National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act: Declaration of Tsitsikamma National Park Marine Protected Areas (No. 1578 of 2016).

Sujet

Espèces sauvages et écosystèmes

Mot clé

Biodiversité Gestion/conservation Préservation de l'écosystème Aire protégée Zones marines protégées Patrimoine culturel Monitorage Recherche

Aire géographique

Afrique, Atlantique Sud, Afrique Méridionale

Résumé

These Regulations of the Minister of Environmental Affairs, made under sterms of section 22B of the National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act, 2003, declares anew the Tsitsikamma Marine Protected Area (already declared in Notice No. 1429 of 2000). The purpose for declaring this Marine Protected Area is: (a) To contribute to a national and global representative system of marine protected areas by providing protection to the coastal and offshore benthic and pelagic ecosystems of the Agulhas Inshore Bioregion; (b) to conserve and protect threatened species and ecosystems; (c) to conserve and protect the biodiversity and ecological processes associated with these ecosystems; (d) to protect and regulate access to a scenic area which contributes to eco-tourism; (e) to protect the cultural heritage of the coastline; (f) to facilitate species management by protecting spawning stock and nursery areas for fish species and allowing stock recovery and enhancing intertidal and subtidal resource abundance in adjacent areas; and (g) to protect and provide an appropriate reference environment for research and monitoring where no fishing is allowed and for research to assess biodiversity status, the impact of limited recreational fishing access in controlled areas, and resource condition in areas where there is no access to resource.

Texte intégral

Anglais

Site web

www.gov.za

Références - Législation

Implemente

National Environmental Management Protected Areas Act, 2003.

Législation | Sudáfrica | 2004 (2009)

Mot clé: Législation de base, Patrimoine culturel, Mesures de protection des forêts, Aire protégée, Gestion forestière/conservation des forêts, Parcs nationaux, Expropriation, Terres privées, Terres publiques, Exploitation minière, Bassin/captage/bassin versant, Utilisation durable, Eaux continentales, Institution, Gestion/conservation, Aire marine, Biodiversité, Préservation de l'écosystème, Enregistrement, Zones marines protégées, Gouvernance, Gestion communautaire

Source: FAO, FAOLEX