{ "culture": "en-US", "name": "", "guid": "", "catalogPath": "", "snippet": "Mapping the locality of wetlands is essential so that they may be classified into the different wetland ecosystem types across the country, which in turn can be used along with other data to identify wetlands of conservation significance.", "description": "

This layer codes Wetland Freshwater Priority Areas (FEPAs), wetland ecosystem types and wetland condition on a national scale<\/SPAN><\/SPAN>. <\/SPAN><\/SPAN>The delineations were based largely on remotely-sensed imagery and therefore did not include historic wetlands lost through drainage, ploughing and concreting. Irreversible loss of wetlands is expected to be high in some areas, such as urban centres. In addition, there are many gaps in wetlands as remote sensing does not detect all wetlands.<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P>

<\/P><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV>", "summary": "Mapping the locality of wetlands is essential so that they may be classified into the different wetland ecosystem types across the country, which in turn can be used along with other data to identify wetlands of conservation significance.", "title": "National Freshwater Ecosystem Priority Wetlands", "tags": [ "South Africa", "Wetlands", "Biodiversity", "Water" ], "type": "", "typeKeywords": [], "thumbnail": "", "url": "", "minScale": 625000, "maxScale": 5000, "spatialReference": "", "accessInformation": "Council for Scientific and Industrial Research", "licenseInfo": "

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