IMEL Participate in the ELA Annual Conference (2022)

Amanda Mkhonza and Sandy Paterson recently participated in the annual Environmental Law Association Conference which took place at the University of the Western Cape from 29 September to 1 October 2022. Both chaired sessions and Sandy presented a paper on the opening day titled “Preparing for the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework - Possible Tweaks to South Africa’s Law and Policy Framework Governing Protected Areas”. The paper critically reflected on the extent to which the National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act still provides the necessary legal framework for addressing contemporary domestic challenges facing protected areas, and for ensuring that the country is suitably placed to meet its international area-based commitments under the CBD’s soon to be adopted Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.