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In this section you will find detailed information, including national overviews and state and regional level assessments, from the 2000-2002 National Land and Water Resources Audit theme assessments.
Australian Native Vegetation Assessment 2001
Maria Cofinas, Colin Creighton
National Land and Water Resources Audit, 2001
ISBN 0 642 37128 8
Information on Australia's native vegetation
Wilpena Pound, SA
Photo: Maria Cofinas
Australian Native Vegetation Assessment 2001 is the first Australia-wide, regional level, collaborative assessment of the type, extent and change in Australia's native vegetation cover. It reports on the status of Australia's native vegetation using the National Vegetation Information System and other sources of mapped vegetation information.
The National Vegetation Information System was developed using State and Territory mapped vegetation data in collaboration with Commonwealth, State and Territory agencies and provides a national framework for inventory and monitoring of vegetation types and extent.
It is available to the community on the Australian Natural Resources Atlas (Atlas). The Australian Natural Resources Data Library underpins the Atlas.
The National Vegetation Information System framework allows for additional data collection and interpretation building an Australia-wide consistent approach to native vegetation information-a key basis for improved vegetation management.
Australian Native Vegetation Assessment 2001
- Reports on the type and distribution of Australia's native vegetation
- Presents a range of information products about Australia's native vegetation
- Describes the development of the National Vegetation Information System
- Provides access through the Atlas (http://www.environment.gov.au/atlas) to summary data and information in a hierarchy of scales from national to State/Territory, to bioregion and catchment
- Identifies key knowledge and information gaps about Australia's native vegetation
- Details national coordinator and data custodian relationships for the ongoing maintenance and updating of the National Vegetation Information System to ensure currency and relevance of Australia's information on native vegetation
National Vegetation Information System
- Specifies an agreed technical framework and guidelines allowing for the collection, compilation and monitoring of Australia's vegetation
- Stores data on type and extent of native vegetation in Australia
- Provides an Australia-wide geographic and attribute information system for vegetation data that facilitates analysis and reporting
- Provides access to a range of detailed and compatible mapped data sets about Australia's native vegetation
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