This protocol provides the criteria for the specialist assessment and minimum report content requirements for impacts on animal species for activities requiring environmental authorisation. This protocol replaces the requirements of Appendix 6 of the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations1.

The assessment and reporting requirements of this protocol are associated with a level of environmental sensitivity identified by the national web based environmental screening tool (screening tool) for animal species. The relevant animal species data in the screening tool has been provided by the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI).

The screening tool can be accessed at:

https://screening.environment.gov.za/screeningtool

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1 The Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations, 2014, as amended, and as promulgated under Section 24(5) of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998).

[Notice No. 1150 substituted by Section 1(a-n) and 2(a-l) of Notice No. 3717, GG 49028, dated 28 July 2023]