Protected areas for the Bergrivier Municipality

Processes were incorporated in the assessment by identifying their spatial dimensions and targeting these in their entirety. The spatial dimensions, or components, of processes are actually surrogates for biodiversity processes that operate at a regional scale. Processes included the following (details are described in Cowling et al. 2003): SPATIALLY FIXED - Biome interfaces; Ecological diversification of plant lineages; 500m buffer of untransformed habitat along thicket and adjacent biome (fynbos, grassland, succulent karoo and Nama-karoo); STEP vegetation typesHabitat transformation - Sand movement corridors; Inland movement of marine sands and associated soil development; Functional corridor comprising intact source and sink areas; Sand massesHabitat transformation - Riverine corridors; Migration and exchange between inland and coastal biotas; 250m buffer of untransformed habitat along riverine systems linking coastal and inland subregions; Perennial riversHabitat transformation - Coastal interface; Migration and exchange between patches of coastal thicket; 500m buffer of untransformed habitat along the coast.; CoastlineHabitat transformation SPATIALLY FLEXIBLE - Upland-lowland gradients; Ecological diversification of plant and animal lineages; migration of biota; 1km-wide strip of untransformed habitat linking the upland STEP boundary and the coast within each bio-region; Bio-regionsHabitat transformation - Macroclimatic gradients; Geographic diversification of plant and animal lineages; migration of biota; 1km strip of untransformed habitat linking major biogeographic zones; STEP vegetation typesHabitat transformation

Represents land cover for the Cederberg Local Municipality and two adjacent district municipality. Landcover is categorized into 6 land cover types: Natural, Near Natural, Degraded, Cultivated and Transformed.

Images show the projected suitability by eGAM models for maize (mz), under simulations in which plant response to elevated CO2 was assumed to be unenhanced (lowco2). The images are expressed as a fraction of 18 scenarios, where 0 means all scenarios show no suitability, and 1 means all scenarios show suitability.

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.

This layer provides a general synopsis of why an area or polygon received its specific Critical Biodiversity Area classification, by listing the specific biodiversity informant involved. Also provided are the transformation state and management recommendation. It is anticipated that this layer would mainly be of interest to technical or specialist users

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.

Known localities of Red Data Book species and localized endemics with limited distributions were depicted spatially. Species with broad distributions were not mapped, as these would be conserved incidentally via the achievement of targets for vegetation types. The classes of species mapped included plants, birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians.

Special Habitats layer for the Cape Agulhas, De Hoop Management Area, Overstrand, Drakenstein Municipality, Swartland, Swellendam and Theewaterskloof Municipalities.

Suitable habitat for Grey Rhebuck (Pelea capreolus) in the Little Karoo including the estimated carrying capacity of the habitat (how many hectares required per animal).