Department of Environmental Affairs- Overview

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Department of Environmental Affairs-Overview
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PRESENTATION OVERVIEW

• Legislative framework
• Overview of the functions and Structure
• Progress on MDGs
• Strategic Overview
• Vision, Mission Values
• Strategic Goals Objectives

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Mandate
Section 24 (b) of the Constitution All South
Africans have a Constitutional right to an
environment that is not harmful to their health
or well-being, and to have the environment
protected, for the benefit of present and future
generations
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Legislative Framework

• National Environmental Management Act, 1998
  regulatory framework for the management and
  protection of environmental resources and
  coordination in relation thereto.
• National Environmental Management Protected
  Areas Act, 2003- regulates protected areas in
  South Africa.
• National Environmental Management Air Quality
  Act, 2004- regulates air quality
• National Environmental Management Biodiversity
  Act, 2004 - regulates and sets out the mechanisms
  for managing and conserving South Africas
  biodiversity, its components and institutions
• National Environmental Management Waste Act,
  2008- regulates waste management provides for
  national norms and standards for regulating the
  management of waste by all spheres of government
  and provides for the licensing and control of
  waste management activities.
• National Environmental Management Integrated
  Coastal Management Act, 2008 (Act No. 24 of 2008)
  - establishes a system of integrated coastal and
  estuarine management in the Republic ensures
  that development and the use of natural resources
  within the coastal zone is socially and
  economically justifiable and ecologically
  sustainable determines the responsibilities of
  organs of state in relation to coastal areas
  controls dumping at sea, pollution in the coastal
  zone.

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Overview of Functions/Programmes

• Administration provision of strategic
  leadership, centralized administration
  executive support, corporate co-operative
  governance and, international co-operation
  services
• Environmental Quality and Protection protect and
  improve the quality and safety of the environment
  to give effect to the right of all South Africans
  to an environment that is not harmful to their
  health and wellbeing
• Oceans and Coastal Management manage and protect
  South Africas oceans and coastal resources
• Climate Change Facilitates an effective national
  mitigation and adaptation response to climate
  change
• Biodiversity Conservation promotes the
  conservation and sustainable use of natural
  resources to improve economic growth and poverty
  alleviation.
• Environmental Awareness and international
  Relations create conditions for effective
  corporate and and implementation of expanded
  public works

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..Progress on MDGs
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INTRODUCTION TO THE MDGs

• In September 2000, the worlds leaders signed the
  Millennium Declaration at the Millennium Summit
• The eight MDGs with 20 targets and 60 indicators
  call for
• a dramatic reduction in poverty and marked
  improvements in the health and well-being of the
  poor.
• Where possible, the MDG targets are given as
  quantified, time-bound values for specific
  indicators to better facilitate the monitoring
  and reporting process.
• Countries report to the UN Secretary General on a
  5 year basis leading up to the 2015 target
  (reference year 1990 while for SA it is 1994)
• The 8 MDG Goals are
• To eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
• To achieve universal primary education
• To promote gender equality and empower women
• To reduce child mortality
• To improve maternal health
• To combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
• To ensure environmental sustainability (underpins
  the achievement of the majority of the other
  seven goals)
• To develop a global partnership for development

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SUMMARY OF GOAL TARGETS WITH INDICATORS
Goal 7 Ensure environmental sustainability Indicators
Target 7a and b Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and program and reverse the loss of environmental resources Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of loss Proportion of land area covered by forest CO2 emissions, total, per capita and per 1 GDP (PPP) Consumption of ozone-depleting substances Proportion of fish stocks within safe biological limits Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected Number of species (vegetation) threatened with extinction Number of legally designated landfill sites
Target 7c Halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation Proportion of population with sustainable access to an improved water source, urban and rural Proportion of population with access to improved sanitation
Target 7d Have achieved, by 2020, a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers Proportion of households with access to secure tenure  Proportion of urban population living in slums Proportion of households with access to electricity Proportion of population using solid fuels as primary source of energy
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DEAs RESPONSE TO TWO TARGETS UNDER GOAL 7

• Target 7a Integrate the principles of
  sustainable development into country policies and
  programmes reverse loss of environmental
  resources
• Target 7b Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving,
  by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of
  loss
• Specific indicators focussed on include
• CO2 emissions, total, per capita per 1 GDP
• Consumption of ozone depleting substances
• Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas
  protected
• Number of species (vegetation) threatened with
  extinction
• Number of legally designated landfill sites
  (Domesticated indicator)
• Proportion of fish stocks within safe biological
  limits (not reported on in 2010 country report as
  no methodology available at time)

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DEAS INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSE TO TARGET 7a AND
7b

• Section 24 of the Constitution All South
  Africans have a right to an environment that is
  not harmful to their health or well-being and to
  have the environment protected for the benefit of
  present and future generations.
• The Department is compelled to take reasonable
  steps to prevent pollution and ecological
  degradation, promote conservation and secure
  ecologically sustainable development and use of
  natural resources
• Developed National Framework for Sustainable
  Development (NFSD)
• Developed the draft National Strategy for
  Sustainable Development (NSSD)
• Various policies and Acts developed and
  implemented to protect and enhance the
  environment
• National Environmental Management Act
• National Environmental Management Biodiversity
  Act
• National Biodiversity Framework
• National Environmental Management Waste Act
  National Waste Management Strategy
• White paper on Climate Change Policy

