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  • Benthic and Coastal Ecosystem Protection Levels. As per National Biodiversity Assessment Benthic and coastal Habitats with an extra field "PALevel" and refer to tech doc for derivation.

  • Pelagic Ecosystem Protection Levels. As per NBA Pelagic Habitat but with an with an extra field "PALevel" and refer to tech doc for derivation.

  • An extraction of the zone terrestrial land mass of South Africa until the ecologically determined dune base line from the first version of an integrated coast map including coastal ecosystem types from the terrestrial, marine, and estuarine realms

  • First version of an integrated coast map including coastal ecosystem types from the terrestrial, marine, and estuarine realms

  • NBA2018_Terrestrial Ecosystem Threat Status and Protection level remaining extent layer is associated with the NBA2018_Terrestrial Ecosystem Threat Status and Protection level. While the a NBA2018_Terrestrial Ecosystem Threat Status and Protection level remaining extent provides the data for Protection level and threat status for the historical (pre 1750AD) extent of the terrestrial ecosystems, this layer shows the protection level and threat status of the current remaining extent of terrestrial ecosystems. More detail can be found in NBA 2018 Technical Report Volume 1: Terrestrial Realm, http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12143/6370

  • Collation of available estuary submerged macrophyte distribution shapefiles. Presently 97 estuaries (listed in the appendix) are captured, and new maps will be added periodically as produced. The maps collated range in date from 2004-2018. Estuaries have been mapped as per the Estuary Health Index to determine Present Ecological Status. Some estuaries were mapped as Nelson Mandela University student theses. Shapefiles were also obtained from SANParks (Swartvlei and Wilderness estuaries). Currently nine data capturers were responsible for the development of GIS estuary maps. Macrophyte habitat descriptions may have been altered from the original published maps so as to standardize macrophyte habitat types. Distribution maps differ in extent, scale and accuracy as they were produced for differing outcomes. The shapefile is formatted in accordance with SANBI specifications. More recent maps produced are delineated according to the Estuarine Functional Zone (EFZ) which is considered the 5 m topographical contour (van Niekerk and Turpie 2012).

  • First version of an integrated coast map including coastal ecosystem types from the terrestrial, marine, and estuarine realms

  • NBA2018_Terrestrial Ecosystem Threat Status and Protection Level forms a key part of the National Biodiversity Assessment. More details can be found in NBA 2018 Technical Report Volume 1: Terrestrial Realm, http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12143/6370

  • Also known as Mapped estuarine habitat in South Africa. Collation of available estuary macrophyte distribution shapefiles. Presently 97 estuaries (listed in the appendix) are captured, and new maps will be added periodically as produced. The maps collated range in date from 2004-2018. Estuaries have been mapped as per the Estuary Health Index to determine Present Ecological Status. Some estuaries were mapped as Nelson Mandela University student theses. Shapefiles were also obtained from SANParks (Swartvlei and Wilderness estuaries). Currently nine data capturers were responsible for the development of GIS estuary maps. Macrophyte habitat descriptions may have been altered from the original published maps so as to standardize macrophyte habitat types. Distribution maps differ in extent, scale and accuracy as they were produced for differing outcomes. The shapefile is formatted in accordance with SANBI specifications. More recent maps produced are delineated according to the Estuarine Functional Zone (EFZ) which is considered the 5 m topographical contour (van Niekerk and Turpie 2012).