Threatened ecosystems in the Klein Karoo. It shows the “critically endangered”, “endangered” and “vulnerable” ecosystems as defined by National Spatial Biodiversity Assessment. These areas should be avoided as too much of these ecosystems have already been lost as a result of agricultural and urban developments. This data needs to be used together with the shapefiles; ‘Ostrich_farming.shp’ and ‘Ostrich_farming_severe_cultivated_transf.shp’, to determine areas where ostrich farming should be avoided.

A flammability index map showing the potential reoccurrence of fire in untransformed examples of the 56 habitat types of the Little Karoo

Protected Areas layer for Little Karoo Planning Domain defined by Vlok etal. 2005. PA data based on Cape Nature data, NPAES data, Pasquini Data

A flammability index map showing the potential reoccurrence of fire in untransformed examples of the 56 habitat types of the Little Karoo

A flammability index map showing the potential reoccurrence of fire in untransformed examples of the 56 habitat types of the Little Karoo

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.

Areas in the Little Karoo where potential exists for gannaveld restoration

Recommended ecological carrying capacities for ostrich farming in the Klein Karoo. It is based on a simplified version of the Little Karoo vegetation map (Vlok et al. 2005), where the 56 broad habitat types have been reduced to 10 habitat types. Each of these habitat types is given a recommended stocking rate in hectares per animal (ha/animal). This data needs to be used together with the shapefiles; ‘Ostrich_farming_severe_cultivated_transf.shp’ and ‘Ostrich_farming_threat_ecosyst.shp’, to determine areas where ostrich farming should be avoided.

Suitable habitat for Bush Pig (Potomochoeris porcus) in the Little Karoo including the estimated carrying capacity of the habitat (how many hectares required per animal).

Suitable habitat for Common Duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia) in the Little Karoo including the estimated carrying capacity of the habitat (how many hectares required per animal).