Browsing Masters Degrees (Environmental Law) by Title
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The environmental impact assessment (EIA) under the Lesotho Environment Act No. 10 of 2008 : a comparative analysis with the South African EIA regime.
(2011)Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has become common as the world realise that the environment has to be managed well for sustenance of life on the planet. As the EIA has now become a sine qua non in the management ... -
An evaluation of the environmental regulations for the protection of avifaunal biodiversity in light of solar energy development.
(2020)The socio-economic benefits associated with solar energy facilities considering the energy crisis, coupled with its positive impacts of a reduced carbon footprint provide the case for solar energy. The inarguable need for ... -
Financial provisions and environmental liabilities on industrial sites.
(2017)This paper looks at the management of environmental liabilities in South Africa with a specific emphasis on industrial sites. The focus on industrial sites is due to the illustrated environmental legacy issues which arise ... -
Geo : food for thought.
(2003)Consider this: South Africa recently became the first country in the world to commercially release genetically engineered maize for human consumption. In contrast to the cautionary approach adopted by other African countries, ... -
Has affirmative action become an illusionary right for certain designated groups?
(2014)South Africa consists of one of the most diverse societies in the world, comprising of people from different cultures, race, religion, gender and languages. During the apartheid era, unjust laws were applied to create ... -
The inclusion and implementation of integrated water resources management under South African water law and policy.
(2012)South Africa is a dry, water-stressed country which faces many water management challenges. Some of these challenges are unique to South African freshwater resources management while others are conventional water management ... -
An industrial chemocide : synoptic analysis of air pollution in the Durban South area.
(2003)Air pollution, health and poverty convey overtones of moral dereliction of our people by the confederacy of perpetrators. It is true that a cocktail of chemical emissions pollute the Durban South area and the residents ... -
The influence of English poaching laws on South African poaching laws.
(2001)This dissertation examines the laws relating to poaching in South Africa - where these laws originated, how they were influenced by the long history of laws against poaching in England, and how they were shaped by factors ... -
Intellectual property rights and plant variety protection in South Africa : an international perspective.
(2003)This work will investigate the implementation of plant variety protection obligations that African states, and in particular South Africa, have to undertake under the various relevant international agreements, especially ... -
An interpretation of the South African Constitutional 'Environmental Right' (Section 24 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996) and an assessment of its relationship to sustainable development.
(2014)Sustainable Development is a widely used phrase. A superficial search for the phrase on the internet indicates that it is used by a diverse range of users who imbue it with various interpretations depending upon their ... -
Is the regulation of single-use plastic in South Africa a waste of time?
(2019)The aim of a partial or complete ban of the use of single-use plastic in food packaging would be to reduce the amount of plastic waste that plagues South Africa and results in pollution to both our land and water resources. ... -
Locus standi in environmental litigation : a South African perspective.
(1997)Environmentalists citizens groups, legal practitioners academics and the ordinary citizens in South Africa today are over-excited with the prospects of the environmental rights litigation under the final Constitution ... -
Marine salvage : from Rhodian law to Lloyd's open form, 2000.
(2003)The origins of marine salvage law may be traced to a code of Rhodian Sea laws promulgated in 500BC. Presently, while salvage law retains the foundations of this early codification, it has undergone a complete metamorphosis ... -
Maritime liens : a critical analysis of the protection that South Africa's bioprospecting legislation affords indigenous communities, in the context of the country's international obligations and with particular regard to implementation changes.
(2013)Indigenous communities have developed a wealth of knowledge, which plays a crucial role in providing leads for the use of genetic resources and bioprospecting. However, such knowledge is under increasing threat due to the ... -
The obligation on environmental authorities to consider socio-economic factors in EIAs : a critical examination of s 24 of NEMA.
(2014)Environmental impact assessments were developed in the United States with an object to build into the decision-making processes an awareness of environmental considerations. EIAs were imported into South African law and ...