Biodiversity - Conservation, Environment

This service allows an aggrieved party to contest an environmental decision of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

This service is aimed at an individual, clubs, businesses, nature reserves and municipalities who want to apply for CITES Dealers Book.

Individual, businesses and municipalities who wants to apply for a Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).

Citizens may apply for a Local Geographical Name Change (LGNC) to be considered by the Gauteng Geographical Names Committee (GGNC).

This service is aimed at individuals, clubs, businesses, nature reserves and municipalities who wants to apply for a standing permit.

Apply for an ordinary permit, in terms of the provisions of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act 2004, Act 10 of 2004 - Threatened or Protected Species Regulations, 2007.

Apply for an ordinary permit, in terms of the provisions of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act 2004, Act 10 of 2004 - Threatened or Protected Species Regulations, 2007.

Apply for an ordinary permit, in terms of the provisions of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act 2004, Act 10 of 2004 - Threatened or Protected Species Regulations, 2007.

Apply for an ordinary permit, in terms of the provisions of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act 2004, Act 10 of 2004 - Threatened or Protected Species Regulations, 2007.

Apply for an ordinary permit, in terms of the provisions of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004) - Threatened or Protected Species Regulations, 2007.

Apply for an ordinary permit, in terms of the provisions of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act No. 2004, Act 10 of 2004 - Threatened or Protected Species Regulations, 2007.

This service is aimed at individuals, clubs, businesses, nature reserves and municipalities who wants to apply for compulsory registration of captive breeding operation.

Environmental Assessment Practitioners (EAP) can apply for environmental authorisation on the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) online submission system.

Individuals, clubs, businesses, nature reserves and municipalities can apply for an exemption to hunt permit.

Apply for or propose alteration or demolition of a provincial heritage site or a provisionally protected place, or the proposed structure or part of a structure that is older than 60 years.

The export of for instance skins, bones, horns, teeth, tusks, capes and hooves of game animals have certain requirements.

Individuals or companies can request for a license to recycle, treat or dispose general waste. General waste includes paper, cardboard, plastic, cans, glass, etc. This excludes hazardous and medical waste.

Individuals, clubs, businesses, nature reserves and municipalities can apply for a permit to act as a Hunting Outfitter.

Individuals, clubs, businesses, nature reserves and municipalities can apply for a permit to act as landowner.

individual, clubs, businesses, nature reserves and municipalities who want to be professional hunters

License holders can apply to amend their Waste Management license to recycle, treat or dispose general waste. General waste includes paper, cardboard, plastic, cans, glass, etc. This excludes hazardous and medical waste.

This service is aimed at registering general waste facilities.

This service is aimed at an individuals or businesses who want to be a registered CITES nursery

Individuals, clubs, businesses, nature reserves and municipalities can apply for a permit to catch fish.

Individuals, clubs, businesses, nature reserves and municipalities can apply for a permit to catch a live wild animal.

This service is aimed at registering General waste facilities

Individuals, clubs, businesses, nature reserves and municipalities can apply for a permit to collect and transport plants.

Individuals, businesses and municipalities can apply for a permit to donate plants.

Tourist and local destination attraction facilities (schools, hospitals, hotels etc) can apply to erect tourism and local directional signage.

Individuals, clubs, businesses, nature reserves and municipalities can apply for a permit to establish a bird sanctuary.

Individuals, clubs, businesses, nature reserves and municipalities can apply for a game park permit.

Individuals, businesses, nature reserves and municipalities can apply for a permit to establish a reptile park.

Individuals, clubs, businesses, nature reserves and municipalities can apply for a zoo permit

Individuals, clubs, businesses, nature reserves and municipalities can apply for a permit to export dead game or game products

This service is aimed at individuals, businesses or institutions that want to apply to export for research other than Bioprosoecting.

All exports of animal genetic material for example ova, embryos and semen of animals require pre-approval by the Registrar, Animal Improvement Act, 1998 (Act 62 of 1998).

All persons or companies who import, export, trade in, keep, possess, collect, pick, convey, transport or hunt listed wild animals and wild plants in Gauteng must apply for permits with the Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Individuals, clubs, businesses, nature reserves and municipalities can apply for a permit to export or remove live wild animals from Gauteng

Individuals, businesses, nature reserves and municipalities can apply for a permit to export plants.

This service is aimed at registering General waste facilities

Individuals, clubs, businesses, nature reserves and municipalities can apply for a permit to hold an angling competition.

To hunt live animals such as birds, reptiles and mammals, in accordance with Gauteng Nature Conservation Ordinance 12 of 1983, Section 16, 16A, 17, 18 and 49, Regulation 18.

