Description: This layer has been superceded by the DEFF Protected Areas (SAPAD) and is included here for comparrison purposes.
Assembly of the dataset was a joint venture between SANParks and SANBI. An earlier national protected areas layer, prepared for the NPAES 2008 project was used as the starting point, and was updated to reflect the current state of protected areas in South Africa.Additional data for contact nature reserves for the Western Cape and KwaZulu Natal provinces have been added (proclaimed by end December 2011). Spelling and classification errors in the attribute table for the Western and Northern Cape provinces were also updated.The most recent marine protected areas, updated for the Marine component of the NBA 2011 were also incorporated into this layer.
Description: This layer has been superceded by the DEFF Protected Areas (SAPAD) and is included here for comparrison purposes
Assembly of the dataset was a joint venture between SANParks and SANBI. An earlier national protected areas layer, prepared for the NSBA project was used as the starting point, and was updated to reflect the current state of protectedareas in South Africa. This included the addition of new reserves, changes to protected areas, and correction of identified errors. Data for formal protected areas was updated based on data received from SANParks, and the following provinces:Northwest, Northern Cape, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Western Cape and Eastern Cape. Note that the dataset is known to contain significant errors and omissions in the Informal Conservation Area system data.
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Description: The layer of South African protected areas was compiled using data from different sources. Those were provincial conservation agencies, South African National Parks (SANPARKS), Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, and other organisations. Recent data on protected areas for each province was derived separately from these different sources. The data from the nine provinces of South Africa was then combined together to form a layer of protected areas. Names of protected areas used in each province were standardised.
Service Item Id: b0be2487b3c6434cbc4d7ac47b19c1e7
Copyright Text: South African National Biodiversity Institude
Description: This is the latest update (and clipped for the Western Cape) of the map of the National Vegetation Map Project and follows version VEGMAP 2012. All polygons are single-part.
The purpose of the map is to provide the potential or historical extent of ecologically based vegetation units of South Africa (including Prince Edward and Marion Islands), Lesotho and Swaziland at a landscape scale.
SANBI metadata document:
https://westerncape.sharepoint.com/teams/ProvincialSpatialInformation/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx?newTargetListUrl=%2Fteams%2FProvincialSpatialInformation%2FShared%20Documents&viewpath=%2Fteams%2FProvincialSpatialInformation%2FShared%20Documents%2FForms%2FAllItems%2Easpx&viewid=2a67bc52%2D478c%2D4729%2Dbd46%2D7371b83eb576&id=%2Fteams%2FProvincialSpatialInformation%2FShared%20Documents%2FSpatial%20Data%2FData%20National%20Departments%2FSANBI
Publication date: 2018
Service Item Id: b0be2487b3c6434cbc4d7ac47b19c1e7
Copyright Text: South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI)
Description: Terrestrial Biodiversity Network: prioritisation of indigenous vegetation remnants. Use in conjunction with the City’s Open Watercourses and Wetlands layers (the Aquatic Biodiversity Network). Nature reserves, national parks and conservation areas form the core of the Network and are included. Users of the data are required to verify its content by visiting the site with a biodiversity specialist.Request symbology/colour schemes from enviro.gis@capetown.gov.zaTerrestrial Biodiversity Network: prioritisation of indigenous vegetation remnantsTo be used in conjunction with the City’s Open Watercourses and Wetlands layers (the Aquatic Biodiversity Network). Users of the data are required to verify its content by visiting the site with a biodiversity specialist.Publication Date: 19 January 2024