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Vegetation extent
A number of vegetation extent product types are available. This catalogue includes the vegetation extent or change in extent in woody, non-woody or native vegetation, as well as older (historic) products that were used previously in significant reporting or regulation processes. They may not represent the most recent or up-to-date information about native vegetation extent.
Woody vegetation extent
Dataset: Landsat woody extent and foliage projective cover (FPC) Ver 2.1 (25 m) 2008
Description: The best available Landsat representation of woody vegetation extent in New South Wales in 2008. The data was prepared by our Statewide Satellite Landscape Monitoring Program for use in the 2010 NSW Annual Report on Native Vegetation using the Queensland Statewide Land Cover And Trees Study (SLATS) methodology.
Available at Landsat woody extent and foliage projective cover (FPC) Ver 2.1 (25 m) 2008.
Dataset: Landsat woody change data (25 m) for 1988–2010
Description: Raster (grid) layers showing areas and type of woody vegetation change based on the analysis of multi-date Landsat imagery. Data are available as 572 scenes (13 biannual periods each with 44 Landsat scenes) covering New South Wales. Used to calculate annualised woody vegetation change rates used in the 2010 NSW Annual Report on Native Vegetation user-friendly vector geodatabase, NSW SLATS LANDSAT Woody Change Vector Database 1988–2010, has been derived from these grid layers.
Available at Landsat woody change data (25 m) for 1988–2010.
Dataset: Landsat foliage projective cover (FPC) for each Landsat image (25 m). 1988–2010
Description: Foliage projective cover (FPC) data is prepared by our Statewide Satellite Landscape Monitoring Program and is available for each Landsat image in the department archive. This data is an input into time series analyses used to generate secondary products such as woody vegetation extent. Data includes over 570 scenes.
Available at Landsat foliage projective cover (FPC) for each Landsat image (25 m). 1988–2010.
Dataset: Landsat foliage projective cover (FPC) time series summary products (25 m). 1988–2010
Available at Landsat foliage projective cover (FPC) time series summary products (25 m). 1988–2010.
Description: Includes summary products derived from statistical analysis of a time series stack of individual date foliage projective cover (FPC) images. The products available include variables such as slope, intercept, standard deviation and standard error, as images. These products are created as an interim stage in the development of the woody extent and FPC product.
Dataset: SLATS – Woody Vegetation Change – NSW 2008-14
Description: Areas of woody vegetation change based on the analysis of multi-date SPOT5 imagery 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014. Each change year has a single statewide point and polygon layer derived from approximately 310 SPOT scenes covering New South Wales.
Available at SLATS – Woody Vegetation Change – NSW 2008-14.
Dataset: NSW Woody Vegetation Extent 2011
Description: The NSW 5 m Woody Extent is a statewide binary classification of woody vegetation derived from multitemporal 5 m SPOT-5 satellite imagery. The product broadly identifies isolated tree crowns as well as contiguous forest at a 5 m resolution. It shows the location, extent, and density of foliage cover for stands of woody vegetation in NSW for 2011. The resolution is good enough to identify small features such as trees in paddocks and scattered woodlands through to the largest expanse of forest in the state.
Available at NSW Woody Vegetation Extent 2011.
Dataset: NSW Woody Vegetation Extent & FPC 2011
The NSW Woody Vegetation Extent & FPC 2011 is a statewide classification of woody vegetation and foliage projection cover (FPC) derived from multitemporal 5 m SPOT-5 satellite imagery. The product broadly identifies isolated tree crowns as well as contiguous forest at a 5 m resolution and each woody pixel also contains a measure of foliage projection cover. Foliage projection cover is the fraction of the ground that is obscured by green leaf, and is a measure of density.
Available at NSW Woody Vegetation Extent & FPC 2011.
Dataset: Rectified and radiometrically corrected Landsat imagery. 1988–2010
Description: These are the pre-processed Landsat images prepared by our Statewide Satellite Landscape Monitoring Program and are used to generate all other Landsat products. They are rectified to a map projection and adjusted for the effects of the atmosphere, sun angle, view angle and topography. They could be used to generate remote sensing other products for other applications.
Available at Rectified and radiometrically corrected Landsat imagery. 1988–2010.
Dataset: Rectified and radiometrically corrected SPOT5 imagery. 2008–2010
Description: These are the pre-processed SPOT5 images prepared by our Statewide Satellite Landscape Monitoring Program and are used to generate all other SPOT5 products. They are rectified to a map projection and adjusted for the effects of the atmosphere, sun angle, view angle and topography. They could be used to generate remote sensing other products for other applications.
Available at Rectified and radiometrically corrected SPOT5 imagery. 2008–2010.
Non-woody vegetation extent
Description: This is a prototype product which was prepared for a Natural Resource Advisory Council (NRAC) Grassland Project. It includes a classification of native non-woody vegetation, including candidate native grassland (derived from MODIS time series), which has been combined with native woody extent, derived from an early version of the Landsat foliage projective cover (FPC) data. This product has not been validated, but may be useful for landscape connectivity studies and for indications of potential native grassland distribution.
