs, SANParks, iSimangaliso Authority on their 2015/16 Annual Reports; with Auditor-General & FFC input
11 Oct 2016
Annual Reports:
SA National Parks [100 MB][email info@pmg.org.za]
Isimangaliso Wetland Park Authority
Conservation had to benefit the communities that resided around South Africa’s national parks, such as the iSimangaliso Wetlank Park and the19 SANParks. This was once again the sentiment of the Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs when meeting with ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Industry Waste Plans: Department on rationale for granting extension and implications
15 Sep 2016
The Chairperson told Members that there seemed to have been a misunderstanding on the presentations to be given today but that the originally-planned briefing on the rationale behind the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) granting extensions for the submission of industry waste plans by waste generating companies would be held ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
COP21 Paris Climate Conference Agreement implementation: INDC climate response measures, adaptation and mitigation scenarios
14 Sep 2016
The Department of Environmental Affairs briefed the Committee on key outcomes of the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) held in Paris, France in 2015 and SA’s position heading into COP22 this year in Marrakesh, Morocco. The presentation looked at the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change COP21 and ...