AND ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT REPORT to inform the EIA for the proposed Makhathini Sugar Cane Project’s Agricultural Components, Jozini Local Municipality KZN272 APPENDIX 2: A DETAILED LIST OF RED DATA SPECIES FOUND WITHIN THE PROJECT AREA AND ITS 10KM BUFFER

SA Red data book GROUP TAXONNAME COMMON NAME Endemic EKZNW 2009 Priority Species status Amphibian Afrarchaea godfreyi Golden Dwarf Reed Frog 2.00 Amphibian Afrixalus aureus 15.00 Amphibian Breviceps sopranus Whistling Rain Frog Data Deficient 6.00 Amphibian Cacosternum nanum nanum Bronze dainty frog 3.00 Amphibian Hemisus marmoratus marmoratus Marbled Snout-burrower 2.00 Amphibian Kassina maculata Red-legged running frog 6.00 Amphibian Leptopelis mossambicus Brown-backed tree frog 19.00 Amphibian Ptychadena mossambica Broad-banded Grass Frog 11.00 Amphibian Xenopus muelleri Mueller's clawed frog 6.00 Bird Aegypius occiptalis White-headed vulture Vulnerable 0.00 Bird Aegypius tracheliotus Lappet-faced Vulture Vulnerable 0.00 Bird Anastomus lamelligerus African Openbill Near Threatened 0.00 Bird Batis fratrum Woodward's Batis Near Threatened 0.00 Bird Bucorvus leadbeateri Southern Ground Hornbill Vulnerable 0.00 May monitor and report on Bird Ciconia nigra Black Stork Near Threatened 0.00 Bird Circus ranivorus African Marsh Harrier Vulnerable 0.00 May monitor and report on Bird Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis Saddle-billed Stork Endangered 0.00 Bird Gyps africanus White-backed Vulture Vulnerable 0.00 May monitor and report on Bird Gyps coprotheres Cape Griffon Vulnerable 0.00 May monitor and report on Bird Microparra capensis Lesser Jacana Near Threatened 0.00 Bird Necrosyrtes monachus Hooded Vulture Vulnerable 0.00 May monitor and report on Bird Neotis denhami Denham's bustard / Stanley Bustard Vulnerable 0.00 May monitor and report on Bird Nettapus auritus African Pygmy Goose Near Threatened 0.00 Bird Pelecanus onocrotalus Great White Pelican Near Threatened 0.00 Bird Pelecanus rufescens Pink-backed Pelican Vulnerable 0.00 May monitor and report on Bird Podica senegalensis African Finfoot Vulnerable 0.00 Bird Polemaetus bellicosus Martial Eagle Vulnerable 0.00 May monitor and report on Bird Sagittarius serpentarius Secretary Bird Near Threatened 0.00 Bird Scotopelia peli Pel's Fishing Owl Vulnerable 0.00 May monitor and report on Bird Stephanoaetus coronatus Crowned Eagle Near Threatened 0.00 Bird Terathopius ecaudatus Bateleur Vulnerable 0.00 May monitor and report on Fish Clarias theodorae catfish Rare 0.00 Fish Labeo rubromaculatus Tugela Labeo 3.00 Fish Labeobarbus natalensis Scaly Yellowfish 3.00 Fish Nothobranchius orthonotus Spotted Killifish Rare 0.00 Fish Opsaridium peringueyi Southern Barred Minnow Rare 0.00 May monitor and report on Fish Oreochromis placidus Black tilapia Vulnerable 0.00 May monitor and report on Fish Redigobius dewaali Rare 0.00 Invertebrate - Annelid Tritogenia zuluensis 6.00 Invertebrate - , Beetle Thyreopterus flavosignatus 1.00 Invertebrate - Insect, Beetle, Ground Scarites nigrita 2.00 Invertebrate - Insect, Beetle, Rove Stenus arenicola 2.00 Invertebrate - Insect, Beetle, Rove Stenus natalensis 2.00 Invertebrate - Insect, Beetle, Rove Stenus zulu 3.00 Invertebrate - Insect, Bug, Assassin Maraenaspis vorax 1.00 Invertebrate - Insect, Bug, Cicadas Stagira xenomorpha 6.00 Invertebrate - Insect, Bug, Plant Glymmatophora erythrodera 1.00 Invertebrate - Insect, acrita acrita Fiery acraea 1.00 Invertebrate - Insect, Butterfly Acraea satis East Coast Acraea Indeterminate 0.00 Invertebrate - Insect, Butterfly Alaena amazoula amazoula Yellow zulu 2.00 Invertebrate - Insect, Butterfly Aloeides damarensis mashona Damara Copper 5.00 Invertebrate - Insect, Butterfly Aloeides swanepoeli Swanepoel's Copper 1.00 Invertebrate - Insect, Butterfly Anthene minima Little Hairtail Rare 0.00 Invertebrate - Insect, Butterfly Bicyclus ena Grizzled Bush Brown 3.00 Invertebrate - Insect, Butterfly cassius Rainforest Brown 1.00 Invertebrate - Insect, Butterfly Charaxes phaeus Demon Emperor 12.00 Invertebrate - Insect, Butterfly Charaxes vansoni Van Son's Emperor 1.00 Invertebrate - Insect, Butterfly anchises anchises One Pip Policeman Rare 0.00 Invertebrate - Insect, Butterfly Coenyra aurantiaca Pondo Shadefly 1.00 Invertebrate - Insect, Butterfly amata calais Topaz Arab 6.00 Invertebrate - Insect, Butterfly Colotis celimene amina 2.00 Invertebrate - Insect, Butterfly Colotis pallene Bushveld Orange Tip 13.00 Invertebrate - Insect, Butterfly Colotis regina 15.00 Invertebrate - Insect, Butterfly Colotis subfasciatus subfasciatus Lemon Tip / Lemon Traveller 2.00 Invertebrate - Insect, Butterfly Colotis vesta argillaceus 20.00 Invertebrate - Insect, Butterfly Deloneura millari millari Millar's Buff 32.00 Invertebrate - Insect, Butterfly Deudorix vansoni Van Son's Playboy 1.00 Invertebrate - Insect, Butterfly Dixeia doxo parva Black-veined White 7.00 Invertebrate - Insect, Butterfly messapus messapus Cupreous Blue 1.00 Invertebrate - Insect, Butterfly Graphium colonna Black Swordtail 10.00 Invertebrate - Insect, Butterfly Iolaus silas Southern Sapphire 3.00 Invertebrate - Insect, Butterfly Leucochitonea levubu White-cloaked 1.00

