LCP4805 EXAM WITH CORRECT ANSWERS AND LATEST QUESTIONS GRADED A+

LCP4805 EXAM WITH CORRECT ANSWERS AND LATEST QUESTIONS GRADED A+ The anthropocentric approach to the environment - ANSThe following is an example of a specific environmental management Act (SEMA): - ANS-Environment Conservation Act 73 of 1989 Indicate which one of the following does NOT represent a category of problems emanating from environmental damage. - ANS-resource conservation and utilisation Cooperative government - ANS-obliges the spheres of government to cooperate with each other and to respect one another's unique character The Brundtland Report of 1987 - ANS-was compiled by the World Commission on Environment and Development Problems emanating from environmental damage - ANS-. degradable wastes . persistent wastes . reversible biological and geophysical impacts . irreversible biological and geophysical impacts Sustainable development - ANS-has been incorporated into South African law Locus standi in terms of section 38 of the Constitution - ANS-is extended even further by section 32 of NEMA The following is regarded as a distinctive principle guiding and supporting environmental law: - ANSsustainable development When an administrator performs administrative action in the environmental sphere - ANS-he/she must comply with section 33 of the Constitution Which one of the following statements is correct? - ANS-Aquafund (Pty) Ltd v Premier of the Western Cape 1997 7 BCLR 907 (K) deals with the right of access to information International environmental law ____. - ANS-emphasises the development of supervised treaty regimes to protect the environment What is the purpose of an environmental impact assessment (EIA)? - ANS-. Aiding decision-making by providing objective information on the environmental consequences of all developmental actions, plans and projects . Providing sound, comprehensive data for development planning . Analysing plans objectively to ensure maximum benefits and to mitigate the negative effects . Proposing solutions to problems that may arise through the interactions between the environment and developmental actions, plans and projects . Communicating information on the positive and negative effects of development proposals, both to decision-makers and interested parties Discuss the objectives of integrated environmental management (IEM) as set out in s23 of NEMA - ANS-- promote the integration of the principals of environmental management set out in section 2 into the making of all decisions that may have a significant effect on the environment - identify, predict and evaluate the actual and potential impact in the environment, socio-economic conditions and cultural heritage, and the risks consequences, alternatives and options for mitigation of activities, with a view to minimizing negative impacts, maximizing benefits and promoting compliance with the principles of environmental management set out in section 2 - ensure that the effects of activities on the environment receive adequate consideration before actions are taken in connection with them - ensure adequate and appropriate opportunity for public participation in decisions that may affect the environment - ensure the consideration of environmental attributes in management and decision making that may have a significant effect on the environment - identify and employ the modes of environmental attributes in management and decision making that may have a significant effect on the environment - identify and employ the modes of environmental management best suited to ensuring that a particular activity is pursued in accordance with the principles of environmental management set out in section 2 What are the consequences of commencing a listed activity without an environmental authorization? - ANS-- an administrative penalty, provided for by section 24g of NEMA - it is prohibited to commence certain listed activitites without environmental authorisation - administrative penalties are fines imposed by the regulator on the regulated community as some form of sanction against engaging in prohibited conduct section 28 NEMA - ANS-DG may direct any person causing pollution, degradation of environment to: (a) cease any activity, operation or undertaking; (b) investigate, evaluate and assess the impact of specific activities and report thereon; (c) commence taking specific measures before a given date; (d) diligently continue with those measures; and (e) complete those measures before a specified reasonable date.