Browsing by Subject "Environmental right"
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Facing the Music through Environmental Administrative Penalties : Lessons to be Learned from the Implementation and Impact of Section 24G?
(PER/PELJ, 2022)Section 24G was inserted into the National Environmental Management Act 107 of 1998 to provide a mechanism for authorising activities that commence unlawfully. It contains South Africa's only environmental administrative ... -
Fulfilment of South Africa's constitutional environmental right in the local government sphere
(North-West University, 2008)Claims related to the environment increasingly permeate the domain of human and fundamental rights. It is widely accepted that a direct functional relationship exists between the pursuit of environmental aims generally, ... -
Innovative regulation of meat consumption in South Africa : an Environmental Rights perspective
(PER/PELJ, 2021)Meat production is a human activity driven by meat consumption, a human behaviour normalised in today's society. Human activity stems from particular psychological patterns (manifesting as human behaviour). It is argued ... -
The promotion of environmental justice through the lens of civil-based environmental governance in South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2015)Civil society has a significant role to play in promoting environmental justice, particularly through the lens of civil-based environmental governance. Civil-based instruments such as public participation, access to ... -
Public interest environmental litigation: recent cases raise possible obstacles
(North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), Faculty of Law, 2010)Despite the broadening of locus standi in environmental cases by both Section 38 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, and Section 32 of the National Environmental Management Act 107 of 1998, two ... -
The regulation of acid mine drainage in South Africa: law and governance perspectives
(2014)Acid mine drainage (AMD) is arguably one of the most serious environmental concerns in South Africa. AMD is a legacy left behind by abandoned, derelict and defunct mines, and is a continuing by-product of existing mining ...