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Verlorenvlei Estuary
Contributing IUCN constituents: BirdLife InternationalBirdLife South Africa
Project Details
| Name | Verlorenvlei Estuary |
| Description | |
| Contributing IUCN Constituent | BirdLife InternationalBirdLife South Africa |
| Start Date | 6/4/2014 |
| End Date | 12/31/2029 |
| Conservation Actions | |
| Needed annual budget | - |
| Total annual budget | - |
| Staff | ♀ - | ♂ - |
| Beneficiaries | ♀ - | ♂ - |
Potential reduction of species extinction risk resulting from threat abatement actions
Absolute value (STAR)
3
0% of the total biodiversity conservation potential of South Africa is covered by this project.
15,162.3
6.5% of Africa's biodiversity conservation potential is from South Africa.
233,189.9
19.1% of global biodiversity conservation potential is from Africa.
This stacked bar chart represents the relative disaggregation of the selected contribution's total potential opportunity for reducing global species extinction risk through taking actions to abate different threats to species within its boundaries. The percentages refer to the amount of the total opportunity that could potentially be achieved through abating that particular threat.
% Contribution of threats to species extinction
1.24%
Utility & service lines
1.42%
Hunting & collecting terrestrial animals
1.99%
Work & other activities
2.08%
Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases
4.65%
Annual & perennial non-timber crops
4.95%
Other
11.84%
Industrial & military effluents
18.05%
Problematic native species/diseases
23.95%
Fishing & harvesting aquatic resources
28.23%
Habitat shifting & alteration
Threat type