Vegetation types for South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland (subset per municipality in South Africa for the Municipal Biodiversity Summary Project).

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.

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.

Historical distribution of the vegetation types in KZN. Updates of this dataset completed in 2011.

CAPE Lowlands Renosterveld Natural Vegetation Remnants. Remnants of natural vegetation within the Cape Lowlands Renosterveld planning domain, including the central domain and 5 km buffer area (see text above and infosheet for “planning domain”). Remaining natural vegetation is further divided into a) renosterveld vegetation, and b) other (non-renosterveld) vegetation.

Note: This is version 2 of the 2012 beta dataset. It was recently edited and the update published in March 2016. This is the second updated version of the 2006 map. Changes made in the 2009 version were retained and additional portions of the 2006 map have been mapped at a finer scale. The updates come from fine scale mapping done by contributing partners, local and provincial authorities. In using the 2012 beta and 2009 versions of the map, it is important to be aware of the following considerations. • The descriptions and attributes of vegetation types have not been systematically updated to reflect the new spatial extent of vegetation described, or the threat status and protection level. •Brief descriptions of new vegetation units are included in the folder. The 2011 National Biodiversity Assessment has been done with the 2006 version of the map for these reasons listed above. •The Gazetted threatened ecosystem list is based on vegm2006 and does not reflect the fine scale mapping captured in the 2009 and 2012 beta versions. •Updates are sometimes within an area (domain) which is not biogeographically significant. Therefore polygons of vegetation types crossing the domain line may be mapped at uneven scales

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.

Vegetation map for the SKEP planning domain. Data origin: South African vegetation map received from NBI; Namibian vegetation map obtained from satellite interpretation

GCBC Vegetation Types

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.