Policy Submission: Draft National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Bill, 2024

25 July 2024

Biowatch South Africa comments on the Draft National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Bill, 2024

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Policy Submission: Guidance concerning smallholder farmers - private and non-commercial definition in UPOV

16 May 2024

Biowatch South Africa comments on the guidance concerning smallholder farmers in relation to the definition of private and non-commercial purposes in the UPOV 1991 Convention

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Policy Submission: Concept Note on Food Systems Transformation and the NFSCC

19 February 2024

Biowatch South Africa comments on the Concept Note on Food Systems Transformation and the National Food System Coordinating Committee (NFSCC)

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Policy Submission: Additional comments following consultations on the Draft Regulations - Plant Improvement Act and Plant Breeders’ Rights Act

1 December 2023

Additional comments on the Draft Regulations made in terms of the Plant Improvement Act, 2018 and the Plant Breeders’ Rights Act, 2018

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Policy Submission: Preservation and Development of Agricultural Land Bill

19 May 2023

Biowatch South Africa comments on the Preservation and Development of Agricultural Land Bill [B8–2021].

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Comments: Draft White Paper on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity in South Africa

9 September 2022

Biowatch South Africa comments on the Draft White Paper on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity in South Africa.

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Policy Submission: Plant Improvement Act

31 August 2022

Biowatch SA Comments on the Regulations made in terms of the Plant Improvement Act, 2018 published in the Government Gazette on 10 June 2022.

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Policy Submission: Plant Breeders’ Rights Act

31 August 2022

Biowatch SA comments on the Regulations made in terms of the Plant Breeders’ Rights Act, 2018 as published in the Government Gazette on 24 June 2022.

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Policy Submission: Climate Change Bill

27 May 2022

Biowatch South Africa's submission on the Climate Change Bill [B9-2022], which was published on 18 February 2022.

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Policy Submission: Draft Framework for a Just Transition in South Africa

29 April 2022

Biowatch South Africa provides input on the draft Framework for a Just Transition in South Africa (dated February 2022).

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