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Coastal Management Programme 2022-2027

19 May 2023

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: INTEGRATED COASTAL MANAGEMENT ACT, 2008 (ACT 24 of 2008)
ADOPTION OF WESTERN CAPE PROVINCIAL COASTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME 2022–2027

The Provincial Minster of Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning in the Western Cape, in terms of section 46(3) of
the National Environmental Management: Integrated Coastal Management Act, 2008 (Act 24 of 2008) (the Act), gives notice of the adoption of the
Western Cape Provincial Coastal Management Programme 2022–2027 (WC: PCMP 2022–2027).

The WC: PCMP 2022–2027 is the most important tool provided for in the Act for integrating coastal management in the Western Cape. It sets out
the programmatic schedule for the implementation of coastal management in priority areas by the Department of Environmental Affairs and
Development Planning (the Department) as the lead agency. The WC: PCMP 2022–2027 also enables cooperative governance and stakeholder
partnerships in this context, as it will play an important role in bringing together various spheres and sectors of government, the private sector and
communities, to aid in implementing its vision and mission of providing an accessible and well-managed coast for all inhabitants of, and visitors
to, the Western Cape.

The WC: PCMP 2022–2027 and a summary thereof are available for public inspection electronically and in hard copy, respectively, as follows:
(a) on the website of the Department at https://www.westerncape.gov.za/eadp/about-us/meet-chief-directorates/env... ; and
(b) at the head office of the Department on the Ground Floor, 1 Dorp Street, Cape Town.

Any queries can be directed by email to wccmp@westerncape.gov.za.

Link to document below:

https://www.westerncape.gov.za/eadp/files/atoms/files/Approved_WC_PCMP20...

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