TGS Geofisiese Maatskappy Weskus Seismiese Opname

A fact sheet detailing a legal challenge by Aukotowa Fisheries Primary Co-operative, The Green Connection, and Natural Justice against a proposed 3D seismic survey for oil and gas on South Africa's West Coast. The challenge is based on lack of legal authority, failure to protect the coastline, negative impacts on marine ecosystems and small-scale fisheries, and incompatibility with the Paris Agreement and global decarbonization trends.

• The applicants argue that the environmental authorization was illegal because the Director-General of the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources lacked the legal authority to grant it, as the required delegation of power from the Minister to the official did not occur correctly.
• The proposed survey is challenged for failing to comply with the National Environmental Management: Integrated Coastal Management Act, which requires the protection of the coastline as a shared public resource rather than for industrial interests.
• The applicants claim the project is incompatible with the Paris Agreement's goal of limiting temperature increases to 1.5 degrees Celsius. They assert that the government ignored climate change implications and failed to consider the project's conflict with the national carbon budget.
• The economic assessment used to justify the survey is described as incomplete and one-sided, as it omitted analyses of transition risks and 'stranded assets'—investments that lose value due to the global shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy.

APA

Natural Justice (n.d.). TGS Geofisiese Maatskappy Weskus Seismiese Opname. https://naturaljustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Afrikaans_Factsheet_TGS_Court-Case_Final.pdf

Chicago

Natural Justice. TGS Geofisiese Maatskappy Weskus Seismiese Opname. n.d. https://naturaljustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Afrikaans_Factsheet_TGS_Court-Case_Final.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{naturaljusticendtgs, author = {{Natural Justice}}, title = {{TGS Geofisiese Maatskappy Weskus Seismiese Opname}}, institution = {Natural Justice}, url = {https://naturaljustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Afrikaans_Factsheet_TGS_Court-Case_Final.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }