Documents
The documents listed on the right are available for download. This collection is updated and amended on a regular basis.
If you are looking for information on the legal framework and acts that govern environmental activities in South Africa, then your first port of call should perhaps be the website of the Centre for Environmental Rights
a) Environmental Management Frameworks for the Bitou Area
- Bitou Municipal Spacial Development Framework (2021)
- Bitou Local Municipality Spatial Development Framework, full report (2013)
- Lower Bitou / Keurbooms Catchment & Floodplain Management Framework. Preliminary Report prepared for the Plett Environmental Forum (September 2009) (also see the above SDF-document, p. 66-69)
- Bitou Municipality’s Disaster Risk Assessment
- Keurboom’s Estuary Draft Estuarine Management Plan (2021; Western Cape Government, Department of Environmental Affairs & Development Planning)
- Ecosystem Map
- Base Map
- Sensitivity Map
- Corridors Map
- Topography Map
b) National and Provincial Legislation and Frameworks
- National Environmental Management Act 107 of 1998
- National Water Act 36 of 1998
- National Forests Act 84 of 1998
- Integrated Coastal Management Act 24 of 2008
- Protected Areas Act 57 of 2003
- National Framework for Sustainable Development
- Western Cape Climate Change Response Strategy: Vision 2050 (2003)
- Integrated Water Resource Management (IRWM): Report to the Water Commission (2014)
c) Documents relating to the Proposed Plettenberg Bay Small Boat Harbour Development (2012-2014)