SANBI Metadata
2025 Coast ecosystem threat status and protection level
The Coast threat status and Protection level layer includes the spatial delineation of coastal polygons from the terrestrial, estuarine and marine realms with their associated 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/
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- Date (Publication)
- 2025-12-09T11:00:00
- Purpose
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This layer includes the threat status and protection level for the coastal zone as they were assessed for the National Biodiversity Assessment 2025
- Status
- On going
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
- Maintenance note
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This version will be updated periodically as new data emerges.
- Theme
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Ecosystem
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Threat status
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Protection level
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Assessment
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remaining extent
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- Use limitation
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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 the data custodian (Linda.Harris@mandela.ac.za) 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. Linda.Harris@mandela.ac 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 the data custodian (Linda.Harris@mandela.ac.za) 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.
- Access constraints
- Copyright
- Use constraints
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- Other constraints
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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 website https://nba.sanbi.org.za/content/coast/cst_synthesis.html
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Denominator
- 50000
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Environment
- Biota
- Begin date
- 1750-01-01
- End date
- 2025-12-09
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- Supplemental Information
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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]]
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- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Statement
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Details of the methodology can be found here: https://nba.sanbi.org.za/content/coast/cst_synthesis.html
- File identifier
- e823b908-f97e-4536-920a-132d934217c6 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Date stamp
- 2026-05-24T08:09:20
- Metadata standard name
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SANS 1878
- Metadata standard version
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FGDC-STD-001-1998
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