Abstract
Potential impacts on the estuarine ecology of the Mgeni River, South Africa resulting from the construction of the Inanda Dam are discussed. Management strategies which have been suggested to alleviate the negative impacts are outlined. An underlying theme in the paper is the lack of any holistic legislation in South Africa for the protection of the environment. Responsibility for the environment is fragmented and there is currently no legal stipulation that an environmental impact assessment be undertaken for a resource development project such as a dam. A voluntary co‐operative approach to impact assessment has emerged, which in spite of the goodwill that exists between developers and environmentalists, is inadequate to deal with impacts resulting from major infrastructural developments.
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