Department of the South African national government
The Department of Environment, Forestry & Fisheries is one of the departments of the South African government. It is responsible for protecting, conserving and improving the South African environment and natural resources. It was created in 2019 by the merger of the Department of Environmental Affairs with the forestry and fisheries components of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
Branches
The branches of the Department of Environmental Affairs are:
- Air Quality and Climate Change
- Biodiversity & Conservation
- Chemicals and Waste Management
- Environmental Advisory Services
- Environmental Programmes
- Legal Authorisations and Compliance Inspectorate
- Oceans and Coasts
- Office of the Chief Operating Officer
Initiatives
See also
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National taxon checklists |
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Plants | |
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Animals | Arthropods | Arachnids |
- Harvestmen
- Microwhip scorpions
- Pseudoscorpions
- Scorpions
- Shorttailed whipscorpions
- Solifugae
- Araneae
- Ixodida
- Whip spiders and tailless whip scorpions
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Insects |
- Alderflies, dobsonflies and fishflies
- Beetles
- Booklice, barklice and barkflies
- Butterflies and moths
- Caddisflies
- Cockroaches and termites
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Earwigs
- Fleas
- Flies
- Jumping bristletails
- Lice
- Mantises
- Mayflies
- Net-winged insects
- Notoptera
- Orthoptera
- Sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants
- Scorpionflies
- Silverfish and firebrats
- Stick and leaf insects
- Stoneflies
- Strepsiptera
- Termites
- Thrips
- True bugs
- Webspinners
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Molluscs | |
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Vertebrates | |
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Seaweeds | |
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Fungi | |
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Regional taxon checklists and other minor lists |
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- Succulent Karoo
- Cape Floristic Region
- Griqualand West Centre
- Albany Centre
- Drakensberg Alpine Centre
- Soutpansberg Centre
- Wolkberg Centre
- Sekhukhuneland Centre
- Barberton Centre
- Maputaland-Pondoland Region
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Biodiversity research in SA |
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Research organisations | |
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Research projects | |
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Citizen science databases | |
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Botanical gardens | |
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Taxonomists | |
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Regional biodiversity | |
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Legislation | |
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Publications |
- List of field guides to South African biota
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Authority control | |
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