[1] The Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded a research process to determine the ideal choice of land for inclusion in the park.
The land classes in the proposed area were identified in a conservation planning framework, and ecological processes.
potential threats and vulnerability of each land class was considered, along with conservation targets for fauna populations.
These are Albany thickets, fynbos, forest, Nama Karoo and the Indian Ocean coastal belt.
[1] The park extends protection of the traditional big five game, the southern right whale and great white shark.