Renosterveld Priorities Clusters for the Cape Agulhas, De Hoop Management Area, Overstrand, Drakenstein Municipality, Swartland, Swellendam and Theewaterskloof Municipalities. Layer designating renosterveld conservation priority clusters and the area surrounding the natural vegetation up to 500m (a 500m buffer). The patches of remaining lowland habitat within priority clusters were identified by the Cape Lowlands Renosterveld Project as critical for conserving biodiversity pattern and ecological processes of lowland renosterveld.

Pelagic sampling locations for DAFF trawls

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 edge-matched, 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. Overberg consists of the following Municipalities: Theewaterskloof, Overstrand, Cape Agulhas, Swellendam. Overberg was then divided into two on the basis of where fine scale planning was and was not done. Please see CBA_and_ESA_Overberg_2.shp for the remainder of Overberg CBAs and ESAs

Layer of wetland areas (including rivers) prepared for the C.A.P.E. fine scale biodiversity plan for the Overberg District Municipality.

Areas in the Little Karoo where potential exists for spekboom restoration within 15 kilometres of towns

KZN proclaimed stewardship sitesof January 2016. The boundaries captured in this file represent the legal, proclaimed boundaries as per proclamation signed by MEC and areas that have signed Biodiversity Agreements

Distribution of wetlands (subset to municipality for Municipal Biodiversity Summary Project)

Namakwa District critical biodiversity assessment terrstrial polygons

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

CAPE Lowlands Renosterveld Domain