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South Africa Complete in 2 Ibas Partial in 11 Ibas Lacking in 35 Ibas Ramsar designation is: South Africa Complete in 2 IBAs Partial in 11 IBAs Lacking in 35 IBAs Location of Important Bird Areas that contain areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in South Africa Designation progress Areas within 48 Important Bird Areas qualify currently as of the suitable IBAs in South Africa have no Ramsar Ramsar Sites in the Republic of South Africa. Designation designation as yet. There are currently four other Ramsar coverage is complete within two of these and partial Sites in South Africa, three of which overlap with IBAs. (with need of expansion) in 11. However, 35 (73%) Summary of Important Bird Areas which qualify as Ramsar Sites in South Africa IBA code IBA name IBA area (ha) Ramsar Site name Ramsar Site area (ha) Ramsar criteria 24 5 6 Ramsar designation of IBA complete (2 IBAs) ZA040 Lake Sibaya 7,759 Lake Sibaya 7,750 GG ZA048 Natal Drakensberg Park 242,813 Natal Drakensberg Park 242,813 GG G Subtotal 1 211 Ramsar designation of IBA partial (11 IBAs) ZA007 Nyl river flood-plain 16,000 Nylsvley Nature Reserve 3,970 GG ZA012 Steenkampsberg 100,000 Verloren Valei Nature Reserve 5,891 GG G ZA016 Grassland Biosphere Reserve 1,050,000 Seekoeivlei Nature Reserve 4,754 GGGG (proposed) ZA019 Barberspan and Leeupan 4,000 Barberspan 3,118 GGG ZA023 Orange river mouth wetlands 9,600 Orange River Mouth wetland 2,000 GGGG ZA044 Lake St Lucia and 167,700 St. Lucia System 155,500 GGGG Mkuze swamps Important Bird Areas and potential Ramsar Sites in Africa (2002) 113 IBA code IBA name IBA area (ha) Ramsar Site name Ramsar Site area (ha) Ramsar criteria 24 5 6 ZA082 Verlorenvlei 1,700 Verlorenvlei 1,500 GG ZA084 West Coast National Park and 27,600 Langebaan 6,000 GGGG Saldanha Bay islands ZA093 Wilderness--Sedgefield lakes 12,250 Wilderness Lakes 1,300 GGG complex ZA098 De Hoop Nature Reserve 40,000 De Hoop Vlei 750 GGGG ZA100 Heuningnes river and 9,000 De Mond (Heuningnes Estuary) 918 GG G estuary system Subtotal 711811 Ramsar designation of IBA lacking (35 IBAs) ZA001 Kruger National Park and 2,142,528 GG adjacent areas ZA015 Chrissie Pans 62,500 GGGG ZA018 Magaliesberg and 80,000 GG Witwatersberg ZA021 Spitskop Dam 2,495 GG G ZA024 Kamfers Dam 400 GG ZA028 Platberg-Karoo Conservancy 1,200,000 GG ZA029 Sandveld and Bloemhof Dam 55,372 GG G Nature Reserves ZA033 Bedford/Chatsworth 410 GG G ZA034 Murphy's Rust 58 GG G ZA043 Mkuzi Game Reserve 36,474 GG ZA052 Umvoti vlei 2,800 G ZA054 Hlatikulu Nature Reserve 186 G ZA055 Karkloof Nature Reserve 1,748 G ZA056 Umgeni Vlei Nature Reserve 957 G ZA058 KwaZulu-Natal mistbelt 5,000 G grasslands ZA059 Richards Bay Game Reserve 1,200 GGGG ZA060 Greater Ingwangwana river 2,000 G ZA061 Franklin vlei 5,244 GG G ZA063 Penny Park 120 G ZA068 Dwesa and Cwebe 6,050 G Nature Reserves ZA073 Alexandria coastal belt 15,460 G ZA074 Algoa Bay Island Nature Reserve 40 GGGG ZA075 Swartkops estuary, Redhouse 926 GGGG and Chatty saltpans ZA076 Maitland--Gamtoos coast 1,800 GG G ZA078 Olifants river estuary 2,000 GG ZA079 Bird Island 3 GGGG ZA083 Lower Berg river wetlands 6,621 GGG ZA088 Dassen Island 273 GGGG ZA089 Robben Island National 574 GGGG Historical Monument ZA090 Rietvlei Wetland Reserve 527 GG G ZA095 False Bay Park (proposed) 3,000 GGGG ZA096 Boulders Bay 2 G ZA097 Botriviervlei and Kleinmond 1,400 GGG estuary ZA099 Dyer Island Nature Reserve 20 GGGG ZA101 Prince Edward Islands Special 33,400 GGGG Nature Reserve Subtotal 27 25 12 25 Grand total 35 38 21 37 For the full details of each site, including bird populations, see Fishpool and Evans (2001) and the Data Zone at www.birdlife.net by 2003. See ‘Identifying potential Ramsar Sites’ (p.11) for a description of the site- and species-selection procedure and the method for evaluating adequacy of Ramsar coverage that have been used in this report. 114 Important Bird Areas and potential Ramsar Sites in Africa (2002) Threatened species Within the 35 IBAs that contain areas that qualify as Ramsar Sites under Criterion 2, 21 wetland-dependent species of global conservation concern occur regularly in significant numbers. Summary of the occurrence of wetland species of global conservation concern within the selected IBAs Species name and global threat status (IUCN 2000; see p.147) (VU) (LR/nt) (VU) (VU) (VU) (VU) (LR/nt) (VU) (VU) (LR/nt) (LR/nt) (VU) (LR/nt) (VU) (LR/nt) (VU) (LR/nt) (EN) (VU) (VU) (LR/nt) IBA acaroni Penguin andering Albatross attled Crane Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome M Eudyptes chrysolophus African Penguin Spheniscus demersus W Diomedea exulans Grey-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma Albatross Indian Yellow-nosed Thalassarche carteri Sooty Albatross Phoebetria fusca Southern Giant-petrel Macronectes giganteus Northern Giant-petrel Macronectes halli White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis Grey Petrel Procellaria cinerea Cape Gannet Morus capensis Crowned Cormorant Phalacrocorax coronatus code Bank Cormorant Phalacrocorax neglectus Cape Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor W Grus carunculatus White-winged Flufftail Sarothrura ayresi African Black Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini Kerguelen Tern Sterna virgata Damara Tern Sterna balaenarum Grand total ZA012 GG 2 ZA015 GG 2 ZA016 GG 2 ZA021 G 1 ZA023 GG2 ZA029 G 1 ZA033 G 1 ZA034 G 1 ZA044 G 1 ZA048 G 1 ZA052 G 1 ZA054 G 1 ZA055 G 1 ZA056 G 1 ZA058 G 1 ZA059 G 1 ZA060 G 1 ZA061 GG 2 ZA063 G 1 ZA068 G 1 ZA073 GG2 ZA074 GGG3 ZA075 G 1 ZA076 G 1 ZA079 GGG 3 ZA084 GGGGG G 6 ZA088 G GGG G 5 ZA089 G GGG G 5 ZA090 G 1 ZA095 GG G 3 ZA096 G 1 ZA098 G 1 ZA099 G GGG G 5 ZA100 G 1 ZA101 GG GGGGGGGG G 11 Grand 11711111111354661071213 74 total Important Bird Areas and potential Ramsar Sites in Africa (2002) 115.
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