The Biodiversity GIS (BGIS) unit is responsible for the management of the South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) spatial biodiversity planning information. The unit is also responsible for the implementation of the Cape Action Plan for People and Environment's (C.A.P.E.) spatial information management objectives. The BGIS unit's primary objective is to provide easy access to spatial biodiversity planning information thereby facilitating its use in biodiversity planning and decision-making across the landscape.
More information on this dataset can be found in the Freshwater Metadatabase - BFE_81 (http://www.freshwatermetadata.eu/metadb/bf_mdb_view.php?entryID=BFE_81).