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Description

This dataset contains spatial layers describing Forest Canopy Extent from 1995-2019 in NSW Regional Forest Agreements (RFA) Areas along the eastern coast. Forest Canopy Extent is the likelihood that a certain area has forest at any given time. Forest Canopy is defined in accordance with the National State of the Forests Report which defines forests as containing as a minimum, a mature or potentially mature stand height exceeding 2 metres, stands dominated by trees usually having a single stem, where the mature or potentially mature stand component comprises 20% canopy coverage using a Crown Projective Cover (CPC) measure.
These have been based off the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory (NGGI) National Carbon Accounting System (NCAS) National Forest and Sparse Woody Vegetation Data grids (ABARES, 2020). These base grids are Landsat in origin and have a resolution of 25m.
To calculate forest canopy extent, these base grids have been processed through a series of land use and vegetation type exclusion masking and a through a fuzzy-logic based certainty analysis to reflect a forest cover extent coverage for NSW that is reflective of past and current coverage.
Read more about the project on the Natural Resources Commission website:
https://www.nrc.nsw.gov.au/fmip-baselines-ecosystem-health-projectfe1
This dataset is superseded by 'NSW Forest Monitoring and Improvement Program State-Wide Historic Forest Canopy Cover Extent - 1995 to 2020'

Credit
We at TERN acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians throughout Australia, New Zealand and all nations. We honour their profound connections to land, water, biodiversity and culture and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.
The dataset is owned by NSW Natural Resources Commission. Spatial Vision established the method and initial application of creation of historic baselines.

Purpose
This dataset been created for the NSW Natural Resources Commission to create a historic baseline and understand trends for forest cover extent, for these RFAs and the IFOA areas.

Lineage

For methodology information, see the report attached under 'Data access'.
The dataset contains spatial layers in raster format (geotiff).
Source system - Forest Monitoring and Improvement Program (FMIP) Information Asset Repository

Temporal coverage

From 1/1/1995 to 1/1/2019

Dates

Creation date

1/1/1995

Publication date

1/3/2024

Revision date

4/30/2024

Citation information

How to cite this collection:

Natural Resources Commission, N. S. W. G. (2024): NSW Forest Monitoring and Improvement Program RFA Historic Forest Canopy Cover Extent - 1995 to 2019. Version 1.0. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.25901/sayz-pb50

Access data

These data can be accessed from following links:

Access metadata

Point-of-truth metadata URL

Rights and Licensing

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence
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