figure 1. infrastructure map

Figure 1. Infrastructure map

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AllInland - coastal lowlandInland - uplandUpland - coastal lowland

Figure 2. Upland-lowland interfaces

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Thicket – Fynbos Thicket – Grassland Thicket – Grassland - ForestThicket – Grassland - Forest - Fynbos

Thicket – Grassland - Fynbos Thicket – Nama Karoo Thicket – Nama Karoo - Fynbos Thicket – Nama Karoo - GrasslandThicket – Nama Karoo – Grassland - Fynbos

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Figure 3. Biome interfaces

Sundays Basin – Sundays Inland

Sundays Basin – Zuurberg Montain

Zuurberg Montain– Sundays Inland

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Sundays Basin – Zuurberg Montain

Zuurberg Montain– Sundays Inland

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Sundays Basin – Sundays Inland

Sundays Basin – Zuurberg Montain

Zuurberg Montain– Sundays Inland

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Figure 4. Thicket interfaces

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Riverine Corridors (North/South)

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Riverine Corridors (North/South)

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Figure 5. Riverine corridors linking inland and coastal biotas

Riverine corridors (East/West)

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Riverine corridors (East/West)

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Figure 6. Riverine corridors through mountainous terrain

Figure 7. Algoa dunefield with 500 m buffered inland boundary

GAENP boundaryBuffered dune (500m)

GAENP boundaryBuffered dune (500m)

Figure 8: Algoa dunefield with 2000 m buffered inland boundary

GAENP boundaryDrought refuges

Figure 9. Rainfall gradients as drought refuges in drought-prone habitat

GAENP boundaryAll processes

Figure 10. All ecological and evolutionary processes combined

Figure 11. Current Land use in the planning domain

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Figure 12. The current extent of alien invasive plants

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Figure 13. Restorability of the landscape

Figure 14. Composite threat weighting for each land class

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Figure 15. The distribution of grazing threats in the landscape

Darlington Dam

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Figure 16. The distribution of cultivation threats in the landscape

Darlington Dam

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Figure 17. The distribution of potential human settlement-related disturbance in the landscape

Darlington Dam

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Figure 18. The distribution of potential alien threats in the landscape

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Figure 20 The extent of transformation of the spatially defined landscape processes in the GAENP planning domain

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Figure 21. The existing reserve system (both statutory and non-statutory) and land earmarked for purchase within the GAENP planning domain. (Numbers on the map are referred to in the text.)

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FOREST1. Kaba Forest2. Nonqausa Forest3. Springmount Forest4. Alexandria Bontveld5. Tootabie Forest

MESIC THICKET6. Wycombe Thicket7. Boknes Thicket8. Kromrivier Thicket9. Ncanaga Thicket10 Woody Cape Thicket11. Enon Thicket12. Olienhout Bontveld13. Paterson Bontveld14. Zuney Bontveld15. Congoskraal Bontveld16. Suurkop Bontveld17. Coega Bontveld18. Melkhoutboom Bontveld19. Kruisrivier Bontveld20. Colchester Strandveld

XERIC THICKET21. Kabouga Thicket22. Coerney Spekboomveld23. Vaalfontein Spekboomveld24. Witrug Spekboomveld25. Darlington Noorsveld26. Ann’s Villa Noorsveld27. Addo Bontveld28. Kleinpoort Bontveld29. Wapadskloof Bontveld30. Ongegund Bontveld

GRASSLAND31. Round Hill Sour Grassland32. Modderfontein Shrubby Grassland

FYNBOS33. Zuurberg Proteoid Fynbos34. Spring Vale Grassy Fynbos35. Klein Winterhoek GrassyFynbos36. Klipvlei Asteraceous Fynbos

NAMA KAROO37. Crown Hill Broken Veld38. Wolwefontein Pentziaveld39. Klipfontein Pentziaveld

AZONAL VEGETATION40. Algoa Dunefield41. Kirkwood Riparian Woodland42. Waterford Riparian Woodland43. Sunday’s Salt Marsh

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Figure 23 Effectiveness of the existing and earmarked reserve system for the protection of secondary level land classes.

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Figure 25. Effectiveness of the existing and earmarked reserve system for the protection of landscape level processes.

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Figure 26 The distribution of upland-lowland and biome interfaces in relation to the existing and earmarked reserve system. Numbers on the map are referred to in the text.

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Figure 27. The distribution of thicket interfaces in relation to the existing and earmarked reserve system. Numbers on the map are referred to in the text.

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Figure 28. The distribution of north-south and east-west riverine corridors in relation to the existing and earmarked reserve system. Numbers on the map are referred to in the text.

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Figure 29. The distribution of sand-movement corridors in relation to the existing and earmarked reserve system. Numbers on the map are referred to in the text.

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Figure 30. The distribution of drought refuge rainfall gradients in relation to the existing and earmarked reserve system. Numbers on the map are referred to in the text.

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Site Irreplaceability1 (Totally Irreplaceable)>0.8 - <1>0.6 - 0.8>0.4 - 0.6>0.2 - 0.4 >0 - 0.2IRREPL = 0

Figure 31. Patterns of irreplaceability for achieving land class targets in the GAENP planning domain

Initial ReserveNegotiated ReserveMandatory ReserveExcluded

Site Irreplaceability1 (Totally Irreplaceable)>0.8 - <1>0.6 - 0.8>0.4 - 0.6>0.2 - 0.4 >0 - 0.2IRREPL = 0

Figure 32. Patterns of irreplaceability for achieving mammals targets in the GAENP planning domain

Initial ReserveNegotiated ReserveMandatory ReserveExcluded

Site Irreplaceability1 (Totally Irreplaceable)>0.8 - <1>0.6 - 0.8>0.4 - 0.6>0.2 - 0.4 >0 - 0.2IRREPL = 0

Figure 33. Patterns of irreplaceability for achieving process targets in the GAENP planning domain

Initial ReserveNegotiated ReserveMandatory ReserveExcluded

Site Irreplaceability1 (Totally Irreplaceable)>0.8 - <1>0.6 - 0.8>0.4 - 0.6>0.2 - 0.4 >0 - 0.2IRREPL = 0

Figure 34. Patterns of irreplaceability across the GAENP planning domain after the selection of statutory reserves (Step 1).

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Site Irreplaceability1 (Totally Irreplaceable)>0.8 - <1>0.6 - 0.8>0.4 - 0.6>0.2 - 0.4 >0 - 0.2IRREPL = 0

Figure 35. Patterns of irreplaceability across the GAENP planning domain after the selection of farm properties containing processes (Step 2).

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Site Irreplaceability1 (Totally Irreplaceable)>0.8 - <1>0.6 - 0.8>0.4 - 0.6>0.2 - 0.4 >0 - 0.2IRREPL = 0

Figure 36. Patterns of irreplaceability across the GAENP planning domain after the selection of rivers and the GAENP-MPA (Steps 3 and 4).

Initial ReserveNegotiated ReserveMandatory ReserveExcluded

Site Irreplaceability1 (Totally Irreplaceable)>0.8 - <1>0.6 - 0.8>0.4 - 0.6>0.2 - 0.4 >0 - 0.2IRREPL = 0

Figure 37. The notional conservation system for the GAENP planning domain derived from the set of criteria followed in Steps 1-6.

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Figure 38. Irreplaceability-vulnerability graph used to derive implementation priority.

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Figure 39. Map showing implementation priorities within the GAENP planning domain.