The sixth largest of the nine provinces inSouth
Africa covering a total area of 116 320
km2, (approximately 9,5% of South
Africa
).
As part of
South Africa's
ongoing environmental reporting programme, the
North West
Province
developed this current provincial SoER, which builds on from a
preliminary SoER compiled by the Province in 1995. The main
objective of the report is to provide valuable environmental
information to support sustainable development in the Province.
Other objectives include:
·Informing
decision-makers on the current state of the environment of the
Province;
·Establishing
the provincial information base with regard to current and future
environmental trends;
·Indicating
environmental trends;
·Identifying
gaps in knowledge of the
North West
Province's environment and
propose recommendations to address these;
·Support
management decisions for environmental protection and
sustainability;
·Complementing
and providing information for the next edition of the national
SoER;
·Benchmarking
the Province's environmental management practices against
international trends; and
·Providing
information for environmental education and training for
decision-makers and the general public.
A report that highlight the conditions of
the environment by analysing trends, causes of these change,
assessing and interpreting the implications and the impacts of
these trends and assessing societal responses to environmental
problems in the Province.
