Question NW643 to the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment

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19 March 2021 - NW643

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Singh, Mr N to ask the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment

Whether she will provide a status update with regard to the Republic's signature and endorsement of the Leaders’ Pledge for Nature, recently adopted at the United Nations Summit on Biodiversity in September 2020; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details of the (a) advantages and (b) disadvantages of South Africa's signature and endorsement thereof?

Reply:

 

  1. and (b)

Please draw your attention to the Department’s response to parliamentary question 2298, dated 30 October 2020. The Department’s position in this regard has not changed.

Regards

MS B D CREECY, MP
MINISTER OF FISHERIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT

DATE: 17/03/2021