Suitable habitat for Burchell’s (Plains) Zebra (Equus burchelli) in the Little Karoo including the estimated carrying capacity of the habitat (how many hectares required per animal).

River Corridors layer for the Cape Agulhas, De Hoop Management Area, Overstrand, Drakenstein Municipality, Swartland, Swellendam and Theewaterskloof Municipalities.

Projected change in maize(mz) productivity using the mechanistic crop growth model, DSSAT(ds) Band 1 - 11th percentile projected percent change in yield for enhanced CO2 response simulations Band 2 - 50th percentile projected percent change in yield for enhanced CO2 response simulations Band 3 - 88th percentile projected percent change in yield for enhanced CO2 response simulations Band 4 - 11th percentile projected percent change in yield for unenhanced CO2 response simulations Band 5 - 50th percentile projected percent change in yield for unenhanced CO2 response simulations

Suitable habitat for Black Rhinocerus (Diceros bicornis) in the Little Karoo including the estimated carrying capacity of the habitat (how many hectares required per animal).

Extent and densities of Prosopis in 2007 for the Northern Cape Province.

Identified ‘Critical Biodiversity Areas’(CBAs) and ‘Ecological Support Areas’ (ESAs) from the Western Cape Biodiversity Framework (Kirkwood et al., 2010), updated in 2014 (Pence) to more accurately reflect conditions relevant to land-use decision making. The Western Cape Biodiversity Framework (WCBF) provides an edgematched, wall-to-wall coverage of all standard CBA categories to inform land-use decision making. Areas have either been formally assessed as part of a recognised Systematic Biodiversity Plan or only have ‘known’ CBA and ESA features indicated

We used the priority scores derived from species-, habitat-, and process-level analyses to identify overall priority areas. We decided to define priority areas as areas considerably important for at least one aspect (species, habitat or processes). Priority scores ranges from 0 to 100. The three scores were summed and a cut-off was set of 60 to identify areas. Areas scoring between 50 and 60 for only one aspect were not considered. We used the overall priority score map to delineate the priority area boundaries. Note: Data on the individual scores (i.e. for species, habitat and processes) are available on request.

The Western Cape Biodiversity Spatial Plan (WCBSP) is the product of a systematic biodiversity planning assessment that delineates, on a map (via a Geographic Information System (GIS)), Critical Biodiversity Areas (CBAs) and Ecological Support Areas (ESAs) which require safeguarding to ensure the continued existence and functioning of species and ecosystems, including the delivery of ecosystem services, across terrestrial and freshwater realms. These spatial priorities are used to inform sustainable development in the Western Cape Province. This product replaces all previous systematic biodiversity planning products and sector plans with updated layers and features.

This layer provides a general synopsis of why an area or polygon received its specific Critical Biodiversity Area classification, by listing the specific biodiversity informant involved. Also provided are the transformation state and management recommendation. It is anticipated that this layer would mainly be of interest to technical or specialist users

Vegetation map indicating the extent of original (pre-transformation) vegetation types in the following municipalities: Drakenstein, Cape Agulhas Swartland, De Hoop, Overstrand, Swellendam and Theewaterskloof.