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 "snippet": "2023 Western Cape Biodiversity Spatial Plan (WCBSP) - Ecological Support Areas 2: Areas that are severely degraded or have no natural cover remaining and require restoration, and that are not essential for meeting biodiversity targets, but that play an important role in supporting the functioning of PAs or CBAs and are often vital for delivering ecosystem services. They support landscape connectivity, encompass the ecological infrastructure from which ecosystem goods and services flow, and strengthen resilience to the effects of climate change. They include features such as regional climate adaptation corridors, water source and recharge areas, riparian habitat surrounding rivers or wetlands, and threatened vegetation.",
 "description": "<DIV STYLE=\"text-align:Left;font-size:12pt\"><P STYLE=\"margin:5 0 0 0;\"><SPAN><SPAN>This layer forms part of the 2023 Western Cape Biodiversity Spatial Plan (WCBSP). <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P><P STYLE=\"margin:5 0 0 0;\"><SPAN><SPAN>The WCBSP is the product of a systematic biodiversity planning assessment that delineates, on a map (via a Geographic Information System (GIS)), various Biodiversity Priority Area categories which require safeguarding to ensure the continued existence and functioning of species and ecosystems, including the delivery of ecosystem services, across terrestrial and freshwater realms. These spatial priorities are used to inform sustainable development in the Western Cape Province. This product replaces all previous systematic biodiversity planning products and sector plans with updated layers and features.<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P><P /><P STYLE=\"margin:5 0 0 0;\"><SPAN STYLE=\"font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;\"><SPAN>November 2025 \u2013<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><SPAN><SPAN> Updated coverage by adding in the City of Cape Town Biodiversity Network (recently signed off), adding recently signed/proclaimed protected areas, removing cancel/abolished protected areas, and removing modified areas.<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P><\/DIV>",
 "summary": "2023 Western Cape Biodiversity Spatial Plan (WCBSP) - Ecological Support Areas 2: Areas that are severely degraded or have no natural cover remaining and require restoration, and that are not essential for meeting biodiversity targets, but that play an important role in supporting the functioning of PAs or CBAs and are often vital for delivering ecosystem services. They support landscape connectivity, encompass the ecological infrastructure from which ecosystem goods and services flow, and strengthen resilience to the effects of climate change. They include features such as regional climate adaptation corridors, water source and recharge areas, riparian habitat surrounding rivers or wetlands, and threatened vegetation.",
 "title": "WCBSP 2023 \u2013 Ecological Support Areas 2 (restore)",
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 "accessInformation": "CapeNature (2024). 2023 Western Cape Biodiversity Spatial Plan and Guidelines. Biodiversity Capabilities, CapeNature. https://www.capenature.co.za/western-cape-biodiversity-spatial-plan",
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