Individuals, clubs, businesses, nature reserves and municipalities can apply for a permit to hunt game with a prohibited weapon.

Individuals, clubs, businesses, nature reserves and municipalities can apply for a permit to hunt ordinary game.

Individuals, univeristies, SANBI, businesses, nature reserves and municipalities can apply for a permit to hunt animals for scientific purposes.

Individuals, clubs, businesses, nature reserves and municipalities can apply for a permit to import dead game or game products.

Individuals, clubs, businesses, nature reserves and municipalities can apply for a permit to import live animals into Gauteng.

Individuals, univerities, businesses, nature reserves and municipalities can apply for a permit to import plants.

Individuals, businesses, nature reserves and municipalities can apply for a permit to keep plants

Individuals, clubs, businesses, nature reserves and municipalities can apply for a permit to keep live wild animals in captivity.

Individuals, clubs, businesses, nature reserves and municipalities can apply for a permit to place and release of fish.

Individuals, clubs, businesses, nature reserves and municipalities can apply for a permit to possess raw elephant tusks.

Individuals, clubs, businesses, nature reserves and municipalities can apply for a permit to posses rhino horns.

All persons or companies who import, export, trade in, keep, possess, collect, pick, convey, transport or hunt listed wild animals and wild plants in Gauteng must apply for permits with the Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, (Directorate: Biodiversity Management/Nature Conservation).

This service is aimed at an individuals, clubs, businesses, nature reserves and municipalities who wants to remove bats from the caves.

All persons or companies who import, export, trade in, keep, possess, collect, pick, convey, transport or hunt listed wild animals and wild plants in Gauteng must apply for permits with the Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

Renewal of Waste management licences are issued by the Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (Pollution and Waste Management) in terms of the National Environmental Management Waste Act(Act No.59 of 2008).

This service is aimed at an individual or club who wants to ring birds.

Individuals, clubs, businesses, nature reserves and municipalities can apply for a permit to sell game biltong.

To sell game meat, in accordance with Gauteng Nature Conservation Ordinance 12 of 1983, Section 33.

Individuals, clubs, businesses, nature reserves and municipalities can apply for a permit to sell ivory or rhino horns.

Individuals, businesses and municipalities can apply for a permit to sell fish.

Individuals, businesses, nature reserves and municipalities can apply for a permit to sell live wild animals.

Individuals, businesses and municipalities can apply for a permit to sell plants.

This service is aimed at registering General waste storage facilities

This service is aimed at registering General waste storage facilities

This service is aimed at individuals, clubs, businesses, nature reserves and municipalities who wants to transport a live wild animal.

This service is aimed at authorisation for transportation of medical waste

This service is aimed at authorisation for the treatment of medical waste

This service is aimed at an individual, clubs, businesses, nature reserves and municipalities who wants to write a Hunting Outfitters Exam.

Apply to write a professional hunters exam, in accordance with Gauteng Nature Conservation Ordinance 12 of 1983, Section 47

This service is aimed at eradicating/ eliminating illegal dumps

Veterinary services offers diverse roles ranging from regulatory animal disease control, export facilitation, veterinary public health and primary animal health

The Provincial Heritage Resource Authority of Gauteng is responsible for the management of heritage resources in Gauteng province.

Apply for Gauteng Provincial Environmental Mangment Framework (GPEMF) Standard Registration for a development in zone 1 or 5

Registration on the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Online Submission system as a Practitioner or as a Company (doing Environmental Impact Assessments)

Groups of individuals who want to start recycling business can request to be assisted with registration with DTI

Illegal dump means a discarded waste in an improper or illegal manner, where it does not belong and/ or where environmental damage is likely

Residents of Gauteng can report illegal environmental activities related to waste, air quality, land use and industrial development. These offences are transgressions in terms of the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA).

Waste recycling facilities/ companies, waste recycling/ management cooperatives and buy-back centres can request business support for recycling.

An independent consultant (Environmental Assessment Practitioner) can request guidance on the correct process to follow for the Environmental Impact Assessment

Waste recycling facilities/ companies, waste recycling/ management cooperatives and buy-back centres can request training recycling business.

Individuals, households, companies, organisations and institutions can learn how to separate waste to divert waste from landfills to protect the environment.

This service is available to Municipalities when querying the Environmental requirements of a township application

This service is available to the public, but mainly environmental Assessment Practitioners and developers who wish to determine if their proposed development requires an Environmental approval processes to be undertaken

Submit Basic Assessment and Environmental Impact Assessment reports in line with the National Environmental Management Act Regulations

All persons generating more than 20kg of hazardous waste, transporters , recycling facilities, treatment facilities, and disposal sites must apply for a waste information certificate.