Contents. Environmental Considerations. 25 July 2017

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1 Contents EXTENSION OF A STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT TO FACILITATE THE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF WIND AND SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA Environmental Considerations 25 July 2017 Presented by: Kedibone Lamula (SANBI) K.Lamula@sanbi.org.za

2 Protected Areas Wind and Solar Features Source Attributes Mapping Protected Areas Protected Areas Buffers South African Protected Areas Database (SAPAD) - Q1, 2017, South African National Parks (SANParks) and Provincial SAPAD - Q1, 2017 and South African Conservation Areas Database (SACAD) - Q1,2017 Marine Protected Areas National Parks Nature Reserves World Heritage Sites (Core) Mountain Catchment Areas (natural) Protected Environments (natural) Forest Nature Reserve Forest Wilderness Area Special Nature Reserve 10 KM buffer around National Parks 5KM buffer around Nature Reserves Buffer around World Heritage Sites Mapping (Solar) High High High High High High 2

3 Protected Areas Wind and Solar 3

4 NPAES Wind and Solar Features Source Attributes National Protected Areas Expansion Strategy Department of Protected areas expansion Environmental Affairs (DEA) priority areas and Provincial Mapping Mapping (Solar) 4

5 CBAs and Threatened Ecosystems -Wind Features Source Attributes Mapping Critical Biodiversity Areas CBA Provincial (CBAs) categories ESA High South African National CR Threatened Ecosystems Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) EN High 2010 VU High 5

6 CBAs and Threatened Ecosystems -Solar Features Source Attributes Mapping Critical Biodiversity Areas (CBAs) categories Threatened Ecosystems Provincial South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) 2010 (Solar) CBA ESA Medium CR EN High VU High 6

7 Conservation Areas Wind and Solar Features Source Attributes Mapping Biosphere reserves (Not protected ) Medium SACAD-Q1, 2017 Botanical gardens Medium Conservation Areas and Provincial Ramsar Sites (not already High protected) Game farms High 7

8 Forests Wind and Solar Features Source Attributes Mapping Forests Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) Forests (National Forest Inventory) Mapping (Solar) 8

9 Habitat Modification Wind and Solar Features Source Attributes Mapping Habitat Modification layer SANBI Natural areas Medium Modified areas Low Old fields Low Mapping Medium Low Low (Solar) 9

10 Bats - Wind 10 Features Source Attributes Mapping Bats Roost dataset from SABAA (Kate Mc Ewan) Ecoregions REDZs Phase 1 SEA: All_Bats_Absolute_Dolomite and Limestone REDZs Phase 1 SEA: All_Bats_Absolute_Rivers and Wetlands REDZs Phase 1 SEA: All_Bats_Absolute_Forest REDZs Phase 1 SEA: All_Bats_Absolute_Cropland colony of 1 50 Least Concern bats + colony of 1 50 Low Risk Conservation 500 m Important bats colony of Least Concern bats + colony of Low Risk Conservation Important bats 1 km + colony of 1 50 Med-High Risk Conservation Important bats colony of >500 High Risk Least Concern bats + colony of Med-High Risk Conservation Important bats + colony of 2.5 km Low Risk Conservation Important bats colony of Med-High Risk Conservation Important bats 10 km colony of >2000 Bats of any status or risk level 20 km KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets Maputaland coastal forest mosaic Zambezian and Mopane woodlands Dolomite and Limestone Rivers and Wetlands Forests Cropland

