3 STAATSKOERANT, 2 MAART 2009 No.31968 GOVERNMENT NOTICE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS AND TOURISM No.R.214 3 March 2009 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: BIODIVERSITY ACT, 2004 (ACT 10 OF 2004) NORMS AND STANDARDS FOR BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT PLANS FOR SPECIES I, Marthinus Christoffel Johannes van Schalkwyk, Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, hereby publish the Norms and Standards for Biodiversity Management Plans for Species in terms of section 9(1 )(a)(i) and 43 of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act no 10 of 2004), as contained in the Schedule. MARTHINUS VAN SCHALKWYK MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS AND TOURISM SCHEDULE TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: INTERPRETATION AND THE PURPOSE OF THESE NORMS AND STANDARDS 1. Definitions 2. Purpose and application 4 No. 31968 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. 2 MARCH 2009 CHAPTER 2: INTRODUCTION TO BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT PLANS FOR SPECIES AND TO THESE NORMS AND STANDARDS 3. Biodiversity Management Plans ...