The
Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEAT) initiated
a project at the end of 2000 to develop a core set of indicators
for state of the environment reporting, termed the National
Environmental Indicators Programme (NEIP). This project
stemmed from the realisation that a commonly agreed core set
of indicators and access to good quality data to support the
indicators was one of the major obstacles for reporting on
the status of the environment in South Africa. This project
also enabled the South African Government to partially fulfill
certain of their international and national obligations to
report on environmental conditions and trends, and the implementation
of sustainable development in the country.
The project, carried out by CSIR Environmentek,
HSRC and Mzuri Consultants cc., consisted of four phases
(see flow chart), and more detail on each phase can be
found by clicking on the links below.
