Figure 1. Infrastructure map

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Figure 1. Infrastructure map
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Figure 2. Upland-lowland interfaces
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Figure 3. Biome interfaces
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Figure 4. Thicket interfaces
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Figure 5. Riverine corridors linking inland and
coastal biotas
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Figure 6. Riverine corridors through mountainous
terrain
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Figure 7. Algoa dunefield with 500 m buffered
inland boundary
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Figure 8 Algoa dunefield with 2000 m buffered
inland boundary
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Figure 9. Rainfall gradients as drought refuges
in drought-prone habitat
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Figure 10. All ecological and evolutionary
processes combined
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Natural
Grazed
Agriculture
Settlement
Natural Estuary
Figure 11. Current Land use in the planning domain
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High density
Medium density
Low density
GAENP Boundary
Figure 12. The current extent of alien invasive
plants
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Figure 13. Restorability of the landscape
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Darlington Dam
Future threat weightings
Medium
High
Figure 14. Composite threat weighting for each
land class
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Figure 15. The distribution of grazing threats in
the landscape
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Figure 16. The distribution of cultivation
threats in the landscape
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Figure 17. The distribution of potential human
settlement-related disturbance in the landscape
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Figure 18. The distribution of potential alien
threats in the landscape
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Figure 19. The percentage of intact area required
by each landclass to meet its overall target
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Figure 20 The extent of transformation of the
spatially defined landscape processes in the
GAENP planning domain
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Figure 21. The existing reserve system (both
statutory and non-statutory) and land earmarked
for purchase within the GAENP planning domain.
(Numbers on the map are referred to in the text.)
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Figure 22. Effectiveness of the existing and
earmarked reserve system for the protection of
primary level land classes.
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Figure 23 Effectiveness of the existing and
earmarked reserve system for the protection of
secondary level land classes.
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Figure 24 Effectiveness of the existing and
earmarked reserve system for the protection of
larger mammals.
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Figure 25. Effectiveness of the existing and
earmarked reserve system for the protection of
landscape level processes.
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Figure 26 The distribution of upland-lowland and
biome interfaces in relation to the existing and
earmarked reserve system. Numbers on the map are
referred to in the text.
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Figure 27. The distribution of thicket interfaces
in relation to the existing and earmarked reserve
system. Numbers on the map are referred to in the
text.
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Figure 28. The distribution of north-south and
east-west riverine corridors in relation to the
existing and earmarked reserve system. Numbers on
the map are referred to in the text.
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Figure 29. The distribution of sand-movement
corridors in relation to the existing and
earmarked reserve system. Numbers on the map are
referred to in the text.
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Figure 30. The distribution of drought refuge
rainfall gradients in relation to the existing
and earmarked reserve system. Numbers on the map
are referred to in the text.
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Figure 31. Patterns of irreplaceability for
achieving land class targets in the GAENP
planning domain
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Figure 32. Patterns of irreplaceability for
achieving mammals targets in the GAENP planning
domain
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Figure 33. Patterns of irreplaceability for
achieving process targets in the GAENP planning
domain
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Figure 34. Patterns of irreplaceability across
the GAENP planning domain after the selection of
statutory reserves (Step 1).
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Figure 35. Patterns of irreplaceability across
the GAENP planning domain after the selection of
farm properties containing processes (Step 2).
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Figure 36. Patterns of irreplaceability across
the GAENP planning domain after the selection of
rivers and the GAENP-MPA (Steps 3 and 4).
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Figure 37. The notional conservation system for
the GAENP planning domain derived from the set of
criteria followed in Steps 1-6.
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Figure 38. Irreplaceability-vulnerability graph
used to derive implementation priority.
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Figure 39. Map showing implementation priorities
within the GAENP planning domain.