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2009/05/07
M van Schalkwyk to gazette Prince Edwards Islands Marine Protected Area proposal, 8 May
On Friday 8 May 2009 the Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Marthinus van Schalkwyk, will gazette a proposal to create one of the largest Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the world around the Prince Edward Islands. The MPA located in the Southern Ocean, will also be South Africa's first 'Offshore MPA'. This strategy drew attention to South Africa's lack of offshore protected areas, and put forward the Prince Edward Islands as a priority area. [highlighted result]
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2009/04/16
M van Schalkwyk on tourism growth
Tourism performing impressively in terms of arrivals growth and spend "estimated 23,5 percent increase in foreign direct spend is especially encouraging" says Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Marthinus van Schalkwyk. This was the message from Marthinus van Schalkwyk, Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, at a media briefing today at the headquarters of South African Tourism in Sandton. South Africa had recorded 5,5 percent arrivals growth over the period," the Minister ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2009/09041613451001.htm Size: 11KB Source: Department Environmental Affairs and Tourism Collection: gov
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2009/03/16
M van Schalkwyk on strategy for inland 4X4 recreational driving
In 2005, the Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Mr Marthinus van Schalkwyk, indicated that 'owners and users of inland 4x4 recreational driving tracks should move more rapidly towards better regulated and more equitable practices.' This was as a result of some irresponsible 4x4 vehicle and track owners whose activities continue to damage sensitive sections of South Africa's inland environment. This strategy was developed in close collaboration between role-players in the 4x4... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2009/09031812151001.htm Size: 12KB Source: Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism Collection: gov
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2009/03/06
M van Schalkwyk on climate change White Paper policy
After intensive deliberations by 700 delegates from government, business, labour and civil society, the 2009 Climate Summit concluded with strong guidance on the strategic direction for an effective climate policy as well as an ambitious work programme for policy development. The summit laid the foundations for a participatory process that will culminate in a Policy White Paper on climate change by 2010, and the translation of this policy into a legislative, regulatory and fiscal package by ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2009/09030615451001.htm Size: 9KB Source: Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism Collection: gov
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2009/03/06
M van Schalkwyk on establishment of new Garden Route National Park
The Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Marthinus van Schalkwyk, declared the establishment of the new Garden Route National Park at an event in Knysna which coincides with the gazetting of the park today. The Minister said the establishment of the new Garden Route National Park (GRNP) is part of a long term strategy to expand the protected areas in South Africa under formal protection from 6 percent to 8 percent of the total area of the country. The Garden Route is one of the most... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2009/09030610451001.htm Size: 11KB Source: Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism Collection: gov
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2009/03/03
M van Schalkwyk: National Climate Change Summit
Four years ago, the pressure was largely on developed countries to do more to mitigate climate change. Last year China published a white paper on climate change, India published their national plan, Brazil tabled a climate bill, and South Africa completed its Long Term Mitigation Scenario (LTMS) study. The United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) creates two categories of parties: Annex I (developed countries and economies in transition) and Non-Annex I (developing ... [highlighted result]
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2009/02/19
M van Schalkwyk: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Global Ministerial Environment Forum
It has been marked by different interpretations and expectations of what should constitute a global environmental governance regime, the balance between normative and operational work, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)'s role and mandate in this context and widely divergent options for institutional reform (that is: the UNEP versus United Nations Environmental Organisation (UNEO) debate). And as we meet here as Ministers, we also have to acknowledge limited progress on the ... [highlighted result]
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2009/02/18
M van Schalkwyk on rhinoceros horn trade moratorium
Notice on the implementation of a national moratorium on the trade in individual rhinoceros horns and any derivatives or products thereof and the publication of draft norms and standards for the marking of rhinoceros horns and hunting of white rhinoceros for trophy hunting purposes. On Friday, 13 February 2009, the department also published in Gazette No 31899 under Section 9(1) (a) of NEMBA draft norms and standards for the marking of rhinoceros horn and the hunting of white rhinoceros for ... [highlighted result]
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2009/01/26
M van Schalkwyk on tourism toolkit launch
"The importance of the role of local government in the successful growth of the tourism industry cannot be overemphasised and the examples of its pivotal role are many." These were Marthinus van Schalkwyk's, Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, words when he launched the first version of the tourism toolkit at the first Local Government Tourism Indaba in Cape Town today. The Local Government Indaba on Tourism is hosted by the National Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism ... [highlighted result]
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2009/01/26
M van Schalkwyk: Local Government Tourism Indaba
Local government also provides the core utilities and infrastructure on which the tourism industry is based. Local government also enables local tourism management through the provision of visitor information and through being the primary source of funding for regional and local tourism organisations. In some cases local government does not use national and provincial information for tourism planning. [highlighted result]
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2009/01/21
