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Table 2: Area of D’MOSS with some sort of protection and categories of protection
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, (Act No. 57 of 2003)). Such a classification prevents double counting when areas fall within more than one category.
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
375.5
373.1
372.5
0.39
0.15
Special rating area
228.0
129.3
129.3
0.14
0.09
NUCS
347.5
347.5
305.6
0.32
0.12
Private conservation area/municipal nature reserve
64.4
37.0
36.9
0.04
0.03
State nature reserve
1 951.5
1 951.5
1 950.7
2.06
0.76
Acquisition
736.1
107.3
101.1
0.11
0.28
Municipal conservation area
825.3
532.2
510.5
0.54
0.31
Council-owned nature reserve
216.7
199.1
198.2
0.21
0.08
Conservation zone
3.5
3.5
3.5
0.00
0.00
Environmental conservation reserve
2 390.0
898.3
886.8
0.94
0.93
Proclaimed nature reserve
2 181.4
2 181.4
2 169.6
2.29
0.85
TOTAL AREA
6 760.3
6 664.7
7.03
3.60
5% 2%
5% 1%
29%
2%
Figure 3: Type of protection for D’MOSS areas
32%
13%
3% 8% 0%
Private conservation area Special rating area
NUCS
Private conservation area/ municipal nature reserve
State nature reserve Acquisition
Municipal conservation area Conservation zone
Council-owned nature reserve
Environmental conservation reserve
Proclaimed nature reserve
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