PROGRAMME 2: ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY & PROTECTION

PURPOSE OF PROGRAMME

TO PROTECT AND IMPROVE THE

QUALITY AND SAFETY OF THE

ENVIRONMENT

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ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2005/6

· Environmental compliance and enforcement capacity enhanced nationally through recruitment, training and deployment of 700 environmental management inspectors and sensitizing the judiciary to environmental issues through training prosecutors.

· Progress in waste minimization through MOU with the glass. industry and pilot waste management projects in selected provinces.

· Air Quality Act effective, Vaal Priority Area declared, training for provincial and local government air quality management

officials

· NEMA environmental impact assessment regulations finalised; · A computerized environmental authorization database

established

· Impact management guidelines and information booklets

developed.

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MEDIUM TERM STRATEGY

Impact Management

· Implement new EIA Regulations and build governmental capacity to

manage system efficiently and effectively.

· Ensure capacity is in place to manage infrastructure EIAs effectively · Undertake policy work to better integrate Environmental Impact

Management with planning

Regulatory Services

· Expand no's of trained and accredited Environmental Management

Inspectors. (EMI's)

· Increase number and visibility of high profile precedent setting cases · Establish compliance monitoring system and implement nationally

and provincially

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MEDIUM TERM STRATEGY

Waste Management

· Promulgate waste legislation and rollout information system

· AddreSs issues of landfill permitting backlogs, backlogs in delivery of waste

services and waste infrastructure

· Build provincial and local government capacity for efficient waste

management

· Implement clean production strategy together with waste minimisation

Air Quality and Climate

· Full implementation of AQA within 3 years, including phasing out of APPA,

and finalisation of Air Quality Management Framework

· Establishment of Air Quality Monitoring System country wide .

· Undertake Climate Change Long Term Scenario Planning in order to inform

country policy and negotiations strategy

· Finalise sector climate change strategies and implement

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PRIORITIES 2006-2007

Impact Management

· Implement new regulations and provide tools and implementation support to

provinces to eliminate backlog, achieve speedier processing and greater national consistency

· Establish comprehensive programme to support provincial and local

government in building capacity for streamlined impact management delivery

· Establish capacity for efficient delivery on infrastructure EIAs

Compliance and Enforcement

· Finalise compliance monitoring system and begin implementation · Undertake impact evaluation of plastic bag legislation

· Institutionalise EMI Training and expand no's of designated officials

· Undertake strategic enforcement actions directed at major polluters or

dangerous pollutants .

· Continue work with DoJ and with magistrates and prosecutors · Amend NEMA to allow for enforcement under ECA and APPA

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PRIORITIES 2006-2007

Waste Management

· Finalise waste bill and publish for comment

· Finalise Tyre and Asbestos Regulations

· Delegate landfill permitting to provinces on basis of agreed implementation

plan and capacity building support

· Restructure waste chief directorate and do status quo assessments in order to be able to more effectively develop strategies to support provincial and

local government delivery

· Implement Thor clean up

Air Quality and Climate Change

· Implement priority area system with Vaal as pilot

· Finalise ambient air standards

· Initiate review of permits of major polluting industries

· Scale up air quality management training for provincial and local government · Initiate long term scenario planning on climate change

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BENEFITS FOR SOUTH AFRICANS

· The Constitution promises a "Safe and Healthy"

Environment for all South Africans.

· The legacy of our past has meant that it is the poorest and most vulnerable who are most affected by poor air quality, inadequate waste management and pollution of all kinds

· The work of the EQP branch is designed to address this legacy and to put in place the foundation that will guarantee the Constitutional Right to a safe and healthy environment

· As such our work on waste management, air quality and environmental law enforcement is intended to ensure environmental justice for all

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PROGRAMME 3: MARINE AND

COASTAL MANAGEMENT

PURPOSE

PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION AND

SUSTAINABLE USE OF MARINE AND COASTAL RESOURCES

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Achievements 2005/06

Completed allocation of long-term fishing rights

Started two fisheries - Patagonian toothfish, white mussel Achieved accreditation for twenty beaches (Blue Flag)

· Completed preliminary studies for Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME - SA, Angola and Namibia)

Earmarked positions to transform and increase research capacity Completed feasibility studies for additional two new fisheries Delivery of two new patrol vessels

Achieved 70% conviction rate

Finalised three years of audit reports and annual reports

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MEDIUM-TERM STRATEGY

Resource Management

· Carry out perfonnance review (two years)

· Allocation of subsistence fishing rights

· Development of new fisheries

· Increase capacity and skills development (6 new operational units) Integrated Coastal Management

· Develop Plan of Action for Land-Based sources of marine pollution · Promulgate Coastal Zone Management & Aquaculture policy

· Implement Aquaculture Sector Development plan

· Complete feasibility studies on fishing harbours

Marine Living Resources Fund

Implement:

· Cost recovery framework

· Integrated levy and pennit system

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MEDIUM-TERM STRATEGY Research~ Antarctica and Islands

· Enhance research output through regional programmes (e.g.

Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem)

· Replace Antarctic supply vessel & finalise new Marion Island base

construction

Monitoring, Control & Surveillance

· Increase staff capacity and scope, in-house and via partnerships · Increase deterrent mechanisms

· Promote voluntary compliance

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PRIORITIES FOR 2006/2007

Resource Management

· Finalise policies for subsistence fishing allocations

· Improve stakeholder participation in fisheries management

Integrated Coastal Management

· Promulgation on Coastal Zone Management Bill

· Finalise Aquaculture Sector Development Plan

· Allocate Shark Cage Diving & Boat Based Whale Watching permits · Initiate feasibility studies for harbour development

Marine Uving Resources Fund

· Develop cost recovery framework (1st draft) · Design an integrated permit system

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PRIORITIES FOR 2006/2007 Research, Antarctica & Islands

· Draft strategy on skills development & mentoring via

NORSA

· Strengthen regional cooperation on transboundary

management (IBCC)

Monitoring, Control and Surveillance

· Develop information management system · Strengthen partnerships with other Agencies · I ncrease awareness

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PROGRAMME 4: TOURISM

PURPOSE OF PROGRAMME

CREATE THE CONDITIONS FOR THE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL SOUTH AFRICANS

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ACHIEVEMENTS 2005/2006

Finalised, launched and signing of the Tourism BEE Charter

Funded 222 SMMEs to attend Indaba

Phase 2 of Global Competitiveness Project Completed

Developed first two tables of the Tourism Satellite Account

Tourism 2010 Plan completed

TEP linkage results: enterprises assisted=543, number of transactions=391 , number of HDE transactions=245, jobs created= 5000

Increase in interdepartmental interventions in portfolio markets.

Increase in tourism awareness interventions in SA.

Promoted procurement from graded establishments by government

65 black assessors trained in accommodation grading.

4500 accommodation establishment have been graded.

Facilitated Foreign Language Training.

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MEDIUM TERM STRATEGY

· Implementation of the tourism BEE charter and scorecard

· Tourism SMME support and development

· Focused tourism infrastructure and product development investment · Development of the TSA and information management systems

· Alignment of missions with marketing campaign

· Improving visa and airlift constraints

· Improving the tourism human resource platform

· Further Increase in govemment procurement from graded

establishments

· Promote tourism in NEPAD

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PRIORITIES FOR 2006/07

Address the tourism skills demand

Facilitate tourist safety and security

Building a Tourism-Friendly Nation

Improve movement of tourists to and within South Africa Promote Enterprise Development

Support Local Government to grow the tourism sector in 9 priority areas

Support and develop tourism products aligned to demand Developing and entrenching accurate research instruments Implementation of Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment Implement ASGI-SA programmes

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BENEFITS TO SOCIETY

Enterprise Development

o Access to tourism training programmes on awareness and business

development;

o Funding for attendance at local and international tourism exhibitions; o Creation of sustainable job opportunities

o Increased market access

o The facilitation of business linkages

Research

o Reliable information that can be used as the basis from which to make

business development and investment decisions

Investment Promotion

o Improving the competitiveness of the tourism industry through the

introduction of new tourism products

o The creation of job opportunities

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BENEFITS TO SOCIETY

TOURISM SKILLS:

o Ensure that the tourism industry has sufficient skills that will enable the

industry to be competitive.

o Ensure that individuals from historically disadvantaged communities

receive relevant training and are able to compete in the open labour

market. .

TOURIST SAFETY AND SECURITY:

o Communities will partidpate in the structures that will be established for

tourism safety and security. Awareness will be created on the importance

of tourism and the value it brings to their respective communities.

BUILDING A TOURISM FRIENDLY NATION:

o Training will be provided to frontline staff at ports of entries o A volunteer programme will be developed

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PROGRAMME 5: BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

PURPOSE OF PROGRAMME

PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE

UTILISATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES TO

ENHANCE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND POVERTY

ERADICATION

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