Available at NSW Native Vegetation Extent. MODIS/FPC. 2008.
Native vegetation extent
Dataset: NSW Interim Native Vegetation Extent. Version 2 2008
Description: This product includes an early version of the Landsat foliage projective cover (FPC) data, combined with a classification of vegetation nativeness derived from land use data. This dataset was used in the 2008 Nation Land and Water Resources Audit and as input to State of the Catchments reports.
Available at NSW Interim Native Vegetation Extent. Version 2 2008.
Dataset: NSW State of the Catchments 2008 Native Vegetation Extent
Description: This dataset used the NSW Interim Native Vegetation Extent Version 2 2008 dataset as an input, combining it with NSW Total Extant Native Vegetation (Keith and Simpson 2006) Version 002 to better reflect intact vegetation structurally.
Available at NSW State of the Catchments 2008 Native Vegetation Extent.
Dataset: NSW State of the Catchments 2008 Native Woody/Non-woody Vegetation Extent
Description: The extent of native woody and non-woody vegetation was derived by combining and intersecting the 3 layers produced by the NSW Interim Native Vegetation Extent Version 2 (2008).
Available at NSW State of the Catchments 2008 Native Woody/Non-woody Vegetation Extent.
Dataset: NSW Total Extant Native Vegetation (Keith and Simpson 2006) – Version 002
Description: An estimate of total vegetation extent derived from compiled vegetation type maps. Not recommended for extent reporting. This dataset was used to develop 2006 Biometric over-cleared landscape values.
Available at NSW Total Extant Native Vegetation (Keith and Simpson 2006) – Version 002.
Dataset: NSW Extant Woody Native Vegetation (Keith and Simpson 2006) – Version 002
Description: An estimate of total vegetation extent derived from compiled vegetation type maps. Not recommended for extent reporting.
Available at NSW Extant Woody Native Vegetation (Keith and Simpson 2006) – Version 002.
Vegetation condition
Dataset: NSW State of the Catchments 2008: Native Vegetation
Description: Condition and pressure layer prepared for 2010 State of the Catchments Reports.
Available at NSW State of the Catchments 2008: Native Vegetation.
Biomass
Dataset: ALOS Woody biomass (50m) 2009
Description: Raster representing the above ground woody biomass as 50m resolution prepared by our Statewide Satellite Landscape Monitoring Program. It is derived from radar imagery from the Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (PALSAR) instrument on the Japanese Advanced Land Observation Satellite (ALOS).
Available at ALOS Woody biomass (50m) 2009.
Ground cover
Dataset: Landsat ground cover index (25 m). 1988–2010
Description: A Landsat ground cover (FPC) image is prepared by our Statewide Satellite Landscape Monitoring Program and is available for each Landsat image in the department archive. They are based on a calibrated relationship between field measurement and the imagery and the single date foliage projective cover (FPC) images. The data is generally used in a time-series analysis for monitoring trends in ground cover over time. Catchment management authorities may be interested in using these products for monitoring ground cover targets.
Go to 2.2.1: DEA Fractional Cover (Landsat).
Native vegetation management benefits
A series of spatial analyses were undertaken to predict where native vegetation management (NVM) will contribute the highest benefit to terrestrial biodiversity at a statewide scale. The analyses focus on improving the condition, extent and connectivity of vegetation formations in New South Wales. They were designed to inform investment in native vegetation management in New South Wales through mechanisms such as the catchment action plan upgrades, public land management planning, local government investment and private land conservation funding and investment.
Dataset: NVM manage benefits
Description: 'Manage' benefits identify areas of existing native vegetation in good condition where emphasis on management would be on maintaining this high condition. These benefits were developed through the application of the terrestrial Biodiversity Forecasting Tool (BFT).
Available at NVM manage benefits.
Dataset: NVM improve benefits
Description: 'Improve' benefits also relate to areas of existing native vegetation, and while these are generally the best examples of more heavily altered vegetation types, they nonetheless require some form of active management to improve their condition. These benefits were developed through application of the terrestrial Biodiversity Forecasting Tool (BFT).
Available at NVM improve benefits.
Dataset: NVM landscape value (consolidate) benefits
Description: 'Consolidate' benefits highlight areas where conservation of existing vegetation, condition improvement of degraded vegetation, or rehabilitation of cleared areas are most likely to contribute to maintaining and enhancing connectivity across a region. Consolidate benefits were developed using landscape values analysis techniques.
Available at NVM landscape value (consolidate) benefits.
Dataset: NVM revegetate benefits
Description: 'Revegetate' benefits highlight cleared areas where replanting or natural regeneration of species that previously occurred on the site would return the highest benefit. The aim is to increase the area of vegetation types which have been most heavily cleared. A large proportion of these areas occur on productive agricultural lands. As such, only a small proportion will be revegetated, particularly where they contribute to farm productivity. These benefits were developed through application of the terrestrial Biodiversity Forecasting Tool (BFT).
Available at NVM revegetate benefits.