M van Schalkwyk to open Local Government Indaba on Tourism, 26 Jan
Tourism at a local government level will come under the spotlight during the Local Government Indaba on Tourism in Cape Town from 26 to 27 January 2009. Marthinus van Schalkwyk, Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism will officially open the conference on Monday, 26 January 2009 at 10h00. The South African Local Government Association will elaborate on the challenges facing Local Government to deliver on tourism. [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2009/09012115151001.htm Size: 8KB Source: Department of Environmental Affairs Collection: gov
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2009/01/14
M van Schalkwyk: Seminar on international climate and investment policy
During the G8 Summit the G5 developing countries made proposals for an ambitious long term climate policy consistent with the most ambitious stabilisation scenario assessed by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). In South Africa, the climate question is both an energy question and a development question. Chair, in conclusion, South Africa has signalled that it is serious about negotiating on climate change. [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2009/09011415451001.htm Size: 21KB Source: Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism Speaker: M van Schalkwyk Collection: gov
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2008/12/11
M van Schalkwyk on United Nations Climate Change Conference
South Africa associates itself with the statements by Antigua and Barbuda on behalf of the G77 and China, and Algeria on behalf of the African Group. Firstly, we must give legally binding force to mitigation commitments by the developed country that has not yet ratified the Kyoto Protocol. Predictable funding and technology flows to developing countries hold the potential to trigger commensurate nationally-appropriate mitigation actions. [highlighted result]
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2008/12/03
Medupi-Marang transmission line The Medupi-Marang transmission line consists of the construction of a 400kV transmission line of approximately 300km in length from the Medupi Substation near Lephalale (Limpopo province) to the Marang Substation near Rustenburg (North West province) as well as the construction of a 400kV transformer bay at the Medupi Substation and a 400kV feeder bay at the Marang Substation. The Medupi-Dinaledi transmission line consists of the construction of two 400kV ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2008/08120512151001.htm Size: 21KB Source: Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism Speaker: M van Schalkwyk Collection: gov
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2008/12/02
M van Schalkwyk on climate negotiations
The climate negotiations in Poznan are expected to consolidate the political momentum and bring greater focus on the road to an agreed outcome by the end of 2009. The current negotiating round in Poznan is about gearing up to conclude negotiations on a binding, equitable, more effective and inclusive climate regime by the end of 2009 in Copenhagen. * The guidance provided by the best available science and most ambitious Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) scenario for climate ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2008/08120312451001.htm Size: 11KB Source: Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism Collection: gov
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2008/11/21
M van Schalkwyk on 2010 accommodation
Marthinus van Schalkwyk, Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, yesterday convened a meeting of tourism stakeholders to discuss accommodation for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The parties included the 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee, MATCH, South African Tourism, the Tourism Business Council, the Hotel Industry and the Tourism Grading Council. The meeting recognised the central role of accommodation, and the tourism industry in general, in delivering a world cup event that will ... [highlighted result]
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2008/11/24
M van Schalkwyk: Environmental Impact Assessment's (EIA's) opening conference
It has been more than a decade since the implementation of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) as a regulatory tool for managing the environmental impacts of new developments in South Africa. We responded to this by promulgating new EIA Regulations in terms of National Environmental Management Act (NEMA) and tried to achieve improvements. When we introduced the EIA regulations to Cabinet in 2006, I committed the environmental authorities to a review of the EIA system with the aim to refine ... [highlighted result]
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2008/11/19
M van Schalkwyk: Second Annual South African Carbon Disclosure Report
Notwithstanding these encouraging developments, there remains room for improvement: * Relatively few companies (23 percent) have disclosed specific, company-wide GHG emissions reduction targets; and most of those companies that have emissions targets have focused on reducing their emissions-intensity, rather than striving for a reduction in absolute emissions. * Carbon-intensive companies dominate South Africa's disclosed GHG emissions. The three largest GHG emitters (excluding ESKOM) ' ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2008/08112012151002.htm Size: 13KB Source: Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism Speaker: M van Schalkwyk Collection: gov
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2008/11/13
M van Schalkwyk to open Ten Years of Environmental Impact Assessment conference, 24 Nov
The Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEAT) will host the Ten Years of Environmental Impact Assessment conference in Somerset West, Cape Town from 24 to 25 November 2008. The conference will provide a retrospective view of environmental impact assessment (EIA) as a regulated tool for environmental impact management in South Africa since 1997 and will afford a wide range of stakeholders the opportunity to share their experiences with EIA. Marthinus van Schalkwyk, Minister of ... [highlighted result]
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2008/11/04
M Van Schalkwyk on 2010 accommodation requirements
Marthinus van Schalkwyk, Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, said today he would facilitate talks between South African Tourism (SAT) and Match, the FIFA appointed booking agency for 2010, in order to resolve issues relating to the uptake of accommodation by Match for the tournament. "Our tourism industry is ready for 2010 and all role-players are committed to ensuring that visitors enjoy an unrivalled experience in South Africa," Van Schalkwyk said. Mr Moeketsi Mosola, the Chief ... [highlighted result]
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