Identification

Field	Value
Title	25 Year Biodiversity Investment Layer for NSW North Coast
Alternative title(s)	Inv25yr
Abstract	This layer identifies lands of high conservation value suitable for investment in conservation through a range of mechanisms. This could be achieved through mechanisms such as voluntary acquisition as formal reserves under the National Parks & Wildlife Act or State and Regional Parks under the Crown Lands Act. Areas not available or suitable to be added to the state reserve system may be protected as informal reserves through various measures including protective covenants, council zonings, council conservation incentive schemes, biobanking, or conservation agreements. The guiding policy document for the Biodiversity Investment Layer is the draft Protected Area Establishment Strategy which sets priorities and targets for the establishment of a protected area network that encompasses formal reservation of public lands and conservation agreements and plans for private conservation initiatives. The draft Protected Area Establishment Strategy is in turn underpinned by a range of national and state government policy documents and guiding principles including the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Environment, the National Strategy for the Conservation of Australia's Biological Diversity, the National Forest Policy Statement (NFPS), the National Reserve System Directions Statement, The Australian Natural Heritage and Burra Charters and the JANIS criteria. The Biodiversity Investment Layer has been developed using a range of data developed largely for regional scale analyses such as the Comprehensive Regional Assessments (around 1997-2000). While these data are relevant and provide a strategic view of the landscape at a regional scale, they would require refinement for property level assessments. The layer does not attempt to map comprehensively all lands of biodiversity significance, rather maps lands which are more suitable for management as conservation areas.
Resource locator
Data Quality Statement	Name: Data Quality Statement Protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download Description: Data quality statement for 25 Year Biodiversity Investment Layer for NSW North Coast Function: download
25 Year Biodiversity Investment Layer for NSW North Coast	Name: 25 Year Biodiversity Investment Layer for NSW North Coast Protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download Description: Download Data Package Function: download
Unique resource identifier
Code	9544f5fe-feee-4aa7-9909-792fec729a33
Presentation form	documentDigital
Edition	1
Dataset language	eng
Metadata standard
Name	ANZLIC Metadata Profile: An Australian/New Zealand Profile of AS/NZS ISO 19115:2005, Geographic information - Metadata
Version	1.1
Dataset URI	https://datasets.seed.nsw.gov.au/dataset/9544f5fe-feee-4aa7-9909-792fec729a33
Purpose	Acquisition guide
Status	completed
Spatial representation
Type	vector
Spatial reference system
Authority code	GDA94 Geographic (Lat\Long)
Code identifying the spatial reference system	4283
Equivalent scale	1:None
Additional information source	Regional Coastal Planning - Mapping Methodology for ;Biodiversity Conservation Lands

Classification of spatial data and services

Field	Value
Topic category

Keywords

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Keyword set
keyword value	ECOLOGY-Landscape FORESTS-Natural HERITAGE-Natural HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT-Planning LAND-Use VEGETATION
Originating controlled vocabulary
Title	ANZLIC Search Words
Reference date	2008-05-16
Geographic location
West bounding longitude	151.1468
East bounding longitude	153.7542
North bounding latitude	-33.4642
South bounding latitude	-27.9141
Vertical extent information
Minimum value	-100
Maximum value	2228
Coordinate reference system
Authority code	urn:ogc:def:cs:EPSG::
Code identifying the coordinate reference system	5711
Temporal extent
Begin position	2007-01-02
End position	N/A
Dataset reference date
Date type	publication
Effective date	2012-05-14
Date type	revision
Effective date	2010-04-23
Resource maintenance
Maintenance and update frequency	None
Contact info
Organisation name	NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Full postal address	NSW Australia data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au
Telephone number	131555
Email address	data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au
Responsible party role	pointOfContact

