This protocol provides the criteria for the specialist assessment and minimum report content requirements for impacts on agricultural resources for activities requiring environmental authorisation, This protocol replaces the requirements of Appendix 6 of the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations2.

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 agricultural resources, which is based on the land capability evaluation values provided by the department responsible for agriculture3.

The screening tool can be accessed at: https://screening.environment.gov.za/screeningtool

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2 The Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations, as promulgated in terms of Section 24(5) of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998).

3 Refer to the land capability metadata sheet available on the national web based environmental screening tool.