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Renosterveld Special Habitats 2003 (special_habitats_dd.shp)

CAPE Lowlands Renosterveld – Special Habitats. Silcrete and quartz patch locations were derived from the Cape Lowlands Renosterveld vegetation map (see attached metadata). Only those with remaining natural vegetation were included. Wetlands were derived from the WCNCB ‘sensitive wetlands’ GIS layer and the Freshwater GIS component of C.A.P.E. Note that the wetland layer is not complete – many wetlands that are present on the ground are not represented in this layer as they are currently not mapped anywhere. Silcrete patches, quartz patches, and wetlands in the Cape Lowlands Renosterveld Project’s central domain. Note that NO special features

occurring in the buffer area (see planning domain infosheet) are included.

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Date (Publication)
2003
Edition

1.0

Purpose

Obtaining a comprehensive GIS layer of wetlands for conservation planning and land use management purposes based on existing spatial data layers.

Status
On going
Custodian
  South African National Biodiversity Institute - ( GIS Officer )
Kirstenbosch Research Centre , Claremont , Cape Town , 7735 , South Africa
+27 (21) 799 8738
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Theme
  • Renosterveld

  • Habitats

Place
  • South Africa

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Copyright Holder: Botanical Society of South Africa

Spatial representation type
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Denominator
50000
Language
English
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Environment
Begin date
2016-01-01
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Reference system identifier
WGS 1984

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1

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A list of spatial data-sets are available at this URL. ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related )

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Statement

As part of the Cape Lowlands Renosterveld Project, selected habitats were identified as special habitats and mapped as follows:

1. Locations of silcrete and quartz patches (characterised by specific vegetation types) were derived from the vegetation map generated as part of the project Only the portions of remaining intact vegetation (ie not transformed by agriculture or development, as per the ‘remnants of natural vegetation’ GIS layer) were included as special habitats.

2. The locations of wetlands are based on data from two sources:

1. the WCNCB ‘sensitive wetlands’ GIS layer and

2. a GIS layer of wetlands compiled by the C.A.P.E. Freshwater component (1999), based on digitised 1:50 000 topographic mapsheets (Surveys & Mapping). No metadata was available for this layer.

Dams were removed from these layers, and the ‘type’ of wetland called ‘erosion’ was also removed. Once the data layers had been combined and cleaned, the result was checked against the 1:50 000 topographic mapsheets to verify that no major wetland features had been excluded.


Documentation:

Section 13 in Von Hase, A. et al. 2003. A fine-scale conservation plan for Cape Lowlands Renosterveld. Conservation Unit, Report 2/03. Botanical Society of SA, Cape Town. Available on www.botanicalsociety.org.za/ccu - see downloads. WCNCB ‘Sensitive wetlands’ metadata


Van Nieuwehuizen, D. et al. 1999. C.A.P.E. Freshwater Reports.

File identifier
af82ad87-96a6-4acd-870a-ba31b97a819b XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Date stamp
2017-05-26T16:00:14
Metadata standard name

SANS 1878

Metadata standard version

FGDC-STD-001-1998

Distributor
  SANBI - ( The Metadata Manager )
Kirstenbosch Research Centre , Cape Town , Claremont , 7735 , South Africa
+27 21 799 8738
 
 

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Habitats Renosterveld

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