Quality and validity

Field	Value
Lineage	Derived from desktop assessment backed by a range of conservation layers.; The assessment of lands for addition to the reserve system in the regions has been adhoc and opportunistic with the exception of systematic assessment of public forested lands.; Includes:; Poorly reserved ecosystems and habitats; * The forests, woodlands, shrublands, and wetlands of the coastal lowlands and floodplains including the lower Richmond and Clarence floodplains.; Wetlands, floodplains, lakes and rivers; * New reservation in iconic wetlands around high conservation coastal lakes (Healthy Rivers Commission Coastal lakes report).; * The consolidation of existing reserve boundaries around High Conservation Value coastal Lakes (ref. Healthy Rivers Commission).; Critical landscape corridors.; * A north-south corridor between the Hunter Valley and the Border Ranges.; * Linking disjunct parts of coastal parks.; * Key corridors between CERRA World Heritage Parks on the North Coast and ranges.; Lands within important water catchments.; * The catchments and shorelines of high conservation value coastal lakes and estuaries.; * The catchments of Marine parks and Aquatic reserves.; Places of special iconic importance to the people of NSW; The current identified priorities for the next decade include:; * Iconic lands on the coastland; Areas within or adjoining existing reserves which are critically important to the effective and efficient management of those reserves.; * The addition of high conservation value Crown lands which adjoin reserves; * The consolidation of Central Eastern Rainforest World Heritage parks of north eastern NSW.; * Completion of high priority private forest land in accordance with requirements of the National Forest Policy and Upper and Lower North East NSW Regional Forest Agreements; * The consolidation and build-up of parks and reserves along the coastal strip.; * The addition of high priority intertidal areas adjoining coastal and estuarine reserves.; * Areas which will increase the efficiency of park management and help buffer parks from adjoining land uses.; ; Accuracy:; The positional accuracy is fairly variable due to the varied sources of data.; ; Reliability:; Key conservation features are generally well represented within these proposals. None of the proposals have been subject to field assessment or validation.; ; Significance: State; The proposed additions to the reserve system are priorities in the DECC Draft Protected Areas Plan and include areas consistent with the National Forest Policy, The NSW Government Coastal policy, NSW Governments Wetlands Policy. Some areas are iconic conservation proposals to the local community.; ; Irreplaceability:; Most proposals have a high level of irreplaceabilty being based on significant natural features in the landscape.; The extent of proposed reserves in some cases is negotiable without breaching the integrity of the conservation status of the core conservation features.

Field

Value

Lineage

Derived from desktop assessment backed by a range of conservation layers.; The assessment of lands for addition to the reserve system in the regions has been adhoc and opportunistic with the exception of systematic assessment of public forested lands.; Includes:; Poorly reserved ecosystems and habitats; * The forests, woodlands, shrublands, and wetlands of the coastal lowlands and floodplains including the lower Richmond and Clarence floodplains.; Wetlands, floodplains, lakes and rivers; * New reservation in iconic wetlands around high conservation coastal lakes (Healthy Rivers Commission Coastal lakes report).; * The consolidation of existing reserve boundaries around High Conservation Value coastal Lakes (ref. Healthy Rivers Commission).; Critical landscape corridors.; * A north-south corridor between the Hunter Valley and the Border Ranges.; * Linking disjunct parts of coastal parks.; * Key corridors between CERRA World Heritage Parks on the North Coast and ranges.; Lands within important water catchments.; * The catchments and shorelines of high conservation value coastal lakes and estuaries.; * The catchments of Marine parks and Aquatic reserves.; Places of special iconic importance to the people of NSW; The current identified priorities for the next decade include:; * Iconic lands on the coastland; Areas within or adjoining existing reserves which are critically important to the effective and efficient management of those reserves.; * The addition of high conservation value Crown lands which adjoin reserves; * The consolidation of Central Eastern Rainforest World Heritage parks of north eastern NSW.; * Completion of high priority private forest land in accordance with requirements of the National Forest Policy and Upper and Lower North East NSW Regional Forest Agreements; * The consolidation and build-up of parks and reserves along the coastal strip.; * The addition of high priority intertidal areas adjoining coastal and estuarine reserves.; * Areas which will increase the efficiency of park management and help buffer parks from adjoining land uses.; ; Accuracy:; The positional accuracy is fairly variable due to the varied sources of data.; ; Reliability:; Key conservation features are generally well represented within these proposals. None of the proposals have been subject to field assessment or validation.; ; Significance: State; The proposed additions to the reserve system are priorities in the DECC Draft Protected Areas Plan and include areas consistent with the National Forest Policy, The NSW Government Coastal policy, NSW Governments Wetlands Policy. Some areas are iconic conservation proposals to the local community.; ; Irreplaceability:; Most proposals have a high level of irreplaceabilty being based on significant natural features in the landscape.; The extent of proposed reserves in some cases is negotiable without breaching the integrity of the conservation status of the core conservation features.

Constraints related to access and use

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Limitations on public access

Data Quality

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Scope	dataset

Responsible organisations

Field	Value
Responsible party
Contact position	Data Broker
Organisation name	NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Full postal address	NSW Australia data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au
Telephone number	131555
Email address	data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au
Web address	https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/dcceew
Responsible party role	pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Field	Value
Metadata point of contact
Contact position	Data Broker
Organisation name	NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Full postal address	NSW Australia data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au
Telephone number	131555
Email address	data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au
Responsible party role	distributor
Metadata date	2007-01-02
Metadata language	eng

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Data Quality Statement

25 Year Biodiversity Investment Layer for NSW North Coast

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https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/dcceew

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