Maphumulo IDP - KZN Development Planning

17. The Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism Series on IntegratedEnvironmental Management (2004)18. The National Framework Document, Strengthening Sustainability in the IntegratedDevelopment Planning Process (2002).19. The iLembe District Municipality approach to integrated environmental managementis guided by the Principles of NEMA Act (Act 107 1998):i)Accountability and responsibility;ii)Adaptive;iii)Alternative options;iv) Community empowerment;v) Continual improvement;vi) Dispute Resolution; vii) Environmental Justice,viii) Equity, ix) Global Responsibilities;x) Holistic decision-making;xi) Informed decision-making;xii) Institutional co-ordination;xiii) Integrated approach;xiv) Polluter Pays; xv) Precautionary approach;xvi) Rigour; xvii) Stakeholder engagement;xviii) Sustainability;xix) Transparency.2.3.3.6 Sector PlansThe following sector plans have been prepared as part of the overall District EnvironmentalManagement Framework, incorporating the local municipalities, hence, it is thereforeassumed that the detail covers the Maphumulo Municipality.Environmental Management Framework – applicable to Maphumulo MunicipalityThe iLembe District Municipality has secured funding from DAEA&RD for an EnvironmentalManagement Framework incorporating the local municipalities. Initial meetings have startedand will be finalized within 2012/2013 financial year. The EMF is envisaged to close most gapsfocusing on areas of concern in the district as a whole.Environmental Atlas – applicable to Maphumulo MunicipalityThe Environmental Atlas was developed by iLembe district municipality; the mapsincorporate a sensitivity analysis, which is a decision support tool for integrating systematicconservation planning principles into spatial planning within protected areas. The processhas grown in response to the requirements of the Protected Areas Act which indicates thatfuture management actions within protected areas is undertaken within a defendable,transparent and biodiversity driven framework. This sensitivity analysis identifies variousunderlying concepts such as habitat value, landscape sensitivity and systematicconservation planning.NB: Biodiversity maps, IEP, EMF studies are being developed such that the whole family ofmunicipalities are beneficiaries of such information and they can build upon it for otherintended municipalities environmental studies and or sector plans.Biodiversity Management Plan – applicable to Maphumulo MunicipalityAs part of Ezemvelo KZN wildlife’s systematic conservation planning, made availablenecessary biodiversity maps, which have necessary biodiversity ILembe to improve theenvironmental layer of the Spatial Development Framework (SDF). These maps willcontribute immensely during EMF development process and will eventually contribute tomore formalized and gazetted Bioregional Plan that is a requirement for the region byEzemvelo KZN Wildlife. The said plan has not yet been developed however, key issues have__________________________________________________________________________________________Maphumulo Integrated Development Plan (IDP) 2012 - 2013Final June 2012Page 41 of 142