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    Eliciting inputs from the biodiversity sector on draft biodiversity protocols developed for the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Screening Tool
    (2018-06-20) Cape, Lydia; Adams, Abulele
    The National Environmental Screening Tool (“the Screening Tool”) is an online map-based platform accessible via the web that enables users to generate a screening report required to be appended to an application for Environmental Authorisation in terms of regulation 16(1)(v) of the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations, 2014. The screening tool provides for pre-screening of sites for environmental sensitivity and the placement of proposed developments on the site in relation to the impact avoidance hierarchy. Users will be able to identify environmental sensitivities on a proposed site and iteratively use the platform to optimally place their development footprints prior to lodging an application with the national Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA). The platform will inform the users of which environmental permits and field assessments are required as part of the environmental authorisation process for the fulfilment of the requirements defined by the applicable sensitivity protocols. The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) has been requested to develop biodiversity related assessment protocols that will feed into the DEA Screening Tool. These protocols will be associated with the sensitivity rating of the environmental features identified on the proposed site. The assessment protocol will set the minimum information requirements and on-site assessment required for the environmental assessment authorisation process. The competent authority will verify that the applicant has complied with the requirements of the assessment protocols as defined in the screening report generated by the screening tool. SANBI and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Development have developed draft biodiversity protocols and would now like to engage the biodiversity sector on any gaps in these protocols.
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    Phase 2 SEA for Identifying Renewable Energy Development Zones
    (Mariel Bessinger, 2018-06-19) Malatji, Norma; Ndlovu, Kedibone; Cape, Lydia; Daniels, Fahiema; Malebu, Tsamaelo; Adams, Abulele; Ramogotshi, Reinett
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    Second phase of the Strategic Environmental Assessment for the identification of Renewable Energy Development Zones
    (2018-06-20) Cape, Lydia; Adams, Abulele; Ramogotshi, Reinett
    In response to the 2013 National Development Plan, eighteen Strategic Integrated Projects (SIPs) were identified to support economic development and address service delivery in the country. SIP 8 focused on sustainable green energy initiatives and in 2015 a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) for the effective and efficient roll-out of large scale wind and solar photovoltaic developments was completed. The SEA, however, identified eight large Renewable Energy Development Zones (REDZs). These were seen to be too large with too many environmentally sensitive features inside them. Consequently, in late 2016, phase 2 of the wind and solar photovoltaic SEA was commissioned to identify finer scale REDZ with updated resource and environmental datasets. This presentation focuses on the analyses, data sets and approach followed to identify the finer scale REDZs. We will be looking at the process undertaken to identify these areas as well as how the different factors were used in the analyses.