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9 | "metadata_created": "2018-06-15T08:52:45.383394", | 9 | "metadata_created": "2018-06-15T08:52:45.383394", | ||
t | 10 | "metadata_modified": "2019-01-17T00:23:59.667080", | t | 10 | "metadata_modified": "2019-06-06T23:08:24.957880", |
11 | "name": "assessment-of-montane-peatlands-and-swamps-tec", | 11 | "name": "assessment-of-montane-peatlands-and-swamps-tec", | ||
12 | "notes": "The operational map for Montane Peatlands and Swamps was | 12 | "notes": "The operational map for Montane Peatlands and Swamps was | ||
13 | constructed to resolve long-standing issues surrounding its | 13 | constructed to resolve long-standing issues surrounding its | ||
14 | identification, location and extent within the NSW State Forest estate | 14 | identification, location and extent within the NSW State Forest estate | ||
15 | covered by the eastern Regional Forest Agreements. \r\nThe | 15 | covered by the eastern Regional Forest Agreements. \r\nThe | ||
16 | project\u2019s Threatened Ecological Community (TEC) Reference Panel | 16 | project\u2019s Threatened Ecological Community (TEC) Reference Panel | ||
17 | (the Panel) reviewed the determination for Montane Peatlands and | 17 | (the Panel) reviewed the determination for Montane Peatlands and | ||
18 | Swamps and agreed upon a set of diagnostic parameters for its | 18 | Swamps and agreed upon a set of diagnostic parameters for its | ||
19 | identification through aerial photograph interpretation (API). These | 19 | identification through aerial photograph interpretation (API). These | ||
20 | parameters included an elevation of greater than 400m and, broadly, | 20 | parameters included an elevation of greater than 400m and, broadly, | ||
21 | the presence of treeless native vegetation on poorly drained soils. | 21 | the presence of treeless native vegetation on poorly drained soils. | ||
22 | \r\nUsing API, we then assessed whether Montane Peatlands and Swamps | 22 | \r\nUsing API, we then assessed whether Montane Peatlands and Swamps | ||
23 | is present within more than 828,000 hectares of state forests within | 23 | is present within more than 828,000 hectares of state forests within | ||
24 | the coastal, tableland and montane regions of eastern NSW. A number of | 24 | the coastal, tableland and montane regions of eastern NSW. A number of | ||
25 | State Forests were excluded from the assessment because they fell | 25 | State Forests were excluded from the assessment because they fell | ||
26 | below the elevation threshold or were underlain by Triassic sandstone | 26 | below the elevation threshold or were underlain by Triassic sandstone | ||
27 | sediments, which are explicitly excluded in the determination for | 27 | sediments, which are explicitly excluded in the determination for | ||
28 | Montane Peatlands and Swamps. \r\nIn total we identified 1729.5 | 28 | Montane Peatlands and Swamps. \r\nIn total we identified 1729.5 | ||
29 | hectares of candidate Montane Peatlands and Swamps across State | 29 | hectares of candidate Montane Peatlands and Swamps across State | ||
30 | Forests in eastern NSW. From this we constructed several operational | 30 | Forests in eastern NSW. From this we constructed several operational | ||
31 | maps showing the extent of the Montane Peatlands and Swamps TEC within | 31 | maps showing the extent of the Montane Peatlands and Swamps TEC within | ||
32 | the relevant State Forests. More than 60% of the total mapped areas | 32 | the relevant State Forests. More than 60% of the total mapped areas | ||
33 | were located in the southern tablelands. The largest areas of the | 33 | were located in the southern tablelands. The largest areas of the | ||
34 | candidate TEC were mapped in Bago, Glenbog and Badja State Forests in | 34 | candidate TEC were mapped in Bago, Glenbog and Badja State Forests in | ||
35 | the south, and in Boonoo and Girard State Forests in the north. Patch | 35 | the south, and in Boonoo and Girard State Forests in the north. Patch | ||
36 | size varied, with more than 200 patches being smaller than 0.1 hectare | 36 | size varied, with more than 200 patches being smaller than 0.1 hectare | ||
37 | and around 50 patches being larger than 30 hectares. \r\nIt is noted | 37 | and around 50 patches being larger than 30 hectares. \r\nIt is noted | ||
38 | that the broad mapping criteria will have captured a wide range of | 38 | that the broad mapping criteria will have captured a wide range of | ||
39 | floristic assemblages including swamps, bogs, marshes, fens, meadows, | 39 | floristic assemblages including swamps, bogs, marshes, fens, meadows, | ||
40 | grasslands and herb fields. Not all of these assemblage will be | 40 | grasslands and herb fields. Not all of these assemblage will be | ||
41 | Montane Peatlands and Swamps, and it is highly likely that the mapping | 41 | Montane Peatlands and Swamps, and it is highly likely that the mapping | ||
42 | has captured two related TECs due to their overlapping environmental | 42 | has captured two related TECs due to their overlapping environmental | ||
43 | gradients and similar vegetation structure. These two TECs (Upland | 43 | gradients and similar vegetation structure. These two TECs (Upland | ||
44 | Wetlands of the Drainage Divide of the New England Bioregion and Carex | 44 | Wetlands of the Drainage Divide of the New England Bioregion and Carex | ||
45 | Sedgeland of the New England Tableland, Nandewar, Brigalow Belt South | 45 | Sedgeland of the New England Tableland, Nandewar, Brigalow Belt South | ||
46 | and NSW North Coast Bioregions) are both candidate TECs within State | 46 | and NSW North Coast Bioregions) are both candidate TECs within State | ||
47 | Forests in their own right.\r\n\r\nOperational TEC Mapping have been | 47 | Forests in their own right.\r\n\r\nOperational TEC Mapping have been | ||
48 | derived by API at a viewing scale between 1-4000 using ADS40 50 cm | 48 | derived by API at a viewing scale between 1-4000 using ADS40 50 cm | ||
49 | pixel imagery and 1 m derived LIDAR DEM grids for floodplain EECs.", | 49 | pixel imagery and 1 m derived LIDAR DEM grids for floodplain EECs.", | ||
50 | "owner_org": "83a21590-19cd-49af-a188-f06f5d4fe231", | 50 | "owner_org": "83a21590-19cd-49af-a188-f06f5d4fe231", | ||
51 | "private": false, | 51 | "private": false, | ||
52 | "revision_id": "84baba71-25ce-4350-a541-d8213d9dd87f", | 52 | "revision_id": "84baba71-25ce-4350-a541-d8213d9dd87f", | ||
53 | "state": "active", | 53 | "state": "active", | ||
54 | "title": "Assessment of Montane Peatlands and Swamps EEC on NSW | 54 | "title": "Assessment of Montane Peatlands and Swamps EEC on NSW | ||
55 | Crown Forest Estate", | 55 | Crown Forest Estate", | ||
56 | "type": "dataset", | 56 | "type": "dataset", | ||
57 | "url": "", | 57 | "url": "", | ||
58 | "version": null | 58 | "version": null | ||
59 | } | 59 | } |