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NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
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Monitoring of sustainable land management using remotely sensed vegetation cover, NSW, 2010-2021

This dataset provides maps and data that identify the sustainability of land management over NSW over the period 2010 to 2021. It is based on a new method for monitoring sustainable land management using widely available remotely sensed data: MODIS fractional vegetation cover data. The method relies on maintaining sufficient vegetation cover to prevent hillslope water erosion beyond tolerable soil erosion targets. The targets were based on long-term natural erosion rates plus a small constant and are spatially and temporally variable. Results were initially generated for individual months then were amalgamated into yearly sustainable land management indices (SLMI), presented as raster maps (100 m spatial resolution). These results were further stratified by land uses and natural resource management regions, revealing useful data and trends. Data on rainfall patterns over the preceding 12 months (relative rainfall index, RRI) can aid interpretation of the results. The method and sample results were presented in an international journal paper: Gray et al. (2023). Monitoring of sustainable land management using remotely sensed vegetation cover and variable tolerable soil erosion targets across New South Wales, Australia. https://doi.org/10.1111/sum.12876

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Language English
Edition 1.0
Purpose For better management and protection of NSW soil and land, and for broader environmental protection
Frequency of change As needed
Keywords LAND-Use,VEGETATION,SOIL-Erosion,PHOTOGRAPHY-AND-IMAGERY-Remote-Sensing
Field of Research (optional) Land Capability and Soil Degradation
Metadata Date 2023-03-20
Date of Asset Creation 2022-01-31
Date of Asset Publication 2023-03-30
License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Geospatial Topic
  • Environment
  • Geoscientific information
NSW Place Name NSW
Extent

Dataset extent
Temporal Coverage From 2010-01-01 - 2021-12-31
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 2023"