Waste Management and Pollution: The intervention is on minimizing the amount of waste that goes to landfill and reducing pollution from industry. Additional areas that will be covered in this theme include the creation of local economic opportunities in waste management and recycling, building capacity and knowledge of the municipal citizens on the value of managing waste and pollution, and reducing emissions from waste and industries. SWOT OF THE Umtshezi LM (ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT) The Environmental SWOT Analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) is presented in the Table below: STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES OPPORTUNITIES TREATS Large biodiversity Limited benefits Improvement On-going that inhabits an derived from of biodiversity environmental ecosystem landscape international and degradation affecting that has retained assets situated in hydrological the ecotourism, ecological the municipality integrity of leading to a reduction functionality; aquatic of resources available systems for conservation Lack of aspects. There are wetlands, environmental important water compliance and There is an Low economic growth yield areas and enforcement; opportunity for and increasing rate of streamlined rivers this weakens contributions unemployment in management of to rural major economic the natural livelihood sectors The presence of environment through Priority Floral employment Species that opportunities Alien infestation may prevents ecological Lack of in alien lead in marked degradation and environmental eradication declines in stream further loss of management operations as flow, transformation vegetation strategies and well as of vegetation key interventions beneficiation of composition & to monitor & some species structure; alteration of The municipality also manage as they provide patterns nutrient cycle contains the basis of biodiversity as materials for & fire regime; also the Tugela-Vaal well as the production impact on Tourism & ecological water scheme and of various Agricultural footprint household and production good water saleable items resources. such as building materials,
Waste Management and Pollution: The intervention is on minimizing the amount of waste that goes to landfill and reducing pollution from industry. Additional areas that will be covered in this theme include the creation of local economic opportunities in waste management and recycling, building capacity and knowledge of the municipal citizens on the value of managing waste and pollution, and reducing emissions from waste and industries. SWOT OF THE Umtshezi LM (ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT) The Environmental SWOT Analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) is presented in the Table below: STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES OPPORTUNITIES TREATS Large biodiversity that inhabits an ecosystem landscape that has retained ecological functionality; There are wetlands, important water yield areas and streamlined rivers The presence of Priority Floral Species that prevents ecological degradation and further loss of vegetation The municipality also contains the basis of the Tugela-Vaal water scheme and good water resources. Limited benefits derived from international assets situated in the municipality Lack of environmental compliance and enforcement; this weakens management of the natural environment Lack of environmental management strategies and key interventions to monitor & manage biodiversity as well as ecological footprint Improvement of biodiversity and hydrological integrity of aquatic systems There is an opportunity for contributions to rural livelihood through employment opportunities in alien eradication operations as well as beneficiation of some species as they provide materials for the production of various household and saleable items such as building materials, On-going environmental degradation affecting the ecotourism, leading to a reduction of resources available for conservation aspects. Low economic growth and increasing rate of unemployment in major economic sectors Alien infestation may lead in marked declines in stream flow, transformation of vegetation composition & structure; alteration of patterns nutrient cycle & fire regime; also impact on Tourism & Agricultural production
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