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Preliminary Biodiversity Conservation Plan for Limpopo Preliminary Biodiversity Conservation Plan for Limpopo Preliminary Limpopo Conservation Plan Report April 2011 Contact Person : Lizanne (E.J.) Nel. Plot 187 Tweefontein, Polokwane, Limpopo. Postnet Suite 123, Private Bag X 9676, Polokwane, 0700. Fax: (088015) 263 6274. E-mail : [email protected] INDEX CONTEXT OF THE REPORT ...................................................................................... 3 4.6.2 Species data ........................................................................................ 24 4.6.3 Data integrity and management ........................................................ 24 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .......................................................................................... 4 4.6.4 Regional integration ............................................................................ 25 CONTRIBUTORS ..................................................................................................... 4 5 SPATIAL ASSESSMENT ................................................................................. 25 LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS............................................................. 5 5.1 AQUATIC RESULTS ........................................................................................ 25 1 PURPOSE OF A PROVINCIAL CONSERVATION PLAN ....................................... 6 5.2 TERRESTRIAL RESULTS ................................................................................... 32 2 LEGAL MANDATE AND FRAMEWORK ............................................................ 6 6 PROTECTED AREA ASSESSMENT .................................................................. 36 3 SYSTEMATIC CONSERVATION PLANNING ...................................................... 8 6.1 PROTECTION LEVELS OF VEGETATION TYPES....................................................... 36 6.2 THE PROTECTED AREA NETWORK .................................................................... 37 4 PLANNING APPROACH FOR LIMPOPO ........................................................... 9 6.3 CORRIDORS ................................................................................................. 38 4.1 LIMPOPO PLANNING DOMAIN ........................................................................ 11 6.4 KEY FINDINGS .............................................................................................. 40 LANNING NITS 4.2 P U ......................................................................................... 12 6.5 RECOMMENDATIONS ..................................................................................... 40 4.3 BIODIVERSITY FEATURES ................................................................................ 14 4.3.1 Biodiversity Pattern Features .............................................................. 14 7 LANDUSE PLANNING ................................................................................... 41 4.3.2 Biodiversity Process Features .............................................................. 15 7.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................ 41 4.3.3 Aquatic Ecosystems Features – NFEPA ............................................... 17 7.2 CROSS-CUTTING LAND-USE PRINCIPLES ............................................................ 42 4.3.4 Landuse Pressure Features .................................................................. 17 7.3 TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS ............................................................................. 42 4.4 PROTECTED AREAS ....................................................................................... 17 7.3.1 Land Management Classes.................................................................. 43 4.5 CONSERVATION TARGETS ............................................................................... 18 7.3.2 Land-use Types .................................................................................... 44 4.5.1 Biodiversity Pattern Targets ................................................................ 18 7.3.3 Land-use Guidelines ............................................................................ 46 4.5.2 Biodiversity Process Targets ................................................................ 19 7.4 AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS .................................................................................. 53 4.5.3 Aquatic Ecosystem Targets ................................................................. 19 8 BIBLIOGRAPHY ............................................................................................ 61 4.6 CHALLENGES AND CONSTRAINTS IN DATA ......................................................... 24 4.6.1 Data gaps ............................................................................................ 