Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>This layer codes Wetland Freshwater Priority Areas (FEPAs), wetland ecosystem types and wetland condition on a national scale</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>. </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><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Service Item Id: 295a9fb2a53243dcb42e065c7a202b63
Copyright Text: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>The Vegetation Map Project has various resources that link to the map dataset. These resources include the development of the original map, the methods used to develop updates to the original map, detailed descriptions of the vegetation types (i.e. the vegetation classification) and other information related to the project. </SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Service Item Id: 295a9fb2a53243dcb42e065c7a202b63
Copyright Text: South African National Biodiversity Institute.