EMMA is a decision-support site for protected areas in South Africa’s Cape Floristic Region—a Global Biodiversity Hotspot and UNESCO World Heritage Site (~20% of Africa’s plant diversity) where fire, climate, and land use shape fynbos. It provides up-to-date regional summaries and park-level reports on vegetation condition, anomalies, fire history, and veld age, in partnership with SAEON.

Open a park on the map below, or compare anomalies and veld age across parks.

Parks and regional veld age

Regional veld age (years since last known fire; color scale capped at 20 for display). Click a park outline for the full report—greenness, fire history, invasives, and climate.

Vegetation anomalies and veld age by park

Monthly ΔEVI (left) and years since fire (right) by park. Parks ordered by median veld age (oldest at top); same order on both panels. Segments show full range (Q0–Q100), thicker bar = IQR (Q25–Q75), point = median. Higher ΔEVI = greener than typical for this month. Open a park on the map for detail. Definitions: Data.

Data status

Product	As-of	Updated	Coverage
Fused EVI	2026-09-21	2026-09-21	225,000 km²
Fire age	2026-09-01	2026-10-16	known 41,136 / censored 184,045 km²
Weather	2025-08-24	2026-10-20	—
Page	—	2026-10-21 16:25 UTC	domain 225,181 · parks-union 16,609 km²

Product dates and coverage for maps on this page. Sources and definitions: Data · Coverage metrics.