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Coastal Management By-law, 2018.

País/Territorio
Sudáfrica
Subdivisión territorial
KwaZulu-Natal
Tipo de documento
Legislación
Fecha
2018
Fuente
FAO, FAOLEX
Fuente original
KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Gazette no. 2071 on 25 April 2019.
Título completo
To provide for measures for managing and protecting the coastal zone; to provide for measures for aligning development within the coastal zone with the objects of the National Environmental Management: Integrated Coastal Management Act; to provide for measures for protecting the natural environment of the coastal zone; to provide for measures for managing public access to the coastal zone; to establish the Municipal Coastal Committee; to give effect to the Municipal Coastal Management Programme; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Materia
Medio ambiente gen., Tierra y suelos, Mar, Especies silvestres y ecosistemas
Palabra clave
Ordenación de áreas costeras Institución Gobernanza Planificación ambiental Contaminación marina Participación pública Política/planificación Manejo de tierras Terrenos públicos Zona protegida Conservación del ecosistema
Área geográphica
Africa, Atlántico Sur, Africa Meridional
Resumen

This By-law of the city of eThekwini (Durban) seeks to ensure sustainable use and development of the coastal area by aligning municipal planning with the Act National Environmental Management: Integrated Coastal Management Act. The By-law, among other things, establishes the Municipal Coastal Committee, gives effect to the Municipal Coastal Management Programme established under this Act and aims at protection of the natural environment of the coastal zone. This By-law must be read in conjunction with all applicable legislation, including but not limited to Biodiversity Act, the Marine Living Resources Act; the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act; the Mountain Catchment Areas Act, the National Environmental Management Act and the National Forests Act. The By-law defines the role of the municipality in integrated coastal management. The Municipality must, in administering and implementing this By-law, give effect to and promote effective cooperative governance. The By-law also provides for public participation, alignment of the Municipal Coastal Management Programme and municipal statutory spatial tools and instruments with other coastal programmes, powers of the municipality to regulate, control and restrict activities in coastal protection zone, general environmental protection in coastal zone, designation od coastal access land, and enforcement.

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openbylaws.org.za