Environmental Law 12 – Sense of place, aesthetics...
Sense of place, aesthetics, visual impacts – an ambiguous difficult to quantify yet prevalent issue with regard to development impacts The relationship between agricultural or open space preservation with housing...
Environmental Law 13 – Expropriation of land
Under the Expropriation Act of 1975 (Act No. 63 of 1975) and the Expropriation Act Amendment of 1992 (Act No. 45 of 1992), the government is entitled to expropriate private...
Environmental Law 14 – Wetlands
Many definitions of a “wetland” have been put forward by numerous authors but there is no one definition that has achieved global acceptance. This is related to the fact that...
Environmental Law 15 – Hazardous wastes
There are no universally applied definitions of “hazardous waste”. The Department of Water Affairs and Forestry defines hazardous waste as “An inorganic or organic element or compound that, because of...
Environmental Law 16 – KZN Biodiversity Stewardship Program
Stewardship refers to the wise use, management and protection of that which has been entrusted to you. Within the context of conservation, stewardship means wisely using natural resources that you...