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APPENDIX 3: Land Cover Classes pertinent to the MSCP

Increase / LC 2008 Area 2005 Area LC 2005 & 2008 Classification Transformation Status Decrease Code (Hectares) (Hectares) Area Annual commercial crops dryland 16 Transformed 75.9200 0.00 75.92 Annual commercial crops irrigated 17 Transformed 4.0400 4.0702 -0.03 Bare sand 24 Natural degraded 0.2000 0.7024 -0.50 Built up dense settlement 12 Transformed 0.8800 1.6165 -0.74 Bushland (< 70cc) Natural (untransformed and 1561.0800 1971.8268 -410.75 20 pristine) Degraded bushland (all types) 26 Natural degraded 2860.8000 5627.4214 -2766.62 Degraded forest 25 Natural degraded 19.7200 0.4400 19.28 Degraded grassland 27 Natural degraded 465.3600 946.3512 -480.99 Dense bush (70-100 cc) Natural (untransformed and 546.6000 358.3324 188.27 19 pristine) Forest Natural (untransformed and 75.0400 76.4814 -1.44 18 pristine) Grassland Natural (untransformed and 472.7200 767.7766 -295.06 23 pristine) Grassland / bush clumps mix Natural (untransformed and 1069.2400 1370.4222 -301.18 22 pristine) KZN main & district roads 35 Transformed 88.6000 90.2283 -1.63 Low density settlement 14 Transformed 278.4400 233.8303 44.61 Mines and quarries 11 Transformed 1.0800 0.00 1.08 Old cultivated fields - bushland 29 Transformed 341.4000 452.1289 -110.73 Sugarcane - commercial 9 Transformed 6.4400 87.2272 -80.79 Sugarcane - emerging farmer 10 Transformed 4.0800 51.5362 -47.46 Subsistence (rural) 15 Transformed 6366.8800 2188.2186 4178.66 Water Dams 36 Transformed 50.9200 0.0576 50.86 Water natural Natural (untransformed and 23.7600 72.9571 -49.20 1 pristine) Wetlands Natural (untransformed and 205.1200 206.9471 -1.83 4 pristine) Woodland Natural (untransformed and 80.6400 80.3954 0.24 21 pristine) Total 14598.96 14588.97

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