Areas which are currently under cultivation in the Klein Karoo as derived from Thompson (2005) This data needs to be used together with the shapefiles; ‘Ostrich_farming.shp’ and ‘Ostrich_farming_threat_ecosyst.shp’, to determine areas where ostrich farming should be avoided.

Protected areas for the George, Knysna & Bitou Municipalities

Map of the Biomes of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland

All recorded fires on CapeNature managed property

Spatial terrestrial biodiversity priority areas of South Africa (Priority_areas.shp). Terrestrial biodiversity priority areas were identified using data on species of special concern, vegetation types and ecological processes. Species of special concern were endemic and threatened plants, birds,frogs, mammals, scarabs and scorpions. Vegetation types were the 441 vegetation types of the vegetation map of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland (Mucina & Rutherford, 2004). Ecological processes considered were water production, carbon sequestration, speciation and migration. Using the principles of systematic conservation planning, priority scores were derived for species, habitat and processes separately. These were then combined into an overall priority score. Boundaries were drawn around areas of high priority score to identify 15 spatial terrestrial biodiversity priority areas. The boundaries are approximate and should not be used for fine-scale biodiversity assessment.

SKEP Expert Maps (Amphibians, Birds, Fish, Insect, Invertebrates, Mammals, Plants, Reptiles). The SKEP expert maps (Amphibians, Birds, Fish, Insect, Invertebrates, Mammals, Plants, Reptiles) were mapped by experts on 1:250 000 topocadastral maps and digitized by Benis Egoh (IPC).

The transformation or landcover map prepared for the conservation planning for the Garden Route Initiative.

Protected areas for the Bergrivier Municipality

National Protected Areas Expansion Strategy: Focus areas for protected area expansion