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Environment Assessment Practitioners Association of South Africa (EAPASA)

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The Vision and Mission of EAPASA is to promote public interest through the improvement of the quality of environmental assessment practice in South Africa. This is undertaken by establishing, promoting, and maintaining the registration of Environmental Assessment Practitioners (EAPs) in South Africa in terms of Section 24H of the National Environmental Management Act (107 of 1998). The above has been achieved by making EAPASA a Registration Authority which ensures a regulated, consistent, and improved standard of environmental impact assessment in South Africa.

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Environmental Law Association (ELA)

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The ELA is a non-profit organisation with its main objective to promote and assist in the development and application of environmental law in South Africa. The organisation attracts members from an array of different environmentally-relevant disciplines which results in the ELA being an ideal forum for networking and the sharing of information and knowledge in the field of environmental law. The organization endeavors to keep up with the needs of its members and is therefore open to suggestions and recommendations on the type of assistance that the organisation could offer to its members and to others.

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Department: Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE)

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The legal mandate and core business of the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) are to manage, protect and conserve South Africa’s environment and natural resources. The mandate is informed by section 24 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (Act No. 108 of 1996), which affords everyone the right to (a) an environment that is not harmful to their health or well-being; and (b) to have the environment protected for the benefit of present and future generations, through reasonable legislative and other measures.

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Environmental Assessment Practitioners Association of South Africa (EAPA-SA)

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The Environmental Assessment Practitioners Association of SA (EAPASA) was established in 2012. It exists to promote, on a non-profit basis, the advancement of the practice and quality of environmental assessment in South Africa in the public interest, in the interest of the environment and in terms of relevant legislation. EAPASA is a Registration Authority which registers Environmental Assessment Practitioners (EAPs) based on the set of core competencies under the Section 24H Registration Authority Regulations of the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA), Act 107 of 1998, as amended.

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Department: Economic Development, Environment, Conservation and Tourism: North West Provincial Governmewnt (DEDECT)

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The mandate of the department as outlined in the Annual Performance Plan is to drive economic development and ensure achievement of development and growth of a well-coordinated, transformed and diversified economy within a sustainable environment that will create jobs and eradicate poverty and inequality in the North West Province. In realising this goal, the Department will focus its efforts on improving the competitiveness of the Province by attracting investment, developing tradable sectors, investing in infrastructure,
and growing SMME’s as well as Cooperatives in the North West.

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