The National Wetlands Map III (NWM3) is a combination of NWM2 extracted from the National Land Cover 2000 dataset and the Waterbodies of the 1:50 000 of topomaps from Chief Directorate Surveys and Mapping (CDSM). These two datasets were further categorized into natural waterbodies, artificial waterbodies and unclassified waterbodies.

The National Wetlands Map III (NWM3) is a combination of NWM2 extracted from the National Land Cover 2000 dataset and the Waterbodies of the 1:50 000 of topomaps from the Chief Directorate Surveys and Mapping (CDSM). These two datasets were further categorized into natural waterbodies, artificial waterbodies, and unclassified waterbodies.

The National Wetlands Map III (NWM3) is a combination of NWM2 extracted from the National Land Cover 2000 dataset and the Waterbodies of the 1:50 000 of topomaps from Chief Directorate Surveys and Mapping (CDSM). These two datasets were further categorized into natural waterbodies, artificial waterbodies and unclassified waterbodies. Although every effort was made to ensure the accuracy of the data, SANBI do not take responsibility for errors or problems that arise for using this dataset.

This layer includes the threat status, protection level and condition of the Sub-Antarctic Marine Threat Status and Protection level assessed for the National Biodiversity Assessment 2018

Latest update of the Sub-Antarctic Terrestrial Ecosystem map which is synonymous with the map of the vegetation of Marion and the Prince Edward Islands in the National Vegetation Map Project. This is the first update since 2006 and includes an edit to shift the 2006 National Vegetation Map polygon for Prince Edward island (which was offset from the imagery of the island in the 2006 version) to its correct position which now aligns with global imagery.

Map of the vegetation types of South Africa (including Prince Edward and Marion Islands), Lesotho and Swaziland (Mucina & Rutherford 2006). There are 444 zonal and azonal vegetation types mapped at a working scale of 1:250 000 and sometimes better. The map is the result of a collaborative project involving about 60 individual contributors from a number of organizations. Includes some mapping from Fine Scale Planning in Western Cape Province including: Fixed forest at Eastern Cape/KwaZulu-Natal border that had been inadvertently deleted. Saldanha Peninsula, Bokkeveld and Sandveld Fine Scale Planning domains as done by Helme & Koopman (2007) and Helme (2007a,b). Breede River Valley by Helme (2007) Little Karoo by Vlok, Cowling, Wolf, (2005). Hantam/Tanqua/Roggeveld by van der Merwe et al (2008a,b). Recommended projections of decimal degrees data: South Africa: Use in view with Map units decimal degrees, Distance units kilometers, or projected view with map units meters, projection Albers, WGS84, Central meridian 24, Reference latitude 0, Standard parallel 1 -30, Standard parallel 2 -20, no false Easting or Northing. Prince Edward Islands: Data are in UTM projection, WGS84, Central Meridian 37 E. Use in view with Map units meters, Distance units kilometers. - The updates are within an area (domain) and there is no systematic matching across the domain line to ensure that mapping on the other side of the domain line benefits from the efforts within the domain line. - The scale within a domain does not match the scale of mapping outside the domain line resulting in uneven levels of detail. - The descriptions of vegetation types have not been systematically updated to reflect the new spatial extent of vegetation described, nor the conservation status, and so forth. - Descriptions are available for new vegetation types. - The National Biodiversity Assessment has been done with the 2006 version of the map for these reasons listed above. - Gazetted threatened ecosystem list is based on vegm2006 so that they do not reflect the updated mapping. It is important for those involved in using the list of threatened ecosystems at the policy end to know when a new version of the veg map becomes available - there are likely to be queries about how this relates to the veg types in the gazetted list and how e.g. EIA practitioners should deal with veg map changes that impact on listed veg types. References Mucina, L. & Rutherford, M.C. (eds) 2006. The vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Strelitzia 19.South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. 800 pp. Mucina, L., Rutherford, M.C. & Powrie, L.W. (eds) 2005. Vegetation Map of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland, 1:1 000 000 scale sheet maps. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. ISBN 1-919976-22-1 MUCINA, L., RUTHERFORD, M.C. & POWRIE, L.W. (eds) 2007. Vegetation Map of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland, edn 2, 1:1 000 000 scale sheet maps. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. ISBN 978-1-919976-42-6. Helme, N. A. 2007. Botanical report: Fine scale vegetation mapping of the Bokkeveld Escarpment. Report for CapeNature, as part of the C.A.P.E. programme. Helme, N. A. 2007. Botanical report: Fine scale vegetation mapping in the Sandveld. Report for CapeNature, as part of the C.A.P.E. programme. Helme, N. A. and R. Koopman. 2007. Botanical report: Fine scale vegetation mapping in the Saldanha Peninsula. Report for CapeNature, as part of the C.A.P.E. programme. Helme, N. A. 2007. Botanical report: Fine scale vegetation mapping in the Upper Breede River Valley. Report for CapeNature, as part of the C.A.P.E. programme. Vlok, J.H.J., Cowling, R.M. & Wolf, T., 2005. A vegetation map for the Little Karoo. Unpublished maps and report for a SKEP project supported by CEPF grant no 1064410304.

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

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 Sub-Antarctic Terrestrial Threat Assessment and Protection level.