SANBI Metadata
NSBA Terrestrial Protected (Areas Sa_protected areas.shp)
Protected areas of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland (Sa_protected areas .shp)
The layer of South African protected areas was compiled using data from different sources. Those were provincial conservation agencies, South African National Parks (SANPARKS), Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, and other organisations. Recent data on protected areas for each province was derived separately from these different sources. The\ data from the nine provinces of South Africa was then combined together to form a layer of protected areas. Names of protected areas used in each province were standardised. Protected areas were further classified into 3 types. Type 1 protected areas includes National Parks, Nature Reserves, Provincial Nature Reserves, Local Authority Nature Reserves and DWAF Forest Nature Reserves. Type 2 protected areas includes the Catchment Areas, Wildlife Management Area, Private Nature Reserves, National Heritage Sites, SANDF property, Bird Sanctuary, Botanical Garden, State Land, Mountain Catchment Area, DWAF Forest Area. Type 3 protected areas include Game Farms, Other Conservation Areas, and Game Reserves.
Simple
- Date (Publication)
- 2004
- Edition
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1.0
- Purpose
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- Status
- On going
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- Theme
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Protected Areas
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- Place
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South Africa
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- Access constraints
- Copyright
- Use constraints
- otherRestictions
- Other constraints
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Full copyright and intellectual property rights remain at all times with the
South African National Biodiversity Institute
- 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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BGIS Spatial Datasets
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- Dataset
- Statement
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Quality:
No quality assessment or accuracy assessment undertaken to determine the attribute and positional accuracy. The final layer is as complete as is currently possible
Method of capture/Lineage:
The provincial datasets were updated by incorporating point data and polygons to get the most recent data and names used for protected areas in each province. We merged the final coverages for the nine provinces to create the National layer of protected areas. We dissolved the final layer to eliminate duplicates and slivers.
Supplemental Information:
Rouget, M., Reyers, B., Jonas, Z., Driver, A., Desmet, P., Maze, K., Egoh, B., Cowling, R.M., Mucina, L., Rutherford, M. (2004). South African National Spatial Biodiversity Assessment
2004: Technical Report. Volume 1: Terrestrial Component. Pretoria: South African National Biodiversity Institute.
DISCLAIMER
Although every effort was made to ensure the accuracy and correctness of the data and information, the South African National Biodiversity Institute makes no warranties as to the correctness of the information supplied. If a person chooses to rely on this information, they do so at their own risk. SANBI will thus not be liable for any claims whatsoever, whether for damages or otherwise, which may arise as a result of inaccuracies or misinterpretations of the information supplied.
- File identifier
- 581d4fcb-3b10-4f82-9ca0-674b3a657d57 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Date stamp
- 2018-01-17T12:48:01
- Metadata standard name
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SANS 1878
- Metadata standard version
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FGDC-STD-001-1998
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