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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: PROTECTED AREAS ACT (57/2003): CONSULTATION PROCESS IN TERMS OF SECTION 33(1): NOTICE OF INTENTION TO DECLARE SEVERAL PROTECTED AREAS

Posted 22 January 2019

The MEC for Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs in KwaZulu-Natal, has in terms of section 33(1) of the NEM:PAA, given notice of his intention to declare the properties and/or parts thereof described in the Schedule to the above notice, as protected areas as contemplated in terms of section 23(1) and 28(1).

Members of the public are required to submit their written representations in regards to the proposed declaration of the above-mentioned nature reserves and protected environment, as well as any comments on the draft management plans of the protected areas (which may be viewed at the Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife office at Queen Elizabeth Park, Pietermaritzburg, and on http://www.kznwildlife.com/stewardship.html), within 60 days of the publication of this notice i.e. by 20 February 2019.