South African Collecting Permits

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South African Provincial Collecting Permits

With the change of national government in 1994 and the subsequent institution of a new constitution, South Africans have become increasingly aware of the unique natural heritage they live in, and around, and the need to protect the diversity of habitats and organisms that occur within the national borders.

With the requirements of the Rio Convention on Biodiversity pending, it is obvious to many here that in order to best proceed with needed inventories of plant and animal taxa, something must be done to regulate the amount and kind of specimens that are collected and especially those taken to foreign institutions.

The implementation of provincial collecting permits follows recommendations made by various professional societies in South Africa, notably the Biosystematics Interest Group (BIG) of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa(ESSA) Through the BIG link, we suggest that you contact at least one of the insect systematists working in South Africa for further information and coordination of your plans. Other interested societies include the Zoological Society of Southern Africa (ZSSA) and the Southern African Society of Systematic Biologists (SASSB).

To date, there is no national permit for collecting or export, but the provinces and their respective nature conservation authorities will supervise the granting of collecting permits for activities within their boundaries.

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PROVINCIAL OFFICES

PROVINCE	ADDRESS	CONTACT NAME	TEL / FAX
GAUTENG		Leon Lotter	Tel: Fax:
MPUMALANGA		Blackie Swart
NORTHERN PROVINCE		Deon von Willeg	Tel: Fax:
NORTHWEST			Tel:
FREE STATE		Hannes Blom	Tel: Fax:
NORTHERN CAPE		Wessel Jacobs	Tel: Fax:
WESTERN CAPE		Deon L. Hignett	Tel: Fax:
EASTERN CAPE		Alan Southwood	Tel:
KWAZULU/NATAL		Sharron Hughes	Tel: Fax:

NATIONAL PARKS

PARK	ADDRESS	CONTACT NAME	TEL / FAX
National Parks Board - Main		Tel Fax
National Parks Board -Scientific Services			Tel Fax:
Kruger National Park		Dr. Dannie Pienaar Dr. Andre Potgieter	Tel Fax

Please note, this data is as correct as possible and will be updated when changes needed!