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NSW Koala Baseline Likelihood Map 2016

The map presents the distribution of the likelihood of koala occurrence across NSW based on publicly available data held in the Atlas of NSW Wildlife (www.bionet.nsw.gov.au). The proportion (’p’ column) of koalas (‘Koala’ column) recorded relative to a suite of arboreal mammals is presented in a 10 kilometre grid across NSW. A separate 5 kilometre grid is also available for Koala Management Area (KMA) 1 – North Coast. A measure of the confidence (‘Conf’ column) in the likelihood estimate is also presented. In KMA 1 Atlas of NSW Wildlife (Bionet) record data has been supplemented with data from koala spot assessment (SAT) survey along with “rapid SAT” method undertaken where major data deficiencies remained. SAT surveys observation efforts and resulting koala records were used in the same manner as arboreal mammal records. This map can be used to inform the likely occurrence of koalas and informing decisions on mitigation of activities such as native forestry.

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Koala Likelihood Mapping 5 km - 5 km Grid Cell

Koala Likelihood Mapping 10 km - 10 km Grid Cell

Data and Resources

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Language English
Alternative Title 5km and 10km Koala Baseline
Edition 2016 including SAT data
Purpose Native Forestry Regulation on State Forests
Frequency of change As needed
Keywords koala,likelihood,occurrence,baseline,native forestry
Field of Research (optional) Ecology
Metadata Date 2017-06-02
Date of Asset Creation 2016-07-18
License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Vector representation
Record 1
Object type
Curve
Object count
Geospatial Topic Biota
Extent

Dataset extent
Temporal Coverage From 1990-01-01 - 2016-11-02
Datum GDA94 Geographic (Lat\Long)
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Attribution Environment Protection Authority (EPA) asserts the right to be attributed as author of the original material in the following manner: "© State Government of NSW and Environment Protection Authority (EPA) 2024"