SANBI Metadata
Addo_CBA_Lookup.shp
Identified Critical Biodiversity Areas and Ecological Support Areas in the Municipalities adjacent to the Addo Elephant National Park (namely Blue Crane Route, Ndlambe, Ikwezi and Sundays River); basis of categorization is included in this layer to help inform decision makers
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- Date (Publication)
- 2012
- Edition
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1.0
- Purpose
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Advanced tool for consultants and official to use when applying the CBA map to decision making and analysis. Basis of biodiversity sector plans for the four municipalities adjacent to Addo Elephant NP
- Status
- On going
+27 (0)12 426 5500
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- Theme
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- Place
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South Africa
- Access constraints
- Copyright
- Use constraints
- otherRestictions
- 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 services published are available at this URL.
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BGIS Map Services
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A list of spatial data-sets are available at this URL.
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- Statement
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Methodology:
A refined and updated CBA map for the planning domain was developed through integrating existing and new data. The principal inputs were the existing Eastern Cape Biodiversity Conservation Plan (Berliner and Desmet 2007), the Freshwater Ecosystems Priority Areas (Nel et al 2011) and a new land cover layer developed specifically for this project (Skowno and Brown 2012). Other input layers included, Addo Elephant National Park interface zones (SANParks pers com), Baviaanskloof Mega Reserve biodiversity assessment CBAs (Skowno 2007), Ndlambe Coastal EMF Desired State of the Environment layers (SRK, Stewart and Reeves 2010), NPAES focal areas (Jackelman et al 2008), MPAH priority Areas (Holness 2011) and National Climate Change Resilience Layers (Holness in prep). The method and rationale of integration for each layer is discussed in the Frame work at the end of this report. No new optimised analysis of CBA and ESA was undertaken in this project.
The CBA map indicates areas of land as well as aquatic features which must to be safeguarded in their natural state if biodiversity is to persist and ecosystems are to continue functioning. Land in this category is referred to as a Critical Biodiversity Area. CBAs incorporate: (i) areas that need to be safeguarded in order to meet national biodiversity thresholds (ii) areas required to ensure the continued existence and functioning of species and ecosystems, including the delivery of ecosystem services; and/or (iii) important
locations for biodiversity features or rare species. Ecological Support Areas (ESAs) are supporting zones required to prevent the degradation of Critical Biodiversity Areas and Protected Areas. An ESA may be an ecological process area that connects and therefore sustains Critical Biodiversity Areas or a terrestrial feature. The reasons for the classification as ESA or CBA are retained in this file to help explain the categories in particular areas
Available documentation:
Skowno, A.L., and Holness, S.D. (2012) Addo Mainstreaming Biodiversity Project - Critical Biodiversity Area
Map Technical Report. South African National Parks.
- File identifier
- f101911f-3faa-41f9-bf50-3bd1b15d3df9 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Date stamp
- 2017-05-29T15:29:33
- Metadata standard name
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SANS 1878
- Metadata standard version
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FGDC-STD-001-1998
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