Question NW911 to the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment

Khumalo, Dr NV to ask the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment

whether her department is currently working on any environmental strategies to ensure the protection and further development of the Republic’s strategic water resources, given that global research currently indicates a change in fresh water cycle; if not, what is being done in order to mitigate against the impact of the change in water cycles that will see dry areas stricken by more drought and wet areas by more extreme floods and storms?