46 No. 26436 Act No. 10.2004 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7 JUNE 2004 NATIONAL EN’IRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: BIODIVERSITY ACT. 2004 (2) Before adopting a bioregional plan, or any amendment to such aplan, the MECfor Environmental Affairs in the relevant province must follow a consultative process in accordance with sections 99 and 100. Part 2 Co-ordination and alignmentof plans, monitoring and research 5 Co-ordination and alignment of biodiversity plans 48. (1) The national biodsersity framework, a bioregional plan and a biodiversity management plan prepared in terms of this Chapter may not be in conflictwith( 0 ) any environmentalimplementationorenvironmentalmanagementplans prepared in terms of Chapter 3 of the National Environmental Management 10 Act; (b) any integrated development plans adopted by municipalities in terms of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act,2000 (Act No. 32 of 2000); (c) any spatial development frameworks in terms of legislation regulating landuse management, land development and spatial planning administered by the 1.5 Cabinet member responsible for land affairs; and (d) any other plans prepared in terms of national or provincial legislation that are affected. (2) Anorgan of state that mustprepare an environmentalimplementation or environmental management plan in terms of Chapter 3 of the National Environmental 20 Management Act, and a municipality that must adopt an integrated development plan in tenns of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000, must( a ) align its plan with the national biodiversity framework and any applicable bioregional plan; ( b ) incorporateinto that planthoseprovisions of thenationalbiodiversity 25 framework or a bioregional plan that specifically apply to it; and (c) demonstrate in its planhow the nationalbiodiversityframework and any applicable bioregional plan may be implemented by that organ of state or municipality. ( 3 ) The Institute may30 ( L E ) assist theMinisterandothersinvolved in thepreparation of thenational biodiversity framework, a bioregional plan aorbiodiversity management plan to comply with subsection (1);and ( b ) make recommendations to organs of states or municipalities referred to in subsection (2) to align their plansreferred to in that subsectionwiththe 35 national biodiversity framework and any applicable bioregional plan. Monitoring 49. (1) The Minister must for the purposes of this Chapter designate monitoring mechanisms and set indicators to determine( a ) the conservation status of various components of South Africa’s biodiversity; 40 and ( b ) any negativeandpositivetrendsaffectingtheconservation status of the various components. (2) The Minister may require any person, organisation or organ of state involved in terms of subsection (1) in monitoring the matters referred to in that subsection to report 4.5 regularly to the Minister on the results of such monitoring measured ab oainst the predetermined indicators. (3) The Minister must( a ) annually report to Parliament on the information submitted to the Minister in 50 terms of subsection (2); and (bj make such information publicly available.