DEA – EGIM Project Highlights

Nicolene Fourie DEA - EGIM 23/06/2015

Environmental Advisory Services

• Recommendations Project highlights

• Land Cover Initiative and Data Products

• License Agreement • Accessing the data

EGIM - New Projects 2015/2016 SDI - Projects 2015/2016 Conclusion and questions

Presentation Outline

Project Highlights

• South African Protected Areas Database data release. • 5th official release (21015 Q1-v2) Included update on Private nature

Reserves. Next release 8 July 2015

• EIA Renewable Energy Applications Data release. • 2nd official release. Next release 15 July 2015

• Finalisation of the Renewable Energy SEA. • Final reports

• The acquisition of the NLC 2013/2014 funded project.

Background

• The acquisition of the NLC 2013/2014 dataset was an extension of DFID funded project.

• The NLC 2013/2014 - 72 class dataset was acquired by government with an open licence agreement from a commercial service provider.

• The DFID project specifically related to the reporting requirements for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).

Background (Cont..) • NLC 2013/2014 dataset is imperative to DEA and their

Statuary Bodies for the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of its legislative mandate associated with the following acts: • National Environmental Act 107 of 1998 (NEMA) and Specific Environmental

Management Acts (SEMA’s) and five SEMA’s namely:

• National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act (57 of 2003) (NEM:PAA),

• National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act (10 of 2004) (NEM:BA),

• National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act (39 of 2004 (NEM:AQA),

• National Environmental Management: Integrated Coastal Management Act (24 of 2008) (NEM:ICM),

• National Environmental Management: Waste Act (59 of 2008) (NEM:WA).

• The current Land cover initiative consists of two initiatives and three data products.

• The first is a 2013 and 1990 land cover data product funded by international funding agency DFID.

• This 35 x class DEA (DFID/CARDNO) dataset is a simplified version of the 72 x class DEA (Open) dataset with additional land use classes.

• The second initiative is the DEA Open User Licence product for

the NLC 2013/2014 data set. • This 72 x class DEA (Open) dataset is a full copy of the original

2013-14 GTI SA National Land-Cover dataset.

Land Cover Initiative

• Recommendations

Land Cover Initiative

35 Simplified Classes Base Map 1990 and 2013/14 • As part of this project a comparable 35 x class

1990 land-cover dataset of South Africa will be generated, allowing 1990 – 2014 national change detection and assessment.

• The 2013 version of the 35 simplified classes is available and the 1990 version will be available mid-September 2015.

Class Description Legend

72 Classes Base Map (2013/14) • National dataset • Optimal map use scale ± 1:75

000 – 1:100,000 • Landsat 8 imagery acquired April

2013 – March 2014 • 76 x image frames using > 600

image dates

Land Cover Initiative

72 Classes Base Map (2013/14)

• 2013-14 SA National Land-cover legend(s) aligned with SANS 1877 SA classification standard.

• Hierarchical structure.

• Based primarily on land-cover, but with additional land-use information included.

Land Cover Initiative

Class Description Legend

• Recommendations

License Agreement

• Land cover data 2013/14 was acquired with an

“open user” license agreement from a

commercial entity - GTI.

• The “open user” license agreement provides for

unrestricted access to the data by any entity or

person with no additional costs.

• The intellectual property and copyright remains

the property of GeoTerraImage (Pty) Ltd.

• Recommendations

Access Platforms The data will be available from:

• EGIS http://egis.environment.gov.za/

• AGIS http://www.agis.agric.za/agisweb/

• BGIS http://bgis.sanbi.org/

• ARCGIS Online

• DEA – EGIM

• DRDLR – NGI

• Metadata Updates – GTI : http://www.geoterraimage.com/

Project 2015/2016

• Contribute to CoP - National Land Cover desired class legend…….request for inputs – detail in session

• Guidelines for the Gazetting of Geographical areas. • SEA, Aquiculture etc. Require a standardised platform for describing

geographic areas in gazettes and accessing such descriptions and associated data in the long term.

• Additional SEA support. • Aquaculture • SKA

• Electricity Grid Infrastructure • Shale Gas Developments

• Development of the EIA screening tool and alignment to . • Development of EIA screening tool and alignment with CIPS system.

Project 2015/2016 (Cont..)

• Contribution to SPLUMA from an environmental perspective. • DEA spatial data custodianship.

• SAPAD / PACA

• RE application data

• Landfill sites

• Local government support

• Revamp of EGIS web site and supporting infrastructure

• Review of DEA / Environmental indicators and

associated data requirement

Nicolene

EGIM – GIS Operations

012 399 8916

nfourie@environment.gov.za

Application of land cover data

• Extent of open cast coal mining in Emalahleni

Application of land cover data

• Extent of wetlands in the Emalahleni area

Application of land cover data

• Look at the same area showing the different data next to each other

Application of land cover data

• Extent of forestry in Mpumalanga

Application of land cover data

• This map of the Mutare area indicating the growth and extent of villages from 1990 to 2013

Application of land cover data

• Monitoring mining activity

1984 - 2000 - 2008

Application of land cover data

• Wetlands within 250 m of subsistence agriculture activities