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Biodiversity Management Plan for White Rhinoceros (Notice No. 1191 of 2015).

Country/Territory
South Africa
Document type
Miscellaneous
Date
2015
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Government Gazette No. 39469, 2 December 2015.
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Biodiversity Endangered species Policy/planning Hunting/capture Wildlife products Protection of species Access and benefit-sharing Indigenous peoples
Geographical area
Africa, South Atlantic, Southern Africa
Abstract

This Notice of the Minister of Environmental Affairs, made under section 43(1) {b)(i) read with section 43(3) of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004, sets out a biodiversity management and conservation plan for the Southern white rhino Ceratotherium simum. The Plan concerns, among other things, protection, monitoring, permitting and stock control, sustainability and biological management, and makes reference to various international legal instruments, notably CITES, the Convention on Biological Diversity and the SADC Protocol on Wildlife Conservation and Law Enforcement.

Full text
English
Website
www.gov.za

References - Legislation

Implements

National Environmental Management Biodiversity Act, 2004 (No. 10 of 2004).

Legislation | South Africa | 2004

Keyword: Ecosystem preservation, Biosafety, Biosecurity, Indigenous peoples, Basic legislation, Biodiversity, Data collection/reporting, Policy/planning, Education, Wild fauna, Wild flora, Genetic resources, Genetically modified organism (GMO), Institution, Inventory, Management/conservation, Monitoring, Protection of habitats, Research, Special fund, Traditional rights/customary rights, Use restrictions, Wildlife products, Endangered species, Dangerous animal/harmful animal, Biotechnology, Enforcement/compliance, Offences/penalties, Access and benefit-sharing, Protection of species, Trade in species

Source: FAO, FAOLEX