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Current status, targets and actions as related to
each indicator
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CO2 EMISSIONS, TOTAL, PER CAPITA PER 1 GDP
Category 1994 Baseline 2011 Status Target Achievability
Possible
CO2 emissions in total (Gg) 358 930 433 527 (2007) A 34 reduction of Business as Usual by 2020 and 42 reduction by 2025 Possible
CO2 emissions per capita (Mt) 8.86 8.82 (2007) A 34 reduction of Business as Usual by 2020 and 42 reduction by 2025 Possible
CO2 emissions per 1 GDP (Kg) 1.29 0.98 (2007) A 34 reduction of Business as Usual by 2020 and 42 reduction by 2025 Possible
Earliest available data at the time
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WHAT STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN(CO2 emissions, total,
per capita and per 1 GDP (PPP))

• Long Term Mitigation Scenarios in place climate
  change policy direction
• Greenhouse Gas Inventory
• 2nd National Communication
• White paper on Climate Change Policy
• Integrated Resource Plan
• Fiscal Instruments draft policy the Carbon Tax
  discussion paper

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CONSUMPTION OF OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES
Category 1994 Baseline 2011 Status Target Achievability
Likely
HCFC (ODPTons) 205.1 209.2 (2008) Freeze by 2013 and phase out by 2040 Likely
BCM (ODPTons) 14.4 (2003) 0 (2009) Freeze by 2013 and phase out by 2040 Likely
MeBr (ODPTons) 601.2 225.9 (2008) Phase out by 2015 Likely
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WHAT STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN Consumption of
ozone-depleting substances

• ODS Regulations and the hydrochlorofluorocarbons
  (HCFC) survey and management plan
• Report and database on ODS consumption
• Development of an Integrated Permitting System
  for export/imports under MEAs
• Allows for International Trade Administration
  Commission (ITAC) to become the point of contact
  for all importers and exporters, and relevant
  regulatory departments to be consulted as
  required in the process.
• System for implementation of the Harmonised
  System (HS) codes is underway.

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PROPORTION OF TERRESTRIAL AND MARINE AREAS
PROTECTED
Category 1994 Baseline 2011 Status Target Achievability
Possible
Terrestrial () 5.18 6.5 (2011) 9 Possible
Marine () 0 6.54 (2010) 14 Possible
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WHAT STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN Proportion of
terrestrial and marine areas protected

• National park expansion strategy
• National Environmental Management Protected
  Areas Act
• National Protected Areas Database
• National Biodiversity Framework
• providing for an integrated, co-ordinated and
  uniform approach to biodiversity management in
  South Africa,
• It highlights the major pressures on biodiversity
  in South Africa,
• identifies priority actions for conserving
  biodiversity ,
• and sets out the implications of these priority
  actions for agencies that will lead their
  implementation.
• The NBF forms the blueprint for conservation of
  biodiversity in South Africa.
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NUMBER OF SPECIES (VEGETATION) THREATENED WITH
EXTINCTION
Category 1994 Baseline 2011 Status Target Achievability
Possible
Vegetation (Number) 727 (1996) 2577 (2009) Reduce the number of Species threatened with extinction(Target as set out in the Outcome 10 Delivery Agreement Document) Possible

• Please note that due to a change in calculation
  methodology these values differ slightly from
  those presented in the official MDG report

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WHAT STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN Proportion of
species (vegetation) threatened with extinction

• National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan in
  place
• National Environmental Management Biodiversity
  Act in place
• Lists of threatened species those needing
  protection
• Protected Species Regulations
• regulate the movement and subsequent activities
  involving listed wildlife species on a national
  basis.
• National park expansion strategy in place
  (protecting habitat for species)
• Contracting private/communal owned land as
  conservation areas

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NUMBER OF LEGALLY DESIGNATED LANDFILL SITES

Category 1994 Baseline 2011 Status Target Achievability
Possible
Number No Data 817 (2010) Increase the number of permitted landfill sites by 80 by 2015 (Target as set out in the Outcome 10 Delivery Agreement Document) Possible

• Please note that this indicator is a
  Domesticated Indicator (reported on in the 2010
  MDG report but not part of the original MDG goal
  7 indicator list)

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WHAT STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN Number of legally
designated landfill sites

• National Environmental Management Waste Act
  National Waste Management Strategy
• Training programmes being rolled out for landfill
  site managers
• Currently, there are approximately 300 landfill
  sites that are unlicensed.
• So far DEA has assisted municipalities to have
  117 waste disposal sites licensed.
• Criteria to reduce this backlog through means
  that include
• a) exempting qualifying sites from full EIA
  processes
• b) pursuing the less capital intensive
  authorization routes and
• c) dealing with some of the sites through the
  contaminated land provisions of the waste act to
  save costs.
• meeting the target of 80 landfills licensed will
  depend on the availability of resources,
  currently estimated at R980million.

