Du Plooy vs. Department of Water Affairs País/Territorio Sudáfrica Tipo de la corte Nacional - corte superior Fecha Ago 20, 2010 Fuente UNEP, InforMEA Nombre del tribunal Water Tribunal Sede de la corte Pretoria Juez E. Davey Número de referencia [2011] ZAWT 2 Idioma Inglés Materia Bosques, Agua Palabra clave Uso industrial del agua Uso libre del agua Forestación/reforestación Desalinación del agua Asociación de usuarios de aguas Manejo de recursos hídricos Resumen In this case, the plaintiff challenged the refusal of the Department of Water Affairs to grant him a Stream Flow Reduction Activity (SFRA) licence for its afforestation activities.The plaintiff motivated his appeal of the decision by the fact that he considered the decision to be arbitrary and that it did not respect the procedure set up by the law. Indeed, even if the Stream Flow Reduction Activity Licence AssessmentAdvisory Committee recommended issuing the licence; the decision was not followed by the Chief Director of the Department of Water Affairs.The Water Tribunal held that no information could be used to justify the refusal of the licence and that the decision of the Chief Director of the Department of Water Affairs was arbitrary. As a result, the Water Tribunal granted the licence to the appellant. Texto completo Du Plooy v Department of Water Affairs.pdf 2.html