Permits issued in respect of South Africa's National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act's Alien and Invasive Species Regulations over the period October 2014–December 2025

Data based on records of permits issued by the South African Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment (DFFE) to conduct activities on listed invasive species restricted under the NEM:BA A&IS Regulations of 2014 as amended 2020
This is based on the file <AIS Permit register updated up to 31 December 2025.xlsx>
Compiled for the purposes of the reporting process  "The Status of Biological Invasions and their Management in South Africa", see http://iasreport.sanbi.org.za/ for more details.  The latest report is on Zenodo http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7414803 and the latest species list associated with the report is at http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7433102
For details of how this was constructed see the relevant workflow in the status report process. The names as on the permit database have been standardised and species authorities included.
Where appropriate the rationale for issuing a permit is as per the wording of the regulations and lists of 2020 (see below for the full citation)
Each row represents a permit for a  particular species for a particular activity.  Permit numbers can cover multiple taxa.
The original data-set has details of the applicant and their contact numbers, who the permit was handled by, and the method by and date on which the permit was sent to the permit holder, these have been redacted
Note there can be multiple permits issued to the same permit holder for the same species for the same purposes with the same start and end date
In cases where two permits were issued to the same applicant and one of which was for research, both were deemed for research even if it was not specified as such (e.g., for possession and conveyance)

For enquiries contact: invasives@sanbi.org.za or IAS.report.SANBI@gmail.com

Suggested citation (noting that in most cases it will be more appropriate to reference the Department responsible itself): SANBI (2026) Permits issued in respect of South Africa's National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act's Alien and Invasive Species Regulations over the period October 2014 – December 2025. version 20260421. Zenodo.  https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10808320
The latest version of the permit database: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3947809