Search Again:
Search Results:
11-18 of 18 for the Category : Law & Legislation and the Subcategory : Law & Legislation - GeneralGreen Scorpions - Environmental Management Inspectorate
( Article Type: Explanation )
Environmental Management Inspectors (EMIs) commonly called Green Scorpions are a network of environmental enforcement officials from different government departments. They are appointed in terms of the National Environmental Management Act 107 of 199
Read more about Green Scorpions - Environmental Management InspectorateGreenwash
( Article Type: Explanation )
Greenwash is not a new concept. The term emerged from the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, and it entered the Concise Oxford Dictionary in 1999.
Read more about GreenwashIntegrated Environmental Management (IEM)
( Article Type: Explanation )
Integrated environmental management is a philosophy that is concerned with finding the right balance (sometimes called the 'golden mean') between development and the environment.
Read more about Integrated Environmental Management (IEM)Interested & Affected Parties (AIP's)
( Article Type: Explanation )
This is a term used to describe those people who have a concern about a development, project, policy or action and who need to be consulted during the process of decision making.
Read more about Interested & Affected Parties (AIP's)National environmental management: specific environmental management Acts
( Article Type: Overview )
Known by the abbreviation of SEMA's, Specific Environmental Management Acts, all fall under the auspices of the overarching National Environmental Management Act (NEMA). To date five SEMA's have been promulgated, with the most recent one being W
Read more about National environmental management: specific environmental management ActsStakeholders
( Article Type: Explanation )
The term ‘stakeholder’ describes any person or organisation that may affect, or be affected by, a company or industrial process. They are also sometimes called ‘Interested and Affected Parties’.
Read more about StakeholdersSustainable Development and the Law
( Article Type: Sustainable Development )
The South African Constitution gives everyone the right ‘to have the environment protected… through reasonable legislative and other measures that secure ecologically sustainable development and use of natural resources while promoting justifiabl
Read more about Sustainable Development and the LawWater and Climate Change
( Article Type: Sustainable Development )
Water is the primary medium through which climate change will impact people, ecosystems and economies. Even though there is still much that is not understood about the way climate will respond in the future, globally the overall impacts of climat
Read more about Water and Climate Change- 1
- 2
