The Swaziland Environment Action Plan (SEAP)

RECOMMENDED POLICY AND STRATEGY FRAMEWORK

CONTENTS | INTRODUCTION | NATIONAL LAND AND ENVIRONMENT | RURAL LAND AND ENVIRONMENT | SOIL CONSERVATION | AGRICULTURAL LAND USE | LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION | CROP PRODUCTION | FORESTRY | MINING | BIODIVERSITY | RURAL WATER | RURAL SETTLEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND INFRASTRUCTURE | TOURISM | RURAL ENERGY | PERI-URBAN LAND AND ENVIRONMENT | URBAN LAND AND ENVIRONMENT | RESIDENTIAL | COMMERCIAL, RETAIL & INDUSTRIAL | GREEN BELT, AGRICULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL |

RECOMMENDED POLICY AND STRATEGY FRAMEWORK

This document is the proposed policy and strategy framework of the Swaziland Environment Action Plan (SEAP).

It is based largely on an analysis of the Report of the SEAP Technical Working Groups, ie.:

  1. Human Settlements and Environmental Health
  2. Infrastructure and Mining
  3. Manufacturing, Industry and Tourism
  4. Water Resources and Climate
  5. Biodiversity Management
  6. Land Resources Management
  7. Social and Economic Issues
  8. Education and Public Awareness and Participation
  9. Policy, Legal and Institutional Framework

It also contain input from a wide variety of existing relevant studies. It sets out both policy recommendations, and strategies for achieving those policy objectives.

This report therefore provides:

  • A hierarchically structured policy framework, the recommendations of the higher levels being the authority for the levels beneath them, and being themselves informed and prioritised by the requirements of same;
  • An issues summary;
  • Summary policy proposals, consisting of:
    1. Status of Policy - a statement on the position on the status of each policy - if it exists, and if so in what status and form, and how it fits the present proposed structure
    2. Broad Overall Objectives
    3. Policy Principles
    4. Policy Practical Elements
    5. Policy Supportive Elements
  • Summary Strategy Proposals, consisting of recommendations concerning action on same, where necessary divided into "General Strategy" and "Practical Strategy", or any other subdivision as considered relevant;
  • Key Reference Material - highlighting those references of particular relevance to that level of the Action Plan (the full bibliographic reference can be found within the consolidated list of references annexed to this report);
  • Ministerial involvement - recommendations concerning ministerial involvement, based upon Legal Notice No. 194 of 1996 and the need for cross-sectoral strategies.

This framework is open-ended and provides the opportunity to expand as required; for instance, a separate fisheries policy could be added to rural land and environment.

It is hoped that this document will serve as a framework for holistic national policy development which is environmentally sound and for future planning of environmental strategies.