11 Bats - Solar 11 Features Source Attributes Mapping Bats Roost dataset from SABAA (Kate Mc Ewan) Ecoregions REDZs Phase 1 SEA: All_Bats_Absolute_Dolomite and Limestone REDZs Phase 1 SEA: All_Bats_Absolute_Rivers and Wetlands REDZs Phase 1 SEA: All_Bats_Absolute_Forest REDZs Phase 1 SEA: All_Bats_Absolute_Cropland colony of 1 50 Least Concern bats + colony of 1 50 Low Risk Conservation Important bats colony of Least Concern bats + colony of Low Risk Conservation Important bats + colony of 1 50 Med-High Risk Conservation Important bats colony of >500 High Risk Least Concern bats + colony of Med-High Risk Conservation Important bats + colony of Low Risk Conservation Important bats colony of Med-High Risk Conservation Important bats colony of >2000 Bats of any status or risk level N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A (Solar) KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets Maputaland coastal forest mosaic Zambezian and Mopane woodlands N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Dolomite and Limestone N/A N/A Rivers and Wetlands N/A N/A Forests N/A N/A Cropland N/A N/A

12 Birds - Wind Features Source Attributes Mapping Priority colonies Transkei vulture IBA Amur nests 10 km Bearded vulture nest BirdlifeSA exclusions Phase 1 SEA FlywayVerloernvlei IBA exclusion Lesser Kestel 10 km Birds Protected Areas in IBA Potberg Cape Vulture Saldanha Flyway VULPRO cape vulture colonies 50 km VULPRO VULPRO cape vulture roosts 40 km VULPRO cape vulture restaurants 20 km NMMU NMMU cape vulture roost sites 40 km KZN wildlife Bearded vulture collision risk model 12

13 Birds - Solar Features Source Attributes Mapping (Solar) Birds Priority colonies High Transkei vulture IBA High Amur nests High Bearded vulture nest High BirdlifeSA exclusions Phase 1 SEA FlywayVerloernvlei High IBA exclusion High Lesser Kestel High Protected Areas in IBA High Potberg Cape Vulture High Saldanha Flyway High VULPRO cape vulture colonies High VULPRO VULPRO cape vulture roosts High VULPRO cape vulture restaurants High NMMU NMMU cape vulture roost sites High KZN wildlife Bearded vulture collision risk model High 13

14 Species of Special Concern Wind and Solar Features Source Attribute Species of conservation concern Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT), SANBI and BirdLife South Africa Critical Habitat for highly restricted Species Global Extent of Occurrence < 10 km2 Confirmed occurences of rare and threatened species Suitable unsurveyed habitat for threatened, rare and data deficient species. No known or expected threatened or rare species. Mapping High Medium Low Mapping High Medium Low (Solar) 14

15 Freshwater Features Wind and Solar Features Source Attributes Mapping Freshwater Feature buffers NFEPA 500m buffer around Wetlands 500m 32 m buffer around Rivers 32m Mapping (Solar) 500m 32m 15

16 Strategic Water Source Areas Wind ad Solar Features Source Attributes Mapping Strategic Water Source Areas (SWSAs) Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) SWSAs (Natural areas ) Mapping (Solar) 16

17 Estuaries Wind and Solar Features Source Attributes Mapping Estuaries National Biodiversity Assessment (NBA) 2011 All estuaries Mapping (Solar) 17

18 Heritage and UNESCO Tentative Sites Wind and Solar Features Source Attributes Mapping UNESCO tentative sites UNESCO website / SAHRA UNESCO tentative sites High Heritage Electricity Grid Infrastructure (EGI) dataset Grade I sites (1km buffer - EGI) Grade ll sites 1km Grade llla sites High 150m Grade lllb sites High 50m Grade lllc sites High 30m Mapping High High High High (Solar) (1km buffer - EGI) 1km 150m 50m 30m 18

