4b28eb25-6b00-4246-9e43-deb11a28cc12 Lara van Niekerk Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Natural Resources and the Environment Coastal Systems Research Group +27 21 888 2491 11 Jan Cilliers Street Stellenbosch Stellenbosch 7600 South Africa lvnieker@csir.co.za 2026-05-29T11:41:17 SANS 1878 FGDC-STD-001-1998 2025 NBA Estuarine Threat Status Protection Level Condition points 2025-12-09T11:00:00 The estuarine threat status and Protection level layer includes the spatial delineation of estuarine polygons including names of ecosystem types, estuary names and ID's and some additional data useful for the threat status and protection level as assessed in the NBA 2025. Further details on the process, partners and assessment can be found at https://nba.sanbi.org.za/ This layer includes the threat status, protection level and condition of the Estuarine Ecosystems 2025 assessed for the National Biodiversity Assessment 2025 Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Natural Resources and the Environment Lara van Niekerk lvnieker@csir.co.za This layer was developed as part of the 2018 National Biodiversity Assessment. Ecosystem Thread status Protection level Assessment Remaining extent remnants This data may not be reproduced by any means, nor redistributed via web site or ftp site, without prior permission. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of data, users are advised to use the data and conclusions drawn from its use with caution. Users noting errors and omissions are requested to notify Lara van Niekerk to improve data accuracy. These data are not for resale or replicating. This digital version is in the public domain requiring only the conventional acknowledgement of source in publications and reports. APPROPRIATE USE OF THIS DATASET: The Threat status and Ecosystem Protection level statistics must be interpreted with an understanding of the approach and rationale described in the National Biodiversity Assessment 2025. 50000 environment biota inlandWaters 1750-01-01 2025-12-09 13.359375 36.12304687499999 -36.20882309283711 -21.002471054356718 PROJCS["AEA_RSA_WGS84",GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Albers"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",0.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",25.0],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",-24.0],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_2",-33.0],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]] South African National Biodiversity Institute bgishelp@sanbi.org ZIP 1 This version of the ecosystem threat status and protection level 2025 is an improvement on previous versions i.e. Ecosystem threat status and protection level 2018.