Please submit by the 5th of June your comments to the proposed NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION STRATEGY SOUTH AFRICA. Find below our guideline to easily submit. SUBMISSION GUIDELINE – To send by the 5th of June To The Director General Department of Environmental Affairs Attention: Mr Sibonelo Mbanjwa Private Bag X447 Pretoria 0001 South Africa Read More
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GUIDELINE FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: THE LAMLOCH “SCAMTUARY”
This is a guideline to submit Public Comments on the proposed development of a private owned multipurpose game farm / petting zoo, in the heart of a sensitive ecosystem outside Kleinmond, Western Cape, South Africa. One of the most recent rapid fires in the Overberg, which killed one person and injured three, early in January Read More
OBJECT TO NORMS FOR ELEPHANT MANAGEMENT – SOUTH AFRICA
Elephants breaking through a fenced barrier – Photo credit: Lauren Evans Any citizen in South Africa and abroad is allowed to submit a formal comment to the Draft Norms and Standards for the Management of Elephants. Any submission must be received by December the 2nd 2018 You can use our SAMPLE LETTER as a Read More
OBJECT TO OCEAN DRILLING IN SOUTH AFRICA
Source photo by IOL iol. co. za GUIDELINE FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION SOUTH AFRICAN OCEAN ESPLORATION AND DRILLING RE: OCEAN EXPLORATION AND DRILLING OFF THE EAST COAST OF SOUTH AFRICA, WITHIN BLOCK ER 236, AS PROPOSED BY THE ITALIAN PETROLEUM COMPANY ENI https://dc.sourceafrica.net/documents/118506-Eni-Final-Scoping-Report-08march2018.html Source photo by IOL iol. co. za The deadline to participate to Read More
PUBLIC COMMENT OPPOSING RHINO HORN TRADE
We inform the public of the deadline to submit public comments relating to the Regulations on domestic trade in Rhino Horn, on the 21st of October. See the LINK —————————————————————————— The Director-General, Department of Environmental Affairs. Attention: Ms Magdel Boshoff Deputy Director, Threatened or Protected Species Policy Development. Private Bag X447 Pretoria. Email: rhinohornregulations@environment.gov.za 16/10/2018 Re: Read More
“DRAFT MINING CHARTER 2018” by the 30th of August 2018. HERE IS A GUIDELINE.
TAKE PART IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS (PPP) AND FORMALLY OBJECT TO THE PROPOSED “DRAFT MINING CHARTER 2018” by the 30th of August 2018. HERE IS A GUIDELINE. A blue crane chick, South Africa’s emblematic bird, listed in the Vulnerable Species by the IUCN, wanders around in a threatened area. Photo credit: Environment.co.za 23.08.18 Read More
SOUTH AFRICA – DEA UNDER UNPRECEDENTED ATTACK AFTER THE HUNTING OF SKYE AND THE BONE QUOTA
SOUTH AFRICAN DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS (DEA), UNDER UNPRECEDENTED ATTACK, REFUSES A MEETING WITH 29 ORGANIZATIONS “SKYE the lion, this is how habituated to humans he was. – Photo credit by Charlie Lynam” The South African Department of Environmental Affairs is facing a barrage of bad press over the trophy hunting of an iconic pride Read More
THE EU PET LEGISLATION PROJECT
Specific European Legislation is necessary to prevent the malpractice of abusing, neglecting, abandoning, exploiting, torturing or killing companion, domestic or stray animals. Such malpractice is widespread across many European Member States while the whole issue is not covered by any EU legislation. Future 4 Wildlife, with the collaborations of many organizations, will deliver to the Read More
“DISABLE WOLFY” RUN OVER, PROBABLY ON PURPOSE, INSIDE A PROTECTED AREA NEAR ROME
Photo credit by: LIPU Castel di Guido The illegal killing of wolves in Italy continues. We believe that a lot of misinformation had been done in Italy also by media, blogs and certain press, which, to support the political vision of their readers, continue to release alarming news of wolf population being out of control and Read More
HOW DAY ZERO WILL AFFECT BIODIVERSITY
FOR BIODIVERSITY DAY ZERO IS ALREADY ON While the whole world is watching with both interest and concern the first big city to run out of water, Cape Town citizens and the whole Western Cape are hard at work to push the Day Zero further into the South African winter, when rain is expected. A Read More