Zimbabwe Biodiversity, Climate Change and Resilience

Biodiversity Significance

Protected Area Footprint

Threats to Biodiversity

Resilience

Mainstreaming

Biodiversity significance layers

Key Biodiversity Areas <a href='#' class='close' data-dismiss='alert' style='padding-left: 5px;'>×</a>

Key biodiversity areas
Biodiversity Hotspots <a href='#' class='close' data-dismiss='alert' style='padding-left: 5px;'>×</a>

Eastern Afromontane hotspots
Ecosystems <a href='#' class='close' data-dismiss='alert' style='padding-left: 5px;'>×</a>

Ecosystems
Important Bird Areas (IBA) <a href='#' class='close' data-dismiss='alert' style='padding-left: 5px;'>×</a>

Important bird areas
Biodiversity & Ecosystem Risk Areas <a href='#' class='close' data-dismiss='alert' style='padding-left: 5px;'>×</a>

Biodiversity risk areas

Statistics

Total area of key biodiversity significance

31,801 km² (8.1%)

Number of endangered species

	Total	Endangered
Mammals	270	9
Breeding Birds	229	14
Reptiles	180	3
Amphibians	31	6
Fish	122	3
Higher Plants	4,440	16

Case analysis

Cave Squeaker

Protected area layers

Protected Areas <a href='#' class='close' data-dismiss='alert' style='padding-left: 5px;'>×</a>

Protected areas
World Heritage Sites <a href='#' class='close' data-dismiss='alert' style='padding-left: 5px;'>×</a>

World heritage sites
Zero Extinction Sites <a href='#' class='close' data-dismiss='alert' style='padding-left: 5px;'>×</a>

Zero extinction areas
Ramsar Sites <a href='#' class='close' data-dismiss='alert' style='padding-left: 5px;'>×</a>

Proposed Ramsar sites

Statistics

Total area under legal protection

108,215 km² (27.7%)

Proportion of key biodiversity areas under legal protection

92.0%

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Threats to biodiversity layers

The Human Footprint Index <a href='#' class='close' data-dismiss='alert' style='padding-left: 5px;'>×</a>

Human footprint
World Population <a href='#' class='close' data-dismiss='alert' style='padding-left: 5px;'>×</a>

Population per km² in protected areas
World Population <a href='#' class='close' data-dismiss='alert' style='padding-left: 5px;'>×</a>

Population per km² in buffer zones
Mineral Deposits <a href='#' class='close' data-dismiss='alert' style='padding-left: 5px;'>×</a>

Mineral deposits
Mining Atlas <a href='#' class='close' data-dismiss='alert' style='padding-left: 5px;'>×</a>

Mining operations
FIRM Fire Dataset <a href='#' class='close' data-dismiss='alert' style='padding-left: 5px;'>×</a>

Fire locations in 2014
FIRM Fire Dataset <a href='#' class='close' data-dismiss='alert' style='padding-left: 5px;'>×</a>

Fires per km² in protected areas 2014
Forest Cover Loss <a href='#' class='close' data-dismiss='alert' style='padding-left: 5px;'>×</a>

Forest Cover Loss

Statistics

Number of mines operating or planned in protected areas

Number of mines operating or planned within 5km buffer zone of protected areas

Number of fires within protected areas in 2014

6,178

Total forest cover loss within protected areas 2001-2013

749 km²

Forest cover loss within protected areas per year (km²)

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Case analysis

Land-use change in Driefontein Grassland Important Bird Area

Resilience layers

Forest Cover Gain <a href='#' class='close' data-dismiss='alert' style='padding-left: 5px;'>×</a>

Forest cover gain in protected areas
Protection Areas <a href='#' class='close' data-dismiss='alert' style='padding-left: 5px;'>×</a>

Areas in need of protection

Statistics

Key biodiversity significance area in need of legal protection

2,544 km²

Area of forest gain in protected areas 2002-2012

79 km²

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Case analysis

Hwange-Sanyati Biological Corridor

Mainstreaming layers

Mines operating or planned in protected areas
Mining Atlas <a href='#' class='close' data-dismiss='alert' style='padding-left: 5px;'>×</a>

Mines operating or planned in buffer zones

Case analysis

Fires along Rusape-Nyanga road

2001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013

Forest cover gain (m²)

1479.45
17757551.80

Mining operations

Bankable
Closed
Conceptual
Construction
Feasibility
Operating
Prefeasibility
Restart
Suspended

Population per km² (buffer zones)

20.16
141.15

Population per km² (prot. areas)

9.75
65.40

Fires per km² (prot. areas)

0.02
0.38

Forest cover loss

Less
More

Mineral deposits

Coalfield
Goldfield
Great Dyke

Biodiversity & Ecosystem Risk Areas

Risk Area Coverage

Biodiversity Risks

A: Fire
B: Poaching
C: Alien Invasive Species
D: Wetland Degradation

Ramsar Sites

Ramsar Site Coverage

Protected Areas

Protected Areas Coverage

Key Bio Diversity Areas

Biodiversity Area Coverage