24 LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF TABLES FIGURE 1 PLANNING AREA, WITH ALL TRANSFORMED AREAS AND PLANNING UNITS. 11 TABLE 1. DATASETS USED FOR THE TRANSFORMED LAYER. .......................................... 12 FIGURE 2: FORESTRY AREAS COMPARED WITH HIGH WATER YIELD AREAS ................. 13 TABLE 2: CATEGORIES OF PROTECTED AREAS BASED ON LEVEL OF PROTECTION. ....... 17 FIGURE 3: PLANNING UNITS – HEXAGONS VS. GEOGRAPHICAL PLANNING UNITS ....... 14 TABLE 3 BIODIVERSITY PATTERN FEATURES AND TARGETS. ......................................... 20 FIGURE 4: COMPOSITE OF SPECIES DISTRIBUTION DATA. ............................................. 15 TABLE 4 BIODIVERSITY PROCESS FEATURES AND TARGETS. ......................................... 20 FIGURE 5: AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE USE OF SURROGATES IN MODELLING ................ 16 TABLE 5. AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM FEATURES AND TARGETS . ......................................... 21 FIGURE 6. RIVER STATUS AS PER THE NFEPA PROCESS. ................................................ 26 TABLE 6. GENERAL ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES NOT SPECIFICALLY MODELLED ............... 23 FIGURE 7: FEPAS FOR THE LIMPOPO WATER MANAGEMENT AREA. ............................ 28 TABLE 7. STATUS OF THE BIOMES IN LIMPOPO ............................................................ 36 FIGURE 8: FEPAS FOR THE LEVHUVHU & MUTALE WATER MANAGEMENT AREA ........ 29 TABLE 8: VEGETATION TYPES (< 50% OF TARGET PROTECTED INSIDE PAS) .................. 37 FIGURE 9: FEPAS FOR THE CROCODILE & MARICO WATER MANAGEMENT AREA ........ 30 TABLE 9: SUMMARY OF THE CURRENT PROTECTION OF VEGETATION TYPES .............. 37 FIGURE 10: FEPAS FOR THE OLIFANTS WATER MANAGEMENT AREA ........................... 31 TABLE 10. LEVEL OF PROTECTION OF THE PLANNING AREA IN LIMPOPO .................... 38 FIGURE 11. PERCENTAGE OF THE PLANNING AREA ALLOCATED TO EACH OF THE TABLE 11. AREAS UNDER PROTECTION BY DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROTECTED AREAS ... 38 BIODIVERSITY ASSESSMENT CATEGORIES. ................................................. 32 TABLE 12 BIODIVERSITY PROCESS CORRIDORS WITH THEIR DESCRIPTIONS. ................ 41 FIGURE 12. VEGETATION TYPES IN LIMPOPO. ............................................................... 33 TABLE 13: SUMMARY OF TERRESTRIAL BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION CATEGORIES... 42 FIGURE 13. PROTECTED AREA CATEGORIES IN RELATION TO IRREPLACEABLE AREAS. 34 TABLE 14. LAND MANAGEMENT CLASSES FOR TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS. ................. 43 FIGURE 14. RESULT OF THE BIODIVERSITY SPATIAL ASSESSMENT ................................ 35 TABLE 15.LAND-USE CATEGORIES AND LAND-USE TYPES.............................................. 44 TABLE 16. LAND-USE TYPES SUITED TO EACH LAND MANAGEMENT CLASS ................. 46 TABLE 17. LAND-USE GUIDELINES FOR EACH LAND MANAGEMENT CLASS. ................. 47 TABLE 18. AQUATIC LAND MANAGEMENT CLASSES WITH GUIDELINES........................ 54 1 Project team Lizanne Nel (4Life Promotions), Dawie Jansen Van Vuuren and Deon de Witt (MetroGIS) and Samantha Taljaart & Paul Claassen (Environomics) Copyright © 2010 Limpopo Department of Economic Development, Environmental and Tourism (Government of the Republic of South Africa) All rights reserved by the Government of the Republic of South Africa in the Limpopo Department of Economic Development, Environmental and Tourism. No part of this report may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written permission of the Limpopo Department of Economic Development, Environmental and Tourism (LEDET). The information contained in this report is subject to change without notice. Limpopo Department of Economic Development, Environmental and Tourism 20 Hans van Rensburg Street Private Bag X 9484 Polokwane 0700 Disclaimer and Warranty While every endeavour has been made to ensure the accuracy of the P-LCP, neither the Limpopo Department of Economic Development, Environmental and Tourism, 4Life Promotions, Environomics, MetroGIS, nor the authors accept any legal responsibility, direct or indirect, resulting from the use of the information contained in this report for any purpose whatsoever. Trademark Acknowledgement ARC/INFO™ and ArcView™ are registered trademarks of Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI). All text and tables were produced with Microsoft Word™ and Microsoft Excel™, registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. The endemic Euphorbia sekhukhuniensis 2 CONTEXT OF THE REPORT The Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism (LEDET) is Biodiversity Areas (CBAs) identified. Data and analyses that are not directly related mandated to develop a Conservation Plan for Limpopo by the South African to the objective, and that have been reported on elsewhere, are omitted. Constitution and the National Biodiversity
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