19 Palaeontology Wind and Solar 19 Features Source Attributes Paleontological heritage resources CSIR ADELAIDE, ASBESTOS HILLS, BOEGOEBERG DAM, BOTHAVILLE, BRULSAND, CAMPBELL RAND, CLARENS, DRAKENSBERG, DWYKA, ECCA, ELLIOT, ENON, GHAAP, KAMEELDOORNS, KOEGAS, KUIBIS, MATSAP,MOLTENO, PRINCE ALBERT, RIETGAT, SCHMIDTSDRIF, SCHWARZRAND, STALHOEK, SULTANAOORD, TARKASTAD, VRYBURG, WHITEHILL, WITTEBERG Mapping ACHAB, ALLANRIDGE, BIDOUW, BREDASDORP, CERES, CONCORDIA GRANITE, DWYKA, FORT BROWN, GESELSKAPBANK, GLADKOP, GRAHAMSTOWN, HARTEBEEST PAN GRANITE, HOOGOOR, KALAHARI, Medium KAMIESKROON GNEISS, KAROO DOLERITE, KHURISBERG, KONKYP GNEISS, KOOKFONTEIN, KORRIDOR, MESKLIP GNEISS, MODDERFONTEIN GRANITE/GNEISS, NAAB, NABABEEP GNEISS, NAKANAS, NARDOUW, NUWEFONTEIN GRANITE, RIETBERG GRANITE, SKOORSTEENBERG, STINKFONTEIN, STYGER KRAAL SYENITE, TABLE MOUNTAIN, TIERBERG, VOLKSRUST, WATERFORD Mapping (Solar) High High Medium

20 Palaeontology Wind and Solar 20

21 Visual - Wind 21 Features Source Attributes Mapping Visual DEM or NGI Mountain Ranges DEM or NGI Slopes > 25% or 1:4 NFEPA 2011 Major River High m SANBI dataset Coastal zones High 1-2 km Medium 2-4 km 0-5 km SAPAD - Q1, 2017 and South Protected Areas, Private reserves High 5-10 km African Conservation Areas and game farm Medium km Database (SACAD) -Q1,2017 Low >20 km DEA dataset SALT 0-25 km Medium km Hearitage : Grade I sites 0-1 km Medium km Hearitage : Grade ll sites 0-1 km Medium km SANBI dataset m Hearitage : Grade llla sites Medium 150 m km Hearitage : Grade lllb sites 0-50m Medium 50 m km Heritage : Grade lllc sites 0-30m Medium 30 m km AfriGIS Towns km Town, villages and settlements High 2-4 km outside large urban areas Medium 4-6 km 0-1 km SANBI dataset National roads and scenic routes High 1-3 km Medium 3-5 km CSIR Western Cape Routes 1km

22 Visual - Solar Features Source Attributes Mapping (Solar) 22 Visual DEM or NGI Mountain Ranges very high DEM or NGI Slopes > 25% or 1:4 very high NFEPA 2011 Major River High m SANBI dataset Coastal zones Medium 1-4 km km Protected Areas, Private reserves and High km game farm Medium 5-10 km Low >10 km DEA dataset SALT 0-25 km Medium km Hearitage : Grade I sites 0-1 km Medium km Hearitage : Grade ll sites 0-1 km Medium km SANBI dataset m Hearitage : Grade llla sites Medium 150 m km Hearitage : Grade lllb sites 0-50m Medium 50 m km Hearitage : Grade lllc sites 0-30m Medium 30 m km AfriGIS Towns m Town, villages and settlements outside High 500 m - 1 km large urban areas Medium 1 km-2 km 0-500m SANBI dataset National roads and scenic routes High 500m-1km Medium 1 km-2 km CSIR Western Cape Routes 1km SAPAD - Q1, 2017 and South African Conservation Areas Database (SACAD) - Q1,2017

23 Land Capability Wind and Solar Features Source Attributes Land Capability DAFF Land capability s with values ranging from Land capability s with values ranging from 9-10 Land capability s class 6 to 8 Land capability s class 1 to 5 Mapping High Medium Low Mapping (Solar) High Medium Low 23

24 Field Crop Boundaries Wind and Solar Features Source Attributes Mapping Field crop boundaries December 2015 release of the Field crop boundary data set or any newer released version thereafter Irrigated Areas Shaedenet Viticulture Horticulture Remaining cultivated areas Mapping (Solar) High High 24

25 Demarcated High Value Agricultural Land Wind and Solar Features Source Attributes Demarcated high value agricultural DAFF - New PDALB requires the demarcation of high value agricultural areas which is a combination of land capability; crop suitability, agricultural land uses etc on a priority rating areas with a priority rating of A & B areas with a priority rating of C & D Mapping Mapping (Solar) High High 25

