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Workshop to discuss the table of contents for a National State of the
Environment Report planned
14 September 1998. A national workshop to discuss issues to be addressed in a
National State of the Environment Report for South Africa is planned for 29
October 1998. To find out more about the process and how you can contribute to
the discussion,
click here...
23 October 1998. The agenda for the workshop is available here.
09 November 1998. The full workshop report is now available on line.Included is the workshop report is the table of contents for the National SoER.
09 November 1998. The terms of reference for drafting the different chapters of the State of the Environment Report has been completed. Submissions should reach the Department on or before friday 27 November 1998. Full instructions for contributors are included in the terms of reference.
January 1999. List of stakeholders now on-line. Visit this page if you want to include your name or institution on the list of stakeholders.
South African delegation visits GRID-Arendal for Internet training
14 September 1998. A group of South Africans attended and participated in an
intensive workshop in Arendal, Norway on on the use of the Internet in State of
the Environment reporting and preparation of State of the Environment Reports on
the Internet. The group consisted of representatives from the Department of
Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Provinces and representatives from Cape Town,
Durban, Johannesburg and Pretoria.
Expert Workshop on Environmental Indicators of Sustainable Development planned
for late October 1998.
14 September 1998 - The Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism is
assisting the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) in testing the list of
134 indicators of sustainable development proposed by the CSD. Following from
testing in 1997, the workshop will focus on the 50 + environmental indicators in
the CSD list.
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Work on indicators
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The UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) has developed a set of
Indicators of Sustainable Development. The aim of the work by the CSD on the
development of indicators is to provide governments, as quickly as possible,
with a set of indicators which they can use as a basis for collecting data and
begin to analyze progress towards sustainable development along several
dimensions. The CSD asked countries to test the list of indicators. South
Africa, through the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, is
participating in the testing programme of the CSD.
- A list of 30 urban indicators to be used by cities participating in the Cities State of the Environment Project is available at the cities web page of Grid Arendal.
- A set of proposed urban indicators is also available at the cities web page of Grid-Arendal.
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Facts and Figures
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Interesting
facts and figures
about the South African environment are presented. For example, just how
important an issue is the environment in the minds of South Africans?. This
section will be updated from time to time.
 Vegetation of South Africa on-line. This site contains useful information for 68 vegetation types in Southern Africa. Statistics, conservation status, distribution maps and more!
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