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Western Cape leads the way with Environmental Impact Assessments with the highest number of EAPASA registered officials in South Africa

19 August 2022
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The Western Cape Government is committed to economic development that is in balance with ecological sustainability. To that end we are focused on improving the environmental impact assessment (EIA) processes needed for new developments. EIAs are often part of the legislative requirements for new ...
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Requirement to be a Registered Environmental Assessment Practitioner (EAP) Comes into Effect

8 August 2022
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Today marks the start of a new era in respect of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in South Africa. From today, 8 August 2022, only a Registered Environmental Assessment Practitioner (Registered EAP), may perform the tasks: in connection with: the Investigation, assessment and preparation of ...
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Global Wind Day

15 June 2022
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Global Wind Day takes place annually on 15 June to celebrate wind energy, its power and possibilities, and its meaningful contribution to change a world for which Climate Change is a threat. In association with Wind Europe and the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), national associations and ...
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Celebrating the launch of the Berg Estuary Ramsar site ahead of World Environment Day.

3 June 2022
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There is Only One Earth and Only One Berg Estuary to conserve. Velddrift - today the Western Cape Government and CapeNature, celebrated the launch of the Berg Estuary as a Ramsar site with the unveiling of an official Ramsar sign board located at the start of the estuary, ahead of World Environment ...
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Bredell attends Roggeveld Wind Farm Commercial Operational Opening and invites partnerships in electricity generation.

24 May 2022
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Anton Bredell, Western Cape Minister of Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning recently attended the official commercial operational event of the Roggeveld Wind Farm situated on the border of the Western Cape and Northern Cape near the towns of Laingsburg, Matjiesfontein ...
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Premier Winde and Minister Bredell: Western Cape Government signs MoU with Denmark to improve wastewater treatment as new research on Berg River signals alarm for conservation efforts.

6 May 2022
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The Premier of the Western Cape, Alan Winde, and the Minister of Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planing, Anton Bredell, presided over the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today with the Kingdom of Denmark, as represented by the Danish Minister for Development ...
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Call for public to have their say on Coastal Management Programme in the province

11 April 2022
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The second-generation Western Cape Provincial Coastal Management Programme (WC:PCMP) 2022 – 2027 is out for comment until 31 May 2022. The Programme aims to optimise the economic potential of the coastal zone in the Western Cape, underpinned by improved protection, access, spatial planning, land ...