| 9h00-12h00 |
DAY 1 Wednesday 21 October 2020 |
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Session 1 |
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Symposium Chair - IAIAsa Past President - Sabelo Nkosi |
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Welcome - IAIAsa President - Abulele Adams |
9h15 - 9h40
(25 mins) |
Key Note Address: Impacts of COVID-19 on Impact Assessment and the Integrated Environmental Management Sector
Ben Cave - IAIA President |
9h40 - 9h50
10 mins) |
Questions & Answers |
9h50 -10h00
(10 mins) |
Announcement IAIA Individual Award |
10h00 -10h20
(20 mins) |
2nd Address: Resisting threats to the practice of Impact Assessment.
Dr Alan Bond |
10h20 - 10h35
(15 mins) |
TEA BREAK |
| 10h35 - 12h00 |
Session 2 - Department of Environmental Affairs Forestry and Fisheries |
10h35 - 10h55
(20 mins) |
A timeline of Legislative changes in response to COVID 19 in South Africa and where we are now?
Amanda van Reenen |
10h55 - 11h15
(20 mins) |
An overview of work being conducted at the DEFF in response to the National Development Plan (NDP).
Dr Dee Fischer |
11h15 - 11h40
(20 mins) |
Species Protocols – Implementing the avoidance hierarchy through the screening tool.
Alvan Gabriel |
11h40 - 12h00
(20 mins) |
Feedback on Strategic Environmental Assessment and Environmental Management Instruments.
Abulele Adams, Rohaida Abed, Fahiema Daniels |
| 9h00 -12h15 |
DAY 2 Thursday 22 October 2020 |
| 9h00 - 9h10 |
Session 1 Morning Greetings |
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Day 1 Recap |
| 9h10 - 9h35 |
Session 2 - Climate Change Considerations |
| (25 mins) |
Panel Discussion - IAIA’s Climate Change Position Statement and consideration of climate change issues in IEM in South Africa. - Session Chair Melissa Groenink |
| (10 mins) |
IAIA's Climate Change Statement
Arend Kolhoff - IAIA Climate Change Section Chair |
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Panelists |
| (5 mins) |
Climate Change and IEM.
Chumisa Thengwa |
| (5 mins) |
Environmental Impact Assessment can create sustainable communities through addressing Climate Change measures.
Moudy Mudzielwana |
| (5 mins) |
DEFF’s climate mitigation and adaptation plans.
Tlou Ramaru |
| 9h35 -10h00 |
Discussion |
| (25 mins) |
Questions & Answers |
10h00 -10h10
(10 mins) |
Wrap Up |
10h10 - 10h25
(15 mins) |
TEA BREAK |
| 10h25 - 12h15 |
Session 3
Topic: Improving IEM practice from an NGO perspective
Session Chair - Ian Little EWT |
| 10h25 -10h30 |
Introduction to the Session |
10h30 - 10h50
(20 mins) |
No-Go Zones for development: an NGO endorsed map based on the national Environmental Screening Tool.
Dr Dominic Henry
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10h50 - 11h05
(20 mins) |
Biodiversity Offsets Guidelines.
Marthán Theart |
11h05 - 11h25
(20 mins) |
Progress Towards Developing Best Practice Guidelines for the Implementation of the Mitigation Hierarchy in South Africa.
Melissa Lewis |
11h25 - 11h45
(20 mins) |
Community toolkits and regional biodiversity champions: ensuring EIAs produce just and sustainable development through educating communities and streamlining NGO responses.
Dr Oliver Cowan |
11h45 - 12h05
(20 mins) |
Community Capacity Building - Integration with IAIAsa Innovation Project - IsiZulu Guide for EIA.
Janice Tooley |
12h05 -12h15
(10 mins) |
Wrap Up |
| 9h00 -12h05 |
DAY 3 Friday 23 October 2020 |
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The link between IEM and SDGs – where are we and how should SDGs influence IEM practice in SA? |
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Session Chair - Rethabile Mbokodi |
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Moderator - Dr Patrick Sithole |
9h00 -9h15
(15mins) |
Introduction - This session will discuss the link or lack thereof, between Integrated Environmental Management (IEM) and SDGs. The Panel will discuss where we are as a country and how the SDGs influence or should be influencing IEM Practice in South Africa. There will be a discussion on the underlying principles and aspects of IEM and SDGs followed by the unpacking of the 17 SDGs as adopted by the United Nations Member States in 2015. The SDGs’ agenda and ideology that “No-one Left Behind” will then be discussed from various angles which include the private sector, government, business, academics and socio-economic representatives. The panel we delve further into the practical applications of SDGs within the South African policies and programmes and also in IEM practice. The current legal shortcomings and enablers based on where we are as a country will be discussed. |
9h15 -9h40
(25 mins) |
Introduction of the Panellists: Prof Francois Retief, Milicent Solomons, Ishmael Semenya, and Thandile Chinyavanhu |
9h40 -10h30
(50 mins) |
SDG influence on IEM practice? |
| 10h30 - 10h45 |
TEA BREAK |
10h45 - 11h25
(40 mins) |
Questions and Discussion (Member engagement)
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11h25 - 11h30
(5 mins) |
Session Wrap Up |
11h30-11h55
(25 mins) |
Closing Plenary - Synopsis from Delegates (Babalwa Fatyi, Teboho Nkahle, Sindiswa Dlomo, Gugulethu Tshabalala) |
11h55 -12h05
(10 mins) |
Closing Address, Vote of Thanks and Announcements |