Question NW643 to the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
19 March 2021 - NW643
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:
- 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