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SKEP Priority Areas
SKEP CEPF Ecosystem Profile
60 scientists, 400 stakeholders
Data on biodiversity distribution and
pressures on ecosystems, set targets
Identified 9 priority areas
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4.19” x 10.31”
Position
x: 8.74”, y: .18”
Critical Biodiversity
Areas
• Land use planning tool
• Aim to avoid loss of critical biodiversity
and ecosystem function
• Functioning ecosystems for people AND
identify areas appropriate for
development
• Category 1 CBA = irreplaceable
biodiversity
• Category 2 = important biodiversity
• Also essential for ecosystem processes
and services that support human
livelihoods
• Ecological Support Areas = not essential
for biodiversity targets, but important for
ecosystem function and ES
Photo 1
4.19” x 10.31”
Position
x: 8.74”, y: .18”
Pilot Sites
Indicators included:
• the potential for tourism development
• avoiding areas with significant mineral
deposits
• opportunities to integrate conservation
objectives with municipal priorities around
job creation and poverty alleviation
• areas where biodiversity is under
pressure
• areas with high numbers of endemic or
threatened species
• unique areas
• corridors of natural habitat over rainfall
and climate gradients
• important water resource areas
• Areas exposed to hazards/climate impact
• Some communal land
Kamiesberg
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Significant water catchment
NFEPA wetlands
Important seasonal river systems
Part of critical climate change corridor
Includes a CBA1 and falls within SKEP
priority area number 4
Elevation provides climate change refugia
Grazed by private and communal small
stock farmers
Home to two threatened vegetation types
and numerous rare and endemic plant
species
CSA long-term presence in the area
Unique site
Steinkopf - proposed
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All of the above
Namakwa Upland Rangeland system
But much drier
And therefore much more typical of the
NDM
• More typical wetlands and springs –
small, localised, heavily utilised, low
water flow but great strategic importance
• Large communal area, extensively
grazed with small livestock
• Research results will have broader
relevance