No. 26436 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7 JUNE 2004 Act No. 10, 2004 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: BIODIVERSITY ACT, 2004 (English text signed by the President.) (Assented to 31 May 2004.) ACT To provide for the management and conservation of South Africa's biodiversity within the framework of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998; the protection of species and ecosystems that warrant national protection; the sustainable use of indigenous biological resources; the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from bioprospecting involving indigenous biological resources; the establishment and functions of a South African National Biodiversity Institute; and for matters connected therewith. BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:- TABLE OF CONTENTS Section CHAPTER 1 INTERPRETATION, OBJECTIVES AND APPLICATION OF ACT 1. Definitions 2. Objectives of Act 3. State's trusteeship of biological diversity 4. Application of Act 5. Application of ...