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Table 4: Historical and Current Areas for EM Vegetation Types
Vegetation Types
Historical Area (ha)
* Area Remaining (ha)
Target
Target (ha)
Percent Remaining (%)
Shortfall (ha)
Coastal forest and grassland mosaic
20 690
1 669
0.72
14 833
8
-13 113
Dune forest
Eastern valley bushveld
KZNSS above 450
KZNSS below 450 Mangroves
Sub-tropical dune thicket
Swamp forest
2 039
76 340
35 730 37 220 492 199
55
584
41 520
6 633 3 083 82 199
55
0.69 1 411
0.25 19 085
0.25 8 933 0.25 9 305 1 492
1 193
1 55
29 -821
53 21 292
20 -1 889 8 -6 142
17 -411
100 6
100 0
Eastern scarp forest above 450
1 692
2936
0.62
1 042
183
2 053
Eastern scarp forest below 450
3 872
9 193
0.62
2 386
240
6 909
Grassland other geology above 450
6 569
1 527
0.25
1 642
24
-86
Grassland other geology below 450
48 020
1 079
0.25
12 005
2
-10 829
Sub-tropical seashore vegetation
17
17
1
16
100
1
* The change in area remaining for some vegetation types from the 2022/2023 State of Biodiversity Report could be a result of vegetation reclassification.
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