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INSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES FACED DURING REPORTING

• Unavailability of methodology on some indicators
• No permanent reporting structure - StatsSA is in
  a process of establishing a permanent
  coordinating body
• Unavailability of data (relating to frequency of
  data updates)

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.. STRATEGIC PLANNING
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On the basis of the mid-term review which
indicated that there is a steady progress in
various areas such as health, education, the
fight against crime, human settlements, energy,
water provision, rural development and others.
The department will continue with implementation
of programmes linked to all Priority areas and
intensify interventions in the following areas
which still pose major challengesHEALTH Large
of child mortality still linked to poor indoor
air quality (respiratory illnesses), waste
management practices (diarrhea vector borne
diseases)EDUCATION Implementation of the Sector
Human Capital Development Strategy with targeted
interventions at schools higher education
institutionsFIGHT AGAINST CRIME CORUPTION
Strengthen compliance and enforcement
initiatives, promote uphold DEA Values. HUMAN
SETTLEMENTS Basic waste services provision
(finalisation implementation of outcomes of the
Waste Services study) , Climate change adaptation
and resilience programmesWe will contribute to
the national development plan which focuses on
the elimination of poverty and inequality through
targeted inequality aversion measures through the
Green Fund, Green Cities and EPWP programmes

• On the basis of the mid-term review which
  indicated that there is a steady progress in
  various areas such as health, education, the
  fight against crime, human settlements, energy,
  water provision, rural development and others.
  The department will continue with implementation
  of programmes linked to all Priority areas and
  intensify interventions in the following areas
  which still pose major challenges
• HEALTH Large of child mortality still linked
  to poor indoor air quality (respiratory
  illnesses), waste management practices (diarrhea
  vector borne diseases)
• EDUCATION Implementation of the Sector Human
  Capital Development Strategy with targeted
  interventions at schools higher education
  institutions
• FIGHT AGAINST CRIME CORUPTION Strengthen
  compliance and enforcement initiatives, promote
  uphold DEA Values.
• HUMAN SETTLEMENTS Basic waste services provision
  (finalisation implementation of outcomes of the
  Waste Services study) , Climate change adaptation
  and resilience programmes
• We will contribute to the national development
  plan which focuses on the elimination of poverty
  and inequality through targeted inequality
  aversion measures through the Green Fund, Green
  Cities and EPWP programmes

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Response to SONA
Priority Departmental Response
Infrastructure development To ensure infrastructure development takes place in an environmentally responsible and sustainable manner, the department will ensure that there are adequate instruments to improve efficiency and effectiveness of environmental impact assessment system across the country. These will include Development of Environmental Management Frameworks (EMFs) where certain areas are identified as critical development areas with increasing development pressures. The Department is in the process of developing the following spatial systems and tools to assist in the evaluation of proposed developments GIS System to identify sensitive environments and Norms and standards to facilitate development applications.
Job creation Through our Environmental Sector Programmes and Projects programme, the Department will continue with an intensified implementation of the Expanded Public Work Programme (EPWP) for the Environment and culture sector. In 2012/13 we plan to create a total number of 62 860 new work opportunities, 31 277 full time equivalents job and ensure that a significant number of unemployed women, youth and small, medium and micro enterprise (SMMEs) continue to benefit from our programmes.
Green Economy Fast-tracking the regulatory framework for the green economy in order to unlock potential for growth and employment creation Facilitate implementation of the Green fund programme in collaboration with Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) Implementation of Green Cities Support Program
Mining The Department forms part of the Intergovernmental Task Team and the Project Executive Committee and ensure that the rehabilitation of land as a result of acid mine drainage is done in accordance with the National Environmental management Act. Facilitate implementation of the Biodiversity Act and Section 48 of the National Environmental Management Protected Areas Act in order to improve decision-making on which sensitive areas should be protected and where compromises could be reached.
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VISION, MISSION VALUES

• Vision
• A prosperous and equitable society living in
  harmony with our natural resources.
• Mission
• Providing leadership in environmental management,
  conservation and protection towards
  sustainability for the benefit of South Africans
  and the global community.
• Values
• Driven by our Passion as custodians and
  ambassadors of the environment, we have to be
  Proactive and foster innovative thinking and
  solutions to environmental management premised on
  a People-centric approach that recognises the
  centrality of batho-pele, for it is when we put
  our people first that we will serve with
  Integrity, an important ingredient in a high
  Performance driven organisation such as ours

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GOALS 2012/2013 - 2016/2017

• Goal 1 Environmental assets conserved, valued,
  sustainably used,
• protected and continually enhanced.
• Goal 2 Enhanced socio-economic benefits and
  employment creation for
• the present and future generations from a
  healthy environment
• Goal 3 A Department that is fully capacitated
  to deliver its services
• efficiently and effectively
• The Department has maintained the same goals

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THANK YOU
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