We need to protect South Africa's environment and natural resources, including our freshwaters, our oceans and the creatures that live in them.
Permits are required for the capture or hunting of animals, fishing, the growing, exporting or picking of plants and trade in endangered species.
The Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning (DEA&DP) handles applications for permits to drive on the beach for the purposes of scientific research, recreational use, tourism business and gaining access to private property if there is no other access road.