Midrand state of the environment report

The Midrand Metropolitan Local Council (MMLC) in partnership with the Danish Corporation for Environment and Development (DANCED), the local business community and residents in Midrand initiated a Midrand Green City Project. The vision of a Green City views Midrand as an ecosystem on its own, dependant and sustained by its own natural and human-made resources. The project, therefore, aims to investigate and implement activities to ensure that the development of Midrand is sustainable for both the social and biophysical environment. In the implementation of the Green City Project the State of Environment Report (SoER) was prepared to provide a useful tool to identify the key environmental issues and priorities in Midrand. The Sustainable Development Unit (SDU) of the MMLC initiated the SoER, the objectives of which were:
  • provide an overview of the environmental situation in Midrand,
  • serve as a background document for setting environmental priorities and formulating environmental policies and goals, and
  • serve as a source of information for environmental awareness raising activities
  • assist with the development of an environmental management system for Midrand
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