Geo-information pyramids for up-to-date and flexible conservation plans : a case study for Transfrontier Conservation Areas

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dc.contributor.authorSmith, Nadiaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorDe Klerk, Helen Margareten_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2011-06-07T05:28:18Z
dc.date.available2011-06-07T05:28:18Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractThe initiative to link habitat and parks across political borders, to form large Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs), has gained momentum in Africa and the world. TFCAs hold many advantages, one of them being the restoration of habitat connectivity in order to conserve ecosystem functioning. A feasibility study in 2002 highlighted 22 sites as potential TFCAs in southern Africa, and the Peace Parks Foundation is facilitating the implementation of eight of them. This paper describes a methodological framework with which to map remaining large, natural habitat fragments (or remnants) in southern Africa, the distribution, shape and size of which will provide the foundation and stakeholders with information on possible coarse-scale landscape linkages. This framework, which maps remnants, was designed to be transparent, systematic and dynamic to facilitate easy updating as TFCA projects mature, or updated data become available. This is intended to be the first in a series of studies towards developing an integrated, systematic framework for TFCA planning at a sub-continental scale. It does not aim to prioritize remnants or linkages.en_ZA
dc.format.extentp. 442-448 : maps
dc.identifier.citationSmith, N. & De Klerk, H. 2007. Geo-information pyramids for up-to-date and flexible conservation plans : a case study for Transfrontier Conservation Areas. South African Journal of Science, 103(11-12), 442-448en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0038-2353
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/14996
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherOpenJournals Publishingen_ZA
dc.rights.holderThe Authoren_ZA
dc.subjectTransfrontier conservation areas -- Africa, Southernen_ZA
dc.subjectGeo-information pyramidsen_ZA
dc.titleGeo-information pyramids for up-to-date and flexible conservation plans : a case study for Transfrontier Conservation Areasen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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