Dataset
NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
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Vegetation Condition Benchmarks V1.2

Vegetation Condition Benchmarks describe the reference state to which sites are compared to score their site-scale biodiversity values or set goals for management or restoration. This file contains the most current vegetation condition benchmarks available in BioNet and associated information including: large tree threshold size; benchmark confidence; and the classification level at which benchmarks were created.

The ‘Vegetation Condition Benchmarks V1.2’ file contains benchmarks for the full combination of Bioregions in NSW (n=18) and vegetation classes for which data were available (n=95). There are therefore 1,710 different regional vegetation class (RVCs) rows of benchmarks contained (18x95). Many of these RVCs do not exist in the current landscape but were the product of the modelling approaches used for cover and richness (e.g. Subtropical Rainforests in the Australian Alps Bioregion). Approximately 650 RVCs are extant in the current landscape.

To view the four files that this dataset is derived from, refer to the 'Dataset relationship' section below.

For further details see Oliver I, Dorrough J, Yen JDL, McNellie MJ and Watson CJ (2019) Native Vegetation Integrity Benchmarks: Technical details supporting Static Benchmarks June 2019 (Version 1.2). Department of Planning, Industry and Environment.

Data and Resources

Metadata Summary What is metadata?

Field Value
Language English
Edition 1.2
Purpose Legislative and regulatory requirements (esp BAM Method and Calculator)
Frequency of change Irregular
Keywords VEGETATION,VEGETATION-Floristic,VEGETATION-Structural
Metadata Date 2019-07-22
Date of Asset Creation 2017-08-19
Date of Asset Publication 2019-08-08
License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Geospatial Topic Environment
Extent

Dataset extent
Temporal Coverage From 1978-09-20 - 2017-12-04
Datum GDA94 Geographic (Lat\Long)
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Attribution NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water asserts the right to be attributed as author of the original material in the following manner: "© State Government of NSW and NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 2019"
DOI doi:10.25948/5d4b7a4ef131c
DOI Creator name Dyarne Plowman
DOI Resource Type Table of vegetation benchmarks
DOI Resource Type General Description Dataset