Browsing by Author "12991805 - Alberts, Reece Cronje"
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An administrative justice perspective on improving EIA effectiveness
Retief, Francois P.; Fischer, Thomas B.; Alberts, Reece C.; Roos, Claudine; Cilliers, Dirk P. (Taylor & Francis, 2020)The aim of this letter is to provide an administrative justice perspective on EIA effectiveness. EIA is described as essentially an administrative instrument, reflecting a number of principles that revolve around an ... -
Complexities with extractive industries regulation on the African continent: what has ‘best practice’ legislation delivered in South Africa?
Alberts, R.; Wessels, J.A.; Morrison-Saunders, A.; McHenry, M.P.; Sequeira, A.R. (Elsevier, 2017)The legal framework for mine closure and rehabilitation of new and former mine sites in South Africa, including legacy abandoned sites, is comprehensive. This paper discusses legislative provisions for mine site rehabilitation ... -
Cooperative environmental governance: at the coalface of sustainable infrastructure development in South Africa
Du Plessis, Anél; Alberts, Reece (VerLoren Van Themaat Centre / Unisa Press, 2014)In this article, large-scale infrastructure development is situated within the sustainability paradigm with an emphasis on questions about environmental impact. W hile the focus is on South Africa, the article contributes ... -
Evaluating environmental impact assessment report quality in South African national parks
Sandham, Luke A.; Huysamen, Carla; Retief, Francois P.; Morrison-Saunders, Angus; Bond, Alan J.; Pope, Jenny; Alberts, Reece C. (AOSIS, 2020)This research evaluates Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report quality for a selected sample of development projects in South African national parks. It applies an adapted version of an international EIA report quality ... -
The perceived benefits of EIA for government: a regulator perspective
Cilliers, D.P.; Van Staden, I.; Roos, C.; Alberts, R.C.; Retief, F.P. (Taylor & Francis, 2020)With increased political polarisation and the emergence of populist governments around the world – many of which erode regulatory requirements such as EIA – there is an urgent need to be able to identify and explain the ... -
Protecting ecosystems by way of biological control: cursory reflections on the main regulatory instruments for biological control agents, present and future
Alberts, R.; Moolman, J. (Faculty of Law, North-West University, Potchefstroom, 2013) -
Re-thinking the fundamentals of EIA through the identification of key assumptions for evaluation
Alberts, R.C.; Retief, F.P.; Roos, C.; Cilliers, D.P.; Arakele, M. (Taylor & Francis, 2019)EIA is increasingly being questioned as a decision-making instrument of choice for decision makers. In addressing these concerns, the paper aims to re-think the fundamentals of EIA through the identification of key assumptions ... -
Regulators' perceptions of environmental impact assessment (EIA) benefits in a sustainable development context
Roos, C.; Cilliers, D.P.; Retief, F.P.; Alberts, R.C.; Bond, A.J. (Elsevier, 2020)The costs of conducting Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) are well known. Yet the benefits of EIA are much more intangible, leading to a situation where some question its value as the tool of choice for informing ...