wo main levels of interventions are at the national and provincial level. At national level, through encouraging the debate or the consideration given by the Marine and Coastal Resources Management National Sub-Committee to the Green Paper and
Policy Brief prepared by CHARM and submitted by the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources. At provincial level, with the reform of the Administration Act (7th Amendment, 2007) and coming of new laws like the Marine and Coastal Resources
Management Promotion Act, the provincial administration should become the center of spatial planning, hence getting much more clout in effectively coordinating sectoral activities through their respective government agencies.