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Table 2:Area of D’MOSS with Some Sort of Protection and Categories of Protection
Conservation Area Type
Total Area in the EM (ha)
Hierarchical Classification (ha)
D’MOSS within Hierarchical Classification Areas (ha)
% D’MOSS Protected
% EMA Protected
Private conservation area
375,54
373,11
372,52
0,39
0,15
Special rating area
228,03
129,34
129,30
0,14
0,05
NUCS
347,51
347,47
305,58
0,32
0,14
Private conservation area/ municipal nature reserve
64,40
37,02
36,89
0,04
0,01
State nature reserve
1 951,46
1 951,46
1 950,67
2,06
0,76
Acquisition
741,91
113,12
101,09
0,11
0,04
Municipal conservation area
825,30
532,25
510,48
0,54
0,21
Council-owned nature reserve
216,69
199,10
198,19
0,21
0,08
Conservation zone
3,55
3,55
3,51
0,00
0,00
Environmental conservation reserve
2 389,71
898,26
886,77
0,94
0,35
Proclaimed nature reserve
2 181,43
2 181,43
2 169,57
2,29
0,85
TOTAL AREA
6 766,10
6 664,58
7,03
2,65
The hierarchical classification was defined to categorise the various levels of protection from least protected (a private conservation area that may not have legislated protection) to a formally Proclaimed Nature Reserve (protected in terms of the National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act (NEM: PAA, Act No. 57 of 2003)). Such a classification prevents double counting when areas fall within more than one category.
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