The NSW Carbon Monitoring project is a collaboration between the Natural Resources Commission of NSW and Mullion Group to develop a spatial time-series dataset of forest carbon history for the state of NSW at ~25m resolution. The project used FLINTpro software to integrate historical environmental and land management data to model carbon stock and fluxes. Aboveground biomass refers to the amount of carbon stored within aboveground forest components (pools) which includes leaves, branches, bark and stems. Belowground biomass refers to the amount of carbon stored within belowground forest components (pools) which includes coarse and fine roots. Dead Organic Matter refers to the amount of carbon stored within dead forest components (pools) which includes leaf litter, branch litter, bark litter, stem litter, and dead roots. Carbon stored within soil and harvested wood products is not included within any of these datasets.

Credit
This project is a collaboration between the Natural Resources Commission of NSW and Mullion Group to develop a spatial time-series dataset of forest carbon history for the state of NSW.

Purpose
Historical baseline carbon stored within NSW forest for spatially explicit landscape assessment or monitoring.

Dataset was created using FLINTpro software. All original data input sources, processes and assumptions specific to the NSW Forest Monitoring project are documented within the supporting publication. All other FLINTpro modelling assumptions and design is available upon request from https://flintpro.com/. See Roberts, G., Waterworth, R., de Ligt, R., McKenzie-McHarg, H., Francis, M., Roxburgh, S., Paul, K., Ximenes, F., (2022) Carbon Balance of NSW Forests – Methodology Report, NSW Natural Resources Commission.