Advancing coastal cross-realm integration for planning and assessment

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dc.contributor.authorHarris, Linda
dc.contributor.authorBessinger, Mariel
dc.contributor.authorHolness, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorKirkman, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorLivingstone, Tamsyn
dc.contributor.authorAmanda, Lombard
dc.contributor.authorLuck-Vogel, Melanie
dc.contributor.authorvan Niekerk, Lara
dc.contributor.sanbi_authorDayaram, Anisha
dc.contributor.sanbi_authorSink, Kerry
dc.contributor.sanbi_authorSkowno, Andrew
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-02T09:14:56Z
dc.date.available2021-11-02T09:14:56Z
dc.date.issued2018-06-20
dc.description.abstractThe coast is one of South Africa’s most valuable national assets but has been poorly included in biodiversity plans because the realm has been split into its “land” and “sea” components. Even if planners intended to include the coast meaningfully, this has been impossible because the terrestrial and marine ecosystem type maps don’t align along the shore. Thus, a key step in progressing cross-realm integration for both planning and assessment is to generate a fine-scale coastal ecosystem-type map that is seamless among realms. We explicitly avoided controversial boundaries, rather choosing the most stable boundaries available that divide the ecotone into ecologically meaningful zones. We defined and mapped (at <1:3000) the “seashore” as the land-sea interface between the dune scrub/thicket break and the back of the surf zone. The seashore is divided at the dune base into a landward “backshore” (which replaces the seashore vegetation type) and seaward “shore”. Given the dynamic nature of the coast, temporal aspects were included in the boundary delineation and ecosystem type classification, where appropriate. The estuary delineation from the National Biodiversity Assessment 2018 was also embedded in the map. South Africa is now the first country with a wall-to-wall ecosystem type map for its territory and Exclusive Economic Zone.en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12143/7768
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherNMU; Stellenbosch University; SANBI; DEA; Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife; CSIRen_ZA
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBiodiversity Planning Forum;
dc.subjectCoastalen_ZA
dc.subjectBiodiversity Planning Forum 2018en_ZA
dc.subjectIntegrationen_ZA
dc.subjectMappingen_ZA
dc.subjectEcosystem typeen_ZA
dc.titleAdvancing coastal cross-realm integration for planning and assessmenten_ZA
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