REGIONAL POLICY DIALOGUE ON CLIMATE CHANGE

 Hon. Minister Moses Vilakati with the Delegates

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Weather Forecasts

Specialized Weather Forecasts

The Meteorology Department provides specialized weather forecasts to:

• Game parks, forest companies, railway company, towns and cities

• Aviation entity

• TV, radio, newspapers receive 2 day weather forecasts daily.

This service is provided free of charge and is available through fax, email and www

• Monthly Agro Meteorological bulletins

These show the current weather situation in terms of crops and the information is disseminated through the Internet.

Costs: E100 per monthly bulletin

Bulletins for a period of twelve months cost E1 000

To subscribe: The customer goes to government revenue offices to pay, where s/he will be issued a receipt. The customer will then submit his/her receipt to Met Offices.

Seasonal Forecasts

• Issued through the Ministry of Agriculture

• If you request this from the MET Office you pay E100 for forecast and E100 for an update

To subscribe: The customer goes to government revenue offices to pay, where s/he will be issued a receipt. The customer will then submit his/her receipt to Met Offices.

SMS / FAX

• Receive daily weather forecast via an SMS or a fax

• E50 / month or E600 for the whole year

To subscribe: The customer goes to government revenue offices to pay, where s/he will be issued a receipt. The customer will then submit his/her receipt to Met Offices.

Meteorological data

• Meteorological data is offered to:insurance companies, building companies, forests companies, recreational service providers, and anyone else

Procedure

• Entity requests for data

• Currently free, but will be charged as of 1st April 2011

• E100 for one year monthly data

To subscribe: The customer goes to government revenue offices to pay, where s/he will be issued a receipt. The customer will then submit his/her receipt to Met Offices.

Legal documents:

Met Act of 1992

Mandate
•Take the overall lead in the maintenance of a coherent and contemporary forest policy and legal framework, with due consideration to the cross-sectoral nature of forestry.

•Maintain a comprehensive national forest inventory, with an adequate planning capability and technical forest management capacity.

•Extend government forest policies and disseminate technical knowledge on forest management, markets and organisational aspects to communities, individuals, companies and other institutions for the economic, social and environmental benefit of Swaziland.