This was derived from the grid version of the KZN 2008 Land-cover Version 1 as produced by GeoTerraImage. This is a binary ArcView grid indicating areas transformed and untransformed (natural). The categories selected for transformed/untransformed are listed in the “How the 2008 V1 LC was reclassified” text file.

Areas required for the persistence of specific species. Although these areas are frequently modified, a change in current land use, to anything other than rehabilitated land, would most likely result in a loss of that feature from the area identified.

To indicate marine areas of critical biodiversity as derived from the KwaZulu_Natal biodiversity plan

ESAs are required to support and sustain the ecological functioning of Critical Biodiversity Areas (CBAs).

CBA areas considered critical for meeting biodiversity targets and thresholds, and which are required to ensure the persistence of viable populations of species and the functionality of ecosystems.

The 2005 KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Land-Cover dataset is a geographically combined output of the previously released 2005 KZN Coastal Land-Cover dataset (see project report: KZN Coastal Land-Cover Mapping, 2006), and the follow-on KZN Interior Land-Cover dataset. The two land-cover datasets have been derived from equivalent SPOT2 & SPOT4 20 m imagery captured in 2005-06 and contain the same land-cover information classes and legend format.

KZN Proclaimed Private Nature Reserves (2016)

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

Land Cover of KwaZulu-Natal - 2008 Version 1 (December 2010)

The 2005 KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Land-Cover dataset is a geographically combined output of the previously released 2005 KZN Coastal Land-Cover dataset (see project report: KZN Coastal Land-Cover Mapping, 2006), and the follow-on KZN Interior Land-Cover dataset. The two land-cover datasets have been derived from equivalent SPOT2 & SPOT4 20 m imagery captured in 2005-06 and contain the same land-cover information classes and legend format.