ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to explore the challenges the South African National Defence Force faces in translating existing environmental management programmes into action. The challenge to military forces to protect the environment led the South African National Defence Force to establish a military integrated environmental management programme. This is to ensure that its daily activities do not cause significant harm to the environment. Aligned to this programme, the SANDF formulated six sub-major programmes, namely, environmental research, environmental education and awareness training, cultural resources management, ecological management, base environmental management, and environmental planning. Thus, each military installation of the SANDF must have environmental management programmes aligned to any of these programmes. Evidence of the implementation of such programmes has been identified at the Grahamstown Military Installation (GMI) and South African Army Combat Training Centre (SAACTC). Three environmental programmes were identified at GMI. On the contrary, at SAACTC, seven different environmental management programmes were identified. Accordingly, the SAACTC is a heavy use military installation, wherein military activities are bound to cause significant damage. However, there is no capacity to adequately implement these programmes. Therefore, for the SANDF to realize the benefits of all these programmes, it has to forge collaborations with other state organs, academic and research institutions where skills and knowledge to assist in implementing these programmes are readily available.

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南非国防军军事综合环境管理计划

摘要 本研究的目的是探讨南非国防军在将现有环境管理计划转化为行动方面面临的挑战。军队保护环境面临的挑战促使南非国防军建立了军事综合环境管理计划。这是为了确保其日常活动不会对环境造成重大危害。与该计划相适应，SANDF制定了环境研究、环境教育和意识培训、文化资源管理、生态管理、基地环境管理和环境规划六个子项目。因此，SANDF 的每个军事设施都必须有与这些计划中的任何一个相一致的环境管理计划。格雷厄姆斯敦军事设施 (GMI) 和南非陆军作战训练中心 (SAACTC) 已确定实施此类计划的证据。GMI 确定了三个环境计划。相反，SAACTC 确定了七种不同的环境管理计划。因此，SAACTC 是一个用途广泛的军事设施，其中的军事活动必然会造成重大破坏。然而，没有能力充分实施这些方案。因此，为了让 SANDF 实现所有这些计划的好处，它必须与其他国家机关、学术和研究机构建立合作，这些机构可以随时获得协助实施这些计划的技能和知识。