3 62 No. 26436 Act No. 10,2004 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. 7 JUNE 2004 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: BIODIVERSITY ACT. 2004 (2) Any actiontakentocontrol and eradicatea listed invasivespeciesmustbe executed with caution and in amanner that maycause the least possible harm to biodiversity and damage to the environment. (3) The methods employedto control and eradicate a listed invasive species must also be directed at the offspring, propagating material and re-growth of such invasive species 5 in order to prevent such species from producing offspring, forming seed, regeneratingor re-establishing itself in any manner. (4) The Minister must ensure the coordination and implementation of programmes for the prevention, control or eradication of invasive species. ( 5 ) The Minister may esgblish an entity consisting of public servants to coordinate 10 andimplementprogrammes for theprevention,controloreradication of invasive species. Invasive species control plans of organs of state 76. (1) The management authority of a protected area preparing a management plan for the area in terms of the Protected Areas Act must incorporate into the management 15 plan an invasive species control and eradicationstrategy. (2) ( a ) All organs of state in all spheres of government must prepare an invasive species monitoring, control and eradication plan for land under their control, as part of their environmental plans in accordance with section11 of the National Environmental Management Act. 20 ( b ) The invasive species monitoring. control and eradication plans of municipalities must be part of their integrated development plans. (3) The Minister may request the Institute to assist municipalities in performing their duties in terms of subsection (2). (4) Aninvasivespeciesmonitoring,controlanderadicationplanmustinclude25 ( a ) a detailed list and description of any listed invasive species occurring on the relevant land; (b) a description of the parts of that land that are infested with such listed invasive species; (c) an assessment extent of the of such infestation; 30 (d) a status report on the efficacy of previous control and eradication measures; ( e ) the current measures to monitor, control and eradicate such invasive species; and cf) measurable indicators of progress and success, and indications of when the plan control be is to completed. 35 Invasive species status reports 77. (1) The management authorityof a protected area must at regular intervals prepare and submitto the Minister or the MECfor Environmental Affairsin the province a report on the status of any listed invasive species that occurs in that area. include- (2)must A status report 40 ( a ) a detailed list and description of all listed invasive species that occur in the protected area; (‘b) a detailed description of the parts of the area that are infested with listed invasive species; (‘c) an assessment ofextent the of such infestation; and 45 (‘d) a report on the efficacy of previous control and eradication measures. Part 3 Other threats Genetically modified organisms 78. (1) If the Minister has reason to believe that the release of a genetically modified 50 organism into the environment under a permit applied for in terms of the Genetically