PRESENTATION TO WILDLIFE FORUM ON REGULATIONS FOR THREATENED AND PROTECTED SPECIES AND HUNTING NORMS AND STANDARDS

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PRESENTATION TO WILDLIFE FORUM ON REGULATIONS FOR
THREATENED AND PROTECTED SPECIES AND HUNTING
NORMS AND STANDARDS 08 NOVEMBER 2006
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OVERVIEW OF COMMENTS

• Responses received
• Emails gt 200
• Faxes 83
• Posted responses 99
• Petitions 1800 signatories

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OVERVIEW OF COMMENTS CONT.
Comments from farming community

• Most comments were in a form of petitions. These
  were noted and taken into the discussion document
• Jackal, porcupine and caracal
• These species were listed as threatened and
  because currently they are considered as damage
  causing animals, farmers are concerned about
  livestock and crop losses.
• Proposed solution They be removed from the list.

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Farming community (conted) 2 Prohibition and
regulating of hunting of damage causing animals
This is related to the three species mentioned
earlier but these species including those escape
from protected areas and are then considered as
DCAs. Proposed solution DEAT with provinces will
continue to explore mechanism for management of
damage causing animals
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3. Objection to prohibition on hunting on World
Heritage Sites Proposed solution This be
regulated in terms of Reg 45 of Protected Areas
Act (NEMPAA) This is similar to provisions on
hunting in National Parks that have contractual
arrangements with communities as it places
stricter conditions on permitting.
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OVERVIEW OF COMMENTS CONT.

• Wildlife Industry
• 4 Government not recognising private ownership of
  wildlife/ game by overregulation that impacts
  negatively on economic growth eg. by setting of
  national quotas).
• Proposed solution
• Introduction of the standing permit for land
  owners gives them flexibility in managing their
  game
• Registering of game farms. Invoke sec 57.(legal)
• Delisting of caracal, porcupine and jackal
  Currently considered as common species in terms
  of provincial legislation

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OVERVIEW OF COMMENTS CONT.

• Wildlife Industry cont.
• Prohibition of certain hunting methods
• Currently these methods are allowed as provided
  for in different Provincial Ordinances.
• Proposed solution Reg 25 has been drafted to
  provide
• for allowing certain methods such as bow and
  arrow, dogs and traps under certain conditions
  use of vehicles allowed under certain conditions.
  

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OVERVIEW OF COMMENTS CONT.

• Wildlife Industry cont.
• 6 Regulations do not cover wing-shooting
  activities
• Species hunted by this group not listed, i.e. not
  covered by Act
• Slow turn-around time for permits
• Matter discussed at the Wildlife Forum as a
  standing agenda item

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OVERVIEW OF COMMENTS CONT.
Provincial Authorities 8 Prohibition of hunting
in protected areas Proposed solution This be
regulated in terms of Reg 45 of Protected Areas
Act (NEMPAA) This is similar to provisions on
hunting in National Parks that have contractual
arrangements with communities as it places
stricter conditions on permitting 9 Prohibition
of hunting methods (fire arm calibre) Addressed
in reg 25 hunting methods
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OVERVIEW OF COMMENTS CONT.

• Administrative burden of regulating Damage
  Causing Animals
• Proposed solution Introduction of provisions
  for
• issuing of standing permit (reg. 5)
• registration of game farms (reg. 43)
• Listing of jackal and caracal
• Proposed solution They be removed from the list.

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Provincial Authorities and DEAT 12 Inclusion of
CITES species on the list of TOPS Definition of
restricted activity in the Act covers a plethora
of activities. Listing CITES species implies
that SA will regulate all aspects including
activities that were not intended to be regulated
eg possession and transport of ALL CITES species
including those that are alien to SA. This
creates a lot of administrative burden on the
issuing authorities who are the provinces and
enforcement of these provisions will not be not
practical.
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OVERVIEW OF COMMENTS CONT.

• Provincial Authorities and DEAT
• 12 Inclusion of CITES species on the list of TOPS
  (ii)
• Proposed solution
• Remove CITES species on current list
• Provide for enabling provision under NEMBA and/or
• Amend definition of restricted activity
• Norms and standards should apply only to
  nationally listed species, not provincially
  listed species

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DEAT RECOMMENDATIONS.

• Setting of national hunting off-take.
• Provide for Minister to make a determination on
  species for off-take by Gazette
• Introduction of ethical hunting
• Section 16 17 of the remaining draft norms and
  standards be incorporated and Gazetted in the
  most appropriate and legally defensible manner to
  provide for ethical hunting.
• 3 Self regulation of hunting industry
• DEAT initiates process to deal with hunting in
  the country establishment of national hunting
  license for PHs.

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CONCLUSION

• Most of the comments received were accepted and
  incorporated in the regulations.
• The consequence of this acceptance is that from
  the draft norms and standards, only sections
  dealing with self-regulation which includes
  registration of organisations become the only
  remaining provisions in the NS.
• The comments received on provisions in the
  published norms and standards dealing with
  prohibitions on hunting of large predators have
  been reworked and included in Reg 15