a8a84257-3fe0-4843-a1c1-d8e5fa2784b5 SANBI The Metadata Manager +27 21 799 8738 Kirstenbosch Research Centre Cape Town Claremont 7735 South Africa bgishelp@sanbi.org.za 2017-05-29T11:50:42 SANS 1878 FGDC-STD-001-1998 WGS 1984 FSP: Aquatic other Ecosystem Support Areas polylines (Hantam Municipality) 2008 2008 1.0 These data represent aquatic sites identified as Other Ecological Support Areas (OESAs) through the systematic assessment conducted by the C.A.P.E. Fine Scale Biodiversity Planning (FSP) project. One of two files: OESA polygons and polylines. OESA’s are Supporting zones required to prevent degradation of critical \ biodiversity areas, critical ecological support areas and protected areas. Ecological functioning should be kept in tact. For more information about how CBAs (Critical Biodiversity Areas), CESAs (Critical Ecological Support Areas), and OESAs (Other Ecological Support Areas) were selected see: Pence, Genevieve Q.K. 2008 (in prep). C.A.P.E. Fine-Scale Systematic Conservation Planning Assessment: Technical Report. Produced for CapeNature. Cape Town, South Africa. For more information about the freshwater component of FSP see: Job, N., Snaddon, K., Day, L., Nel, J. and Smith-Adoa, L. 2008 (in prep). C.A.P.E. Fine-scale Biodiversity Planning Project: Freshwater Ecosystems of the North-west Sandveld and Saldanha Peninsula planning domain. Produced for CapeNature. Cape Town, South Africa. 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 landuse planning and reactive decision-making in local, provincial and national spheres of government. This is one of a core set of FSP biodiversity informants (GIS files) for this region (West Coast: Saldanha Peninsula and Northwest Sandveld): • cba_terrestrial_ht • cba_aquatic_ht • cesa_aquatic_ht • cesa_aquatic_polyline_ht • oesa_aquatic_ht • oesa_aquatic_polyline_ht These should be used in conjunction with Protected Area information (note that CBAs fall exclusively outside of protected areas) and FSP landcover information (such that “Other Natural Areas” and “No Natural Remaining” can be discerned; recommend FSP 10m summarized landcover product). Kerry te Roller / CapeNature or Sediqa Khatieb / BGIS CapeNature The GIS Officer 021 799 8731 / 8738 ; 021 866 8000 Kirstenbosch Research Center, Rhodes Drive, Newlands Cape Town 7700 South Africa bgishelp@sanbi.org.za Other Ecological Support Areas Aquatic Hantam South Africa Western Cape No Copyright 50000 environment 2016-01-01 18.882968749999996 20.626328125 -32.20380831799959 -29.93 SANBI bgishelp@sanbi.org.za ZIP 1 http://bgis.sanbi.org/SpatialDataset/Detail/599 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related A list of spatial data-sets are available at this URL. BGIS Spatial Datasets Methodology: This layer is derived from the Chief Directorate Surveys and Mapping (CDSM) 2006 1:50,000 topographic vector data: river_line.shp; in combination with the rivsq4_ss_final.shp and sq4_ss_final.shp datasets submitted by CSIR to the FSP project. The CATEGORY distinction was made in the rivsq4_ss_final.shp (rivers) and sq4_ss_final.shp (subcatchments) datasets between CBAs/CESAs/OESAs (Critical Biodiversity Areas / Critical Ecological Support Areas / Other Ecological Support Areas) and was transferred/attributed to the appropriate segment in the river_line.shp. The method for selecting Critical Biodiversity Areas (CBAs), Critical Ecological Support Areas (CESAs), and Other Ecological Support Areas (OESAs) from the full set of wetland, river, and estuarine features was based on a systematic conservation planning approach whereby targets (quantitative objectives) were established for a representative suite of biodiversity features, and the decision support software Marxan was used (via CLUZ interface software) to generate the best spatial solutions (i.e., most efficient selection of planning units required) for meeting conservation targets. For further detailed information about the methodology see the FSP Technical Reports Available documentation: Pence, Genevieve Q.K. 2008 (in prep). C.A.P.E. Fine-Scale Systematic Conservation Planning Assessment: Technical Report. Produced for CapeNature. Cape Town, South Africa. Job, N., Snaddon, K., Day, L., Nel, J. and Smith-Adoa, L. 2008 (in prep). C.A.P.E. Fine-scale Biodiversity Planning Project: Freshwater Ecosystems of the North-west Sandveld and Saldanha Peninsula planning domain. Produced for CapeNature. Cape Town, South Africa. Project Name: Fine-Scale Biodiversity Planning project, as part of Component 5.1 of Cape Action Plan for People and the Environment (C.A.P.E.) Creator Organisation: Genevieve Q.K. Pence, Conservation Planner Consultant