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National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998)

Notices

Adoption and Implementation of the Sandveld Environmental Management Framework Standard, 2025 and the Exclusion of identified activities from the requirement to obtain an Environmental Authorisation

Annexures

Annexure 4: Minimum environmental management outcomes for a farm-level management plan

 

ANNEXURE 4: MINIMUM ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT OUTCOMES FOR A FARM-LEVEL MANAGEMENT PLAN

 

The farm-level management plan must, as a minimum, include the following environmental management outcomes:

 

(a) effective management of alien and invasive species;

 

(b) effective management of waste material;

 

(c) effective management of veld fires;

 

(d) effective management of erosion;

 

(e) effective management and mitigation of dust;

 

(f) efficient and effective use of water;

 

(g) prevention and minimisation of the contamination of surface and ground water;

 

(h) prevention of the contamination of the "areas to be protected" by chemical inputs such as fertilisers and pesticides;

 

(i) rehabilitation of areas identified by a botanist;

 

(j) environmental awareness of all employees, to assist with the implementation of the Standard, as well as measures set out in the farm-level management plan;

 

(k) consultation with CapeNature for the purposes of conducting a search and rescue of indigenous vegetation, before the clearance thereof;

 

(l) safeguarding the "areas to be protected" on the farm unit from actions associated with the clearance of indigenous vegetation in the "areas to be cultivated"; and

 

(m) effective management of "areas to be protected" in accordance with Annexure 3: Table 3.7 of the Sandveld Environmental Management Framework.