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Above the global average, South Africa had 9.5 tons of CO 2 emissions per capita in 2015. [13] This is in large part due to its energy system relying heavily on coal and oil. [13] As part of its international commitments, South Africa has pledged to peak emissions between 2020 and 2025. [13]
Mapping of the distribution and extent of natural vegetation of South Africa started in 1918 when the Botanical Survey of the Union of South Africa was established. Maps by Pole-Evans (1936), Acocks (1953), and Low and Rebelo (1996) preceded the current system, which is the combined effort of participants from various centres in the country. [2]
The climate of the Nama Karoo tends to be volatile, unpredictable and rather harsh, with only the most specially-adapted organisms calling the region home. The annual ‘dry’ season—a time of blistering hot weather and drought—is long, often taking place over autumn and winter, and into early spring. Heavy rainfall primarily occurs in the ...
Knysna-Amatole montane forests – Ecoregion of the tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests biome in South Africa KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic – Subtropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion of South Africa Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Three scenarios have been modeled for climate change impacts on the South African biomes. The low risk scenario suggests a possible increase in area for this biome, with warm, moist conditions expanding southwest along the coast, and extending further inland, but the intermediate and high risk models show a possibility of less water availability and parts of the biome shifting to a savanna ...
If correct, then the number of South African fungi dwarfs that of its plants. In at least some major South African ecosystems, an exceptionally high percentage of fungi are highly specific in terms of the plants with which they occur. [64] The country's Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan does not mention fungi (including lichen-forming fungi ...
Biodiversity of South Africa – Variety of life within South Africa and its exclusive economic zone; List of conifers of South Africa – Plants of the class Pinophyta recorded from South Africa; List of cycads of South Africa – Seed producing vascular plants of the division Cycadophyta recorded from South Africa
The ecoregion, which is South Africa's smallest in area, covers two separate enclaves. The Knysna forest extends along the coast between 22°E and 25°E, generally along 34°S in a region called the Garden Route. The KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic lies along the coast to the north-east.