02 June 2023 - The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Ms Barbara Creecy in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will host World Environment Day (WED) 2023, on Monday, 5 June 2023, in Cape Town.The WED 2023 is commemorated under the theme: “#Beat Plastic Pollution” with a strong focus on eliminating all forms of...
02 June 2023 - The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment’s Working on Fire programme is deploying a team of more than 200 firefighters and management to the Canadian province of Alberta to assist with firefighting and fire suppression efforts. This will be the fifth deployment by a Working on Fire team to Canada.“I would like to extend my best wishes to the team...
01 June 2023 - On 24 February 2022 a public notification was issued in which it was explained that it had come to the Department’s attention that a variety of devices, including but not limited to, bait-carrying drones, bait carrying remote-controlled boats, other remotely operated vehicles were being used by recreational anglers to illegally catch fish and sharks. As previously indicated, these devices are...
24 May 2023 - The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Ms Barbara Creecy, will host a consultative stakeholder engagement meeting on South Africa’s negotiating position ahead of the second Intergovernmental Commitee (INC2) tomorrow, Thursday, 25 May 2023. The second Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC2) on Plastic Pollution...
22 May 2023 - It gives me great pleasure to welcome you all today to this commemoration of International Day for Biological Diversity 2023, celebrated under the theme: “From Agreement Action to Building Back Biodiversity”. To understand the importance of this theme and its relevance to all our lives, it’s important to start today, by acknowledging a wealth of scientific evidence.
