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MPUMALANGA BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION PLAN HANDBOOK<br />

Avi<br />

VEGETATION TYPE NAME<br />

Barberton Scarp Forest<br />

Dry Afromontane Forest<br />

Dry Scarp Forest<br />

Lowveld Riverine Forest<br />

Maputaland Scarp Forest<br />

<strong>Mpumalanga</strong> Afromontane Forest<br />

Northern KZN Mistbelt Forest<br />

Northern Mistbelt Forest<br />

Subtropical Afromontane Forest<br />

Amersfoort Highveld Clay Grassland<br />

Andesite Mountain Bushveld<br />

Barberton Montane Grassland<br />

Carletonville Dolomite Grassland<br />

Eastern Highveld Grassland<br />

Eastern Temperate Freshwater Wetlands<br />

Frankfort Highveld Grassland<br />

KaNgwane Montane Grassland<br />

KwaZulu-Natal Highland Thornveld<br />

Lebombo Summit Sourveld<br />

Leolo Summit Sourveld<br />

Long Tom Pass Montane Grassland<br />

Low Escarpment Moist Grassland<br />

Lydenburg Thornveld<br />

Marikana Thornveld<br />

APPENDIX 2<br />

..........................<br />

STATUS OF THE 68 VEGETATION TYPES<br />

FOUND IN MPUMALANGA PLANNING REGION<br />

Northern Escarpment Afromontane Fynbos<br />

Northern Escarpment Dolomite Grassland<br />

% TARGET<br />

62<br />

68<br />

62<br />

70<br />

62<br />

68<br />

72<br />

60<br />

68<br />

24<br />

24<br />

27<br />

24<br />

24<br />

24<br />

24<br />

24<br />

23<br />

24<br />

24<br />

27<br />

23<br />

24<br />

19<br />

27<br />

27<br />

ORIGINAL<br />

AREA HA<br />

3582.1<br />

9554.8<br />

713.9<br />

167.0<br />

3701.9<br />

14691.7<br />

2864.5<br />

221.7<br />

4775.3<br />

281233.3<br />

42216.4<br />

109466.4<br />

5096.2<br />

1241467.2<br />

15881.6<br />

49724.2<br />

604662.2<br />

91.8<br />

941.2<br />

114.9<br />

104990.9<br />

17043.5<br />

155196.7<br />

15116.2<br />

854.7<br />

93713.3<br />

% NATURAL<br />

99.2<br />

98.6<br />

94.9<br />

99.3<br />

93.3<br />

99.7<br />

100.0<br />

100.0<br />

99.9<br />

66.1<br />

71.8<br />

65.1<br />

56.8<br />

42.8<br />

86.7<br />

56.4<br />

49.0<br />

81.8<br />

74.2<br />

99.9<br />

56.5<br />

97.5<br />

76.5<br />

63.3<br />

94.3<br />

43.3<br />

ECOSYSTEM<br />

STATUS<br />

LeastThreatened<br />

Least Threatened<br />

Least Threatened<br />

Least Threatened<br />

Least Threatened<br />

Least Threatened<br />

Least Threatened<br />

Least Threatened<br />

Least Threatened<br />

Vulnerable<br />

Vulnerable<br />

Vulnerable<br />

Endangered: Low<br />

Endangered:High<br />

Least Threatened<br />

Endangered:Low<br />

Endangered:High<br />

Least Threatened<br />

Vulnerable<br />

Least Threatened<br />

Endangered:Low<br />

Least Threatened<br />

Vulnerable<br />

Vulnerable<br />

Least Threatened<br />

Endangered:High<br />

% OF TARGET<br />

PROTECTED<br />

64.6<br />

15.5<br />

0.3<br />

54.7<br />

29.1<br />

78.8<br />

9.8<br />

0.0<br />

93.1<br />

0.0<br />

0.0<br />

147.4<br />

0.0<br />

0.8<br />

8.3<br />

0.0<br />

3.3<br />

0.0<br />

0.0<br />

0.0<br />

83.3<br />

0.0<br />

16.7<br />

0.0<br />

320.0<br />

9.3<br />

PROTECTION<br />

STATUS<br />

Moderately P.<br />

Poorly P.<br />

Hardly P.<br />

Moderately P.<br />

Poorly P.<br />

Moderately P.<br />

Poorly P.<br />

Not P.<br />

Moderately P.<br />

Not P.<br />

Not P.<br />

Well P.<br />

Not P.<br />

Hardly P.<br />

Poorly P.<br />

Not P.<br />

Hardly P.<br />

Not P.<br />

Not P.<br />

Not P.<br />

Moderately P.<br />

Not P.<br />

Poorly P.<br />

Not P.<br />

Well P.<br />

Poorly P.<br />

(BASED ON<br />

TARGET)<br />

BIOME<br />

Forest<br />

Forest<br />

Forest<br />

Forest<br />

Forest<br />

Forest<br />

Forest<br />

Forest<br />

Forest<br />

Grassland<br />

Grassland<br />

Grassland<br />

Grassland<br />

Grassland<br />

Grassland<br />

Grassland<br />

Grassland<br />

Grassland<br />

Grassland<br />

Grassland<br />

Grassland<br />

Grassland<br />

Grassland<br />

Grassland<br />

Grassland<br />

Grassland<br />

BIOME<br />

NATURAL %<br />

98.8<br />

98.8<br />

98.8<br />

98.8<br />

98.8<br />

98.8<br />

98.8<br />

98.8<br />

98.8<br />

55.4<br />

55.4<br />

55.4<br />

55.4<br />

55.4<br />

55.4<br />

33.4<br />

55.4<br />

55.4<br />

55.4<br />

55.4<br />

55.4<br />

55.4<br />

55.4<br />

55.4<br />

55.4<br />

55.4<br />

continued overleaf

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