Archived Overberg CBA Map Lookup Layer 2009
This layer provides a general synopsis of why an area or polygon received its specific Critical Biodiversity Area classification, by listing the specific biodiversity informant involved. Also provided are the transformation state and management recommendation. It is anticipated that this layer would mainly be of interest to technical or specialist users.
Simple
- Date (Publication)
- 2008
- Edition
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1.0
- Purpose
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Biodiversity feature information for use in the C.A.P.E. Fine-Scale Biodiversity Plans. These plans are to serve as the primary spatial biodiversity informant guiding proactive conservation action and directing land use planning and reactive decision-making in local, provincial and national spheres of government. In order to summarize which biodiversity features led to a site’s CBA categorization, a lookup table layer (Overberg_CBA_and_ESA_Lookup_Table.shp) was prepared.
- Status
- On going
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- Theme
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Critical Biodiversity Area
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- Place
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Port Elizabeth
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South Africa
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- Keywords
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- Access constraints
- Copyright
- Use constraints
- otherRestictions
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Denominator
- 50000
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Environment
- Begin date
- 2016-01-01
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- Reference system identifier
- WGS 1984
Distributor
- OnLine resource
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A list of spatial data-sets are available at this URL.
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WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related
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BGIS Spatial Datasets
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Statement
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The CBA lookup table units (20 hectare hexagons) were coded with the major reasons why an area was selected.
Notes:
1. Critical areas indicate criteria which were important enough to identify an area as a Critical Biodiversity Area in their own right.
2. Important supporting areas indicate criteria which were significant enough to identify an area as an Ecological Support Area.
3. Specific sites may have a number of different underlying reasons why they were designated as CBA or ESA. All the applicable criteria need to be assessed.
4. Generally, an area will have a final classification based on the highest CBA or ESA classification. However, in some cases (such as very small areas) an area may be classified as ESA rather than CBA even if it contains limited CBA elements. Conversely, numerous overlapping ESA elements could result in an area being classified as CBA.
5. These criteria provide a quick summary of the core reasons why an area is classified. For more comprehensive reasoning, the underlying data needs to be interrogated.
- File identifier
- 106eb609-44e3-4f38-864d-60269d43838a XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Date stamp
- 2017-05-26T12:33:21
- Metadata standard name
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SANS 1878
- Metadata standard version
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FGDC-STD-001-1998
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