f101911f-3faa-41f9-bf50-3bd1b15d3df9 Sediqa Khatieb SANBI The Metadata Manager +27 21 799 8738 Kirstenbosch Research Centre Cape Town Claremont 7735 South Africa bgishelp@sanbi.org.za 2017-05-29T15:29:33 SANS 1878 FGDC-STD-001-1998 WGS 1984 Addo_CBA_Lookup.shp 2012 1.0 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 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 Peter Bradshaw South African National Parks (SANParks) The GIS Officer +27 (0)12 428 9111 +27 (0)12 426 5500 643 Leyds Street Pretoria Muckleneuk 0001 South Africa reservations@sanparks.org South Africa 50000 environment 2016-01-01 22.712968749999995 30.226328125 -34.18380831799959 -29.926579336740584 SANBI bgishelp@sanbi.org ZIP 1 http://bgismaps.sanbi.org/server/rest/services/BGIS_Projects/Addo/MapServer WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link A list of services published are available at this URL. BGIS Map Services http://bgis.sanbi.org/SpatialDataset/Detail/456 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related A list of spatial data-sets are available at this URL. BGIS Spatial Datasets 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.