Landscapes of high topographic variability important for climate change adaptation.

Renosterveld Priorities Clusters for the Cape Agulhas, De Hoop Management Area, Overstrand, Drakenstein Municipality, Swartland, Swellendam and Theewaterskloof Municipalities. Layer designating renosterveld conservation priority clusters and the area surrounding the natural vegetation up to 500m (a 500m buffer). The patches of remaining lowland habitat within priority clusters were identified by the Cape Lowlands Renosterveld Project as critical for conserving biodiversity pattern and ecological processes of lowland renosterveld.

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

Pelagic threat status classification

Long term marine monitoring initiatives in existence or planned for in the near future within South Africa’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

Ecosystem status of vegetation types was derived from the new vegetation map of South Africa (see Mucina, L and Rutherford, M.C. 2004).

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This layer maps the location of interventions rehabilitated within the working for wetlands programme. THE WORKING for WETLANDS PROGRAMME is a partnership approach to the rehabilitation, protection and sustainable use of wetlands. The points were collected using GPS by a team for planning and implementation of rehab. The data is captured in vector format. The attribute data was collected from rehabilitation plans document and checked and confirmed by the provincial coordinators. Note: This GIS layer codes: • Working for Wetlands rehabilitation interventions points in projects • The wetland polygons are recorded on a separate shapefile

CAPE Lowlands Renosterveld – Ecological Processes (Soil Type Transitions). Soil type transitions are areas along which contrasting geological types meet. These areas are spatial components of important ecological and evolutionary processes such as plant diversification and pollinator movements. A 250 m buffer area was mapped on either side of where the two soil types meet (Limestone, Bokkeveld Shale, Malmesbury Shale, Cape Granite, Dolomite, Silcrete/Ferricrete, Sandstone and Sandy soils). The buffer was subdivided into smaller portions and the extent of urban, cultivated or natural vegetation falling within these portions of the process area was then determined.

Map of the Biomes of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland