Latest update of the map of the National Vegetation Map Project and follows version VEGMAP 2012. All polygons are single-part. This file is also made available in shapefile format and as a cmf.

South African estuaries

SKEP Expert Maps (Amphibians, Birds, Fish, Insect, Invertebrates, Mammals, Plants, Reptiles)

STEP Transformation

Soil transition areas

This is the Map of Critical Biodiversity Areas and Ecological Support Areas (CBA Map) produced by the Limpopo Conservation Plan V2 (LCPv2, 2013), and updated consecutively and individually for the Waterberg (2015), Mopani (2016), Vhembe (2017), Sekhukhune (2018) and Capricorn (2018) district municipalities as part the compilation of bioregional plans for these municipalities. Each bioregional plan produced an updated CBA map for the district. The bioregional plan serves as the primary biodiversity informant to a range of planning and land-use authorisation processes, although it is important to recognise that the bioregional plan does not replace any planning and decision-making processes and does not grant, limit or remove land-use rights. EcosolGIS and NuLeaf Planning and Environmental (Pty) Ltd compiled the bioregional plans with support from the Limpopo Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism (LEDET), the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), and various stakeholders within each district. The provincial CBA map developed by the LCPv2 was updated for each district based on these inputs. During the consultation process, real and potential threats, updated information and non-alignment between the LCPv2 and the assessed aspects, as well as, the various instruments and informants were identified. A detailed description of the alignment process is contained in the respective Process and Consultation Reports. This product merges these five maps into a single CBA map for the province in order to harmonise the serving of spatial information and resolving edge matching between districts.

Quartz and gravel patch vegetation types within the SKEP planning domain

Gouritz Initiative - Processes – Coastal Corridor. Sensitive coastal corridor in the Gouritz Initiative, in which there is a high threat of development in highly threatened vegetation types.

Conservation Status of each vegetation type for the Gouritz Inititive area. The conservation status of each of the vegetation types within the GI Domain was calculated using the vegetation targets set within C.A.P.E. and SKEP. The method for calculating Conservtion targets developed in STEP was used. Conservation status is the classification of vegetation types into four groups, depending on how much land within the type is still untransformed, and how much of the original extent is required to meet targets. It has nothing to do with the percentage of the vegetation type that is currently protected.

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).