National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act, 2003 (Act No. 57 of 2003) > Chapter 2 : System of Protected Areas in South Africa

The system of protected areas in South Africa consists of the following kinds of protected areas:

(a)	special nature reserves, national parks, nature reserves (including wilderness areas) and protected environments;

[Section 9(a) substituted by section 3(a) of Act No. 31 of 2004]

(b)	world heritage sites;

(c)	marine protected areas;

[Section 9(c) inserted by section 3(b) of Act No. 31 of 2004]

(d)	specially protected forest areas, forest nature reserves and forest wilderness areas declared in terms of the National Forests Act, 1998 (Act No. 84 of 1998); and

(e)	mountain catchment areas declared in terms of the Mountain Catchment Areas Act, 1970 (Act No. 63 of 1970)

National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act, 2003 (Act No. 57 of 2003)