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The National Norms and Standards for the Management of Elephants in South Africa

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BY DEREK ANDRE HANEKOM - ACTING MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS - 2 NOVEMBER 2018 - SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: BIODIVERSITY ACT, 2004 (ACT NO. 10 OF 2004)

THE NATIONAL NORMS AND STANDARDS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF ELEPHANTS IN SOUTH AFRICA

I, Derek Andre Hanekom, Minister of Environmental Affairs (Acting), hereby under section 9(1), read with section 100 of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004), give notice of my intention to repeal and replace the National Norms and Standards for the Management of Elephants in South Africa, 2008, published under Government Notice No. 251 in the Government Gazette No. 30833 of 29 February 2008, as set out in the Schedule hereto. For easy reference and for consultation purposes, the changes proposed to the existing Norms and Standards are indicated.

Members of the public are invited to submit to the Minister, within 30 days after the publication of the notice in the Gazette, written comments or inputs to the following address:

By post to:
The Director -General
Department of Environmental Affairs
Attention: Mr Khuthadzo Mahamba
Private Bag X447
PRETORIA
0001

By hand at: Environmental House, 473 Steve Biko Street, Arcadia, Pretoria, 0083.

By e-mail: elephantnorms@environment.gov.za

Any enquiries in connection with the notice can be directed to Mr Khuthadzo Mahamba at 012 399 8845.
Comment received after the closing date may not be considered.

DEREK ANDRE HANEKOM
MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS

Read full report in National Gazettes, No. 42015 of 02 November, 2018, 53 page(s), 74.7Mb


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