Mpumalanga Biodiversity Conservation Plan Handbook - bgis-sanbi

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Brief descriptions of these biodiversity assessment categories are included on the MBCP Map. Further details, in terms of how to respond to the designation of these categories in a particular area of interest, are located at the beginning of Chapter 6. FIGURE 4.4: Percentage of Mpumalanga covered by different biodiversity assessment categories. Bohlabela District Ehlanzeni District Gert Sibande District Metsweding District Nkangala District Sekhukhune Cross Boundary District FIGURE 4.5: Biodiversity assessment categories as a proportion of each district municipality. Note: Southern Kruger NP falls within the Bohlabela municipal district. This is obviously unusual as protected area land makes up 83% of this district. The Ehlanzeni District has the highest proportion of irreplaceable sites at 6.2%. CHAPTER 4 - BIODIVERSITY SPATIAL ASSESSMENT Protected area Irreplaceable Highly Significant Important & Necessary Least Concern No Natural Habitat Remaining Striped Mouse Rhabdomys pumilio Aside from humans, the striped mouse may be the most common mammal in Protected area southern Africa. They live Irreplaceable in a wide range of Highly Significant Important & Necessary habitats from the dry Least Concern No Natural Habitat Kalahari to the Remaining grasslands of M P U M A L A N G A Biodiversity Mpumalanga where they feed on grass seeds, herbs and berries and play a role in seed dispersal. CONSERVATION PLAN HANDBOOK 31 SPATIAL ASSESSMENT
FIGURE 4.6: Results of the terrestrial biodiversity assessment. Refer to the MBCP primary map for the aquatic component. MPUMALANGA BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION PLAN MAP IRREPLACEABLE HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT IMPORTANT & NECESSARY LEAST CONCERN NO NATURAL HABITAT REMAINING PROTECTED AREAS CONSERVANCIES L E G E N D BIODIVERSITY ASSESSMENT PROPOSED CONSERVANCIES ECOLOGICAL CORIDORS
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