2013_14 IDP Review.pdf - KZN Development Planning

Environmental Issue Strategy Projects RelevantAuthorityEnvironmentalThe municipality has to establish and confirmDMManagementthe environmental roles and responsibilitiesDAEAManagement andConservation of NaturalResourcesBiodiversityassigned to itself and the local municipalities.The municipality is to facilitate the increasedawareness of municipalities environmentalobligation, roles, responsibilities, as well as theaccess to relevant environmental legislationand guidanceThe municipality should promote anunderstanding of the economic value of naturalresources and urban systems and their role inensuring sustained service delivery and theprovision of basic needs to all.The municipality is to revise theDevelopment FrameworkSpatialThe Municipality should undertake a StrategicAssessment considering the environmentalattributes with biodiversity as a priority. Oncompleting the strategic environmentalassessment, a related Management Planneeds to be developedThe municipality is to undertake aStrategic assessment considering theenvironmental attributes with biodiversity as apriority.The municipality needs to identify the areas ofgreatest need and key interventions, theaccessing of funding, and the co-ordination ofinitiatives being carried out at local level for theSDFEMFLUMSInvasive AlienSpecies RemovalDMDMPriorityHIGHMEDIUMLOWDraft 2013/14 IDP Review Page 253Prepared by Umzinyathi District Municiplity22 March 2013