26 Mining Wind and Solar Feature Source Attributes Mining CGS Abandoned mines Active mines Prospecting rights Mining rights Mapping Mapping (Solar) Low Low 26

27 Coastline Wind and Solar Features Source Attributes Mapping Mapping (Solar) Department of Rural Coastline Development and Land Reform ( DRDLR) Buffered coastline (1km) 1km 1km 27

28 Major Roads Wind and Solar Features Source Attributes Mapping Major roads SANBI dataset Major Roads 1km Mapping (Solar) 1km 28

29 Defence - Wind Features Source Attributes Mapping Forward Airfield 10 km 29 Defence EGI dataset 28 km Air Force Bases High 56 km Medium 111 km High Sites 1km Military Bases 1km High 10 km Operational Military Bases 1km High 10 km Shooting Ranges 1km High 10 km Military Training Areas 1km High 10 km Ammunition Depots 10km 28km Bombing Ranges High 28-56km Medium km Border Posts 1km All Other DoD s (Including Naval Bases, Housing, Offices ect)

30 Defence - Wind 30

31 Defence - Solar Features Source Attributes Mapping (Solar) Forward Airfield 1 km Medium 10 km 1 km Air Force Bases Medium 28 km High Sites 1 km Military Bases 1 km Operational Military Bases 1 km Defence EGI dataset Shooting Ranges 1 km Military Training Areas 1 km Ammunition Depots 10 km 28km Bombing Ranges High 28-56km Medium km Border Posts 1km All Other DoD s (Including Naval Bases, Housing, Offices ect) 31

32 Defence - Solar 32

33 Civil Aviation - Wind Features Source Attributes Mapping 8 km Major Airports High 8-15 km Airports (major, landing strips, small REDZs 1 SEA dataset and EGI SEA Medium km aerodromes) dataset for additional s Landing strips High 8 km other civil aviation aerodromes High 8 km (small aerodromes) Medium 8-15 km Civil Aviation radars 0-15 km Medium km Civil Aviation REDZs 1 SEA dataset Air traffic control and navigation sites Medium 0-5 km Danger and restricted airspace High 33

34 Civil Aviation - Solar Features Source Attributes Mapping Airports (major, landing strips, small aerodromes) REDZs 1 SEA dataset and EGI SEA dataset for additional s (Solar) Major Airports Medium 8 km Landing strips Medium 8-15km other civil aviation aerodromes (small aerodromes) Medium 8 km Civil Aviation radars N/A N/A N/A N/A Civil Aviation REDZs 1 SEA dataset Air traffic control and navigation sites N/A N/A Danger and restricted airspace N/A N/A 34

35 Telecommunications Towers - Wind Features Source Attributes Mapping Sentech High Power Terrestrial Telecommunication Towers REDZs 1 SEA dataset Broadcasting Facilities 5km Other Communication Facilities High 1km 35

36 Telecommunications Towers - Solar Features Source Attributes Mapping (Solar) Sentech High Power Terrestrial Telecommunication Towers REDZs 1 SEA dataset Broadcasting Facilities Medium 5km Other Communication Facilities Medium 1km 36

37 Weather Radars Wind only Features Source Attributes Mapping 0-18 km Weather Radars REDZs 1 SEA dataset Weather Radars High km Medium Low more than 60 km 37

38 SKA and KCAAA Wind and Solar Mapping Features Source Attributes Mapping (Solar) Karoo Central Astronomy Medium CSIR Medium Advantage Area Square Kilometre Array (SKA) SKA SEA study area High 0-20 km High 0-20 km Karoo Central Astronomy Advantage Area (KCAAA) Square Kilometre Array (SKA) SEA study area 38

39 Features of Critical Importance These s will be avoided when delineating the first draft focus areas 39

40 Thank you for your participation to this second ERG/PSC meeting on 25 th July 2017 Please send your inputs to the SEA project manager: Abulele Adams Tel: (021) Fax: (021) Project website: Project