# National Forest Amendment Bill 2020

- Link: https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/national-forest-amendment-bill-2020/
- Published: 2019-12-13T14:00:21+02:00
- Author: dearSA

### The Select Committee on Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy invites you to submit written comments on the **National Forest Amendment Bill**

### **1739** provided input.

![DearSA - forests](https://cdn.dearsouthafrica.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/
20191203/forest-head.jpg "forest-head")

The Bill seeks to amend the National Forests Act, 1998, so as to;
 • provide for
clear definitions of natural forests and woodlands; • provide for public trusteeship
of the nation’s forestry resources; • increase the promotion and enforcement of 
sustainable forest management; • increase the measures provided for in the Act to
control and remedy deforestation; • provide for appeals against decisions taken 
under delegated powers and duties; • reinforce offences and penalties; and to provide
for matter connected therewith.

Comments close on **Friday, 24 January 2020.**

[click to see comments from other participants ](https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/national-forest-amendment-bill-2020/comments/)

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[click to see summary ](https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/national-forest-amendment-bill-2020/summary-2/)

As an extra measure, DearSA will hand deliver all the submissions done through our
system on the closing date.

**Important to note;**_ This is a legally mandated public policy-shaping process.
By using DearSA’s platform you ensure an accurate record is held by civil society(
so government cannot dispute participation facts or figures) which forms a solid
foundation for a legal case should the necessity arise. It is not a petition. Your
input is immediately sent __to government and must, by law, be individually acknowledged
and considered. Had this been a petition, all public input would be grouped as a
single submission._

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### DOWNLOAD DOCUMENTS

 * [National Forest Amendment Bill [B 11B – 2016]](http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/180501b11B-2016.pdf)