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GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7 JUNE 2004
No. 26436
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT:
Act No. 10,2004-
BIODIVERSITYACT, 2004
Research
50. (1)The Minister must promote research done by
Institute
the and otherinstitutions
on biodiversity conservation, including the sustainable
use, pr6tection and conservation
of indigenous biological resources.
(2)
biodiversity
Research
conservation
onincludemay
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( a ) the collection and analysis of information about(i) the conservation status of the various components of biodiversity;
(ii) negative and positive trends affecting the conservationstatus of various
components; and
(iii) threateningprocessesoractivities
likely to impactonbiodiversity
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conservation;
( b ) the assessment of strategies and techniques for biodiversity conservation;
(c) the determination of biodiversity conservation needs and priorities; and
(d) thesustainableuse,protectionandconservation
of indigenousbiological
resources.
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CHAPTER 4
THREATENED OR PROTECTED ECOSYSTEMS AND SPECIES
Purpose of Chapter
51. The purpose of this Chapter is to( a ) provide for the protection of ecosystems that are threatened or in need of 20
protection to ensure the maintenance of their ecological integrity;
( h ) providefortheprotection
of species that are threatenedorinneed
of
protection to ensure their survival in the wild;
(c) give effect to theRepublic’sobligationsunderinternationalagreements
regulatinginternationaltradeinspecimens
of endangeredspecies;and
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((1) ensure that the utilisation of biodiversity is managedinanecologically
sustainable way.
Part 3
Protection of threatened or protected ecosystems
Ecosystems that are threatened or in need of protection
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52. (1) (a) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, publish a national list
of
ecosystems that are threatened and in need of protection.
( b ) An MEC for environmental affairs in a province may, by notice in the Gazette,
publish a provincial listof ecosystems in the provincethat are threatened andin need of
protection.
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(2) The following categories of ecosystems may belisted in terms of subsection (1):
( a ) critically endangeredecosystems,beingecosystems
that haveundergone
severe degradation of ecological structure, function or composition as a result
of human intervention and are subject
to an extremely high risk
of irreversible
transformation;
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( b ) endangered ecosystems, being ecosystems that have undergone degradation
of ecological structure, functionorcomposition
as a result of human
intervention, although they are not critically endangered ecosystems;
(c) vulnerable ecosystems, being ecosystemsthat have a high risk of undergoing
significant degradation of ecological structure, function or composition as a 45