1. The Biodiversity GIS website We aim to assist you in biodiversity planning and decision making by offering comprehensive and freely accessible spatial biodiversity planning information. We also provide tools, such as interactive mapping tools, in analyzing and applying the available biodiversity information. We hope you enjoy our new website!

2. Who we are and what we do!

4. Lists of information that we hold

5. Projects Here you can find Background information about the project Any associated reports Contact information Online maps Metadata for layers which make up the maps Shape files of the layers making up the maps Direct links to online maps

6. Open project information

7. ReportsMaps available with information

8. Direct access to online map MetadataZipped shape files

9. Toggle between legend and layers Map tools and tabs

11. Navigation tools Saving and communication tools Information/query tools Advanced tools Markup tools Extract to Excel or GML Download to Shape Upload to Shape Download markups to Shape Upload GPS way points

12. Projects added in the last year DWAF Indigenous Forest Patches Eastern Cape Biodiversity Conservation Plan Fine Scale Biodiversity Conservation Plans Kwazulu Natal Land Cover Vegetation Map of South Africa City of Cape Town Biodiversity Network Ekapa Youth GIS and Urban Nature List of Threatened Ecosystems for South Africa

13. Lists of all online maps available

14. Open a map directly

15. Online mapMap information

16. Services and tools available

17. Services Here you can find the following tools Municipality Biodiversity Plan Index Species Distribution Mapping Land Use Decision Support Tutorials on: Online mapping system GIS introduction Using GPS Useful links

18. Municipality Biodiversity Plan Index Species Distribution Mapping Land Use Decision Support

19. Municipality Biodiversity Plan Index

20. Western Cape

21. Stellenbosch

22. Species Distribution Mapping

24. Land Use Decision Support