1. Integrated Strategic Development Framework KNYSNA | STATUS QUO | OCTOBER 2013 STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (SEA) KNYSNA | INTEGRATED STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK | OCTOBER 2013 1

2. Contents Definition of SEA National Environmental Management Act What SEA Entails Process of SEA Implementation Documents Available Way Forward 2 KNYSNA | INTEGRATED STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK | OCTOBER 2013

3. DEFINITION OF SEA THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA) IS TO DETERMINE AND EVALUATE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS OF DEVELOPMENT, TO INFORM DECISION-MAKING AT THE PROJECT LEVEL. HOWEVER, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF MORE STRATEGIC DECISIONS THAT ARE TYPICALLY MADE AT THE PLANNING, PROGRAMMING AND POLICY LEVEL THAT INFLUENCE THE NATURE OF A PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT OR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY. SEA HAS THEREFORE EVOLVED, COMPLIMENTARY TO EIA IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS OF POLCIES, PLANS AND PROGRAMMES. 3 KNYSNA | INTEGRATED STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK | OCTOBER 2013

4. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT IT IS IMPORTANT TO TAKE INTO COGNISANCE THE PRINCIPLES UNDERPINNING THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT (ACT 107 OF 1998) NEMA AND THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE ACT AND ASSOCIATED REGULATIONS WERE PROMULGATED SECTION 2(3) OF NEMA CLEARLY STATES THAT ‘DEVELOPMENT MUST BE SOCIALLY, ENVIRONMENTALLY AND ECONOMICALLY SUSTAINABLE’ AND THAT IS WHY PLANNING AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS AN ITERATIVE PROCESS WHICH CONSIDERS ALTERNATIVES THAT CAN BE EVALUATED, GIVEN THE ABOVE THREE LEGS OF SUSTAIANBLE DEVELOPMENT SECTION 2(2) STATES THAT ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT MUST PLACE PEOPLE AND THEIR NEEDS AT THE FOREFRONT OF ITS CONCERNS AND SERVE THEIR PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, DEVELOPMENTAL, CULTURAL AND SOCIAL INTERESTS EQUITABLY, BUT TOGETHER WITH THIS, SECTION 4 MUST BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WITH DUE CONSIDERATION TO THE POTENTIAL DISTURBANCE OF ECOSYSTEMS AND LOSS OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY 4 KNYSNA | INTEGRATED STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK | OCTOBER 2013

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6. WHAT SEA ENTAILS TOOL FOR PLANNING & DECISION MAKING STEP TOWARDS FULLY INTEGRATED PLANNING ENHANCES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IDENTIFIES OPPORTUNITIES & CONSTRAINTS WHICH THE ENVIRONEMNT PLACES ON THE DEVELOPEMNT OF POLICIES, PLANS & PROGRAMS PART OF A TIERED APPROACH TO ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT & MANAGEMENT * BASED ON THE PRINCIPLES OF PRECAUTION CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN ACHIEVING SUSTAINABILITY OBJECTIVES SEA IS NOT PLANNING SEA IS A PATICIPATIVE / CONSULTATIVE PROCESS, ALSO BASED ON GOOD INFORMATION 6 KNYSNA | INTEGRATED STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK | OCTOBER 2013

7. SEA Public Participation Situation Assessment Ongoing process Identification of no-go areas Planning policiesProtected Areas / State Forests Note different levels (Catchment management)Water bodies, sensitive areas Identification of threats Influence on policy development(eg. Invasive alien plants) eg water level rises andConservation / development placement of facilitiesopportunities - Environmental / Social / Economic 7 KNYSNA | INTEGRATED STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK | OCTOBER 2013

8. DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE Environmental Management Framework: DEA Nov 2008 Rapid Conservation Assessment and Corridor Design Report: Dr A. Lombard May 2005 Eden Coastal Management Plan: current Knysna Water Resource Management Plan GRI: Critical Biodiversity Areas / Ecological Support Areas Policy Documents: DEADP, DFFA,& DWA Guideline Documents: DEADP & Cape Nature Knysna Basin Report: Dr. B. Allanson CSIR Reports for Thesen Island and the Knysna Lagoon 8 KNYSNA | INTEGRATED STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK | OCTOBER 2013

9. WAY FORWARD 9  Ongoing Data Collection  Overlay Mapping  Public Participation  Identify Gaps KNYSNA | INTEGRATED STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK | OCTOBER 2013