AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - PACHIG Vegetation Survey

Old Pacific Highway Gosford-GCC. The PACHIG(Old Pacific Highway Gosford-GCC) Survey is part of the Vegetation Information System Survey Program of New South Wales which is a series of systematic vegetation surveys conducted across the state between 1970 and the present.

Tags: Acacia decurrens Willd., Acacia floribunda (Vent.) Willd., Acacia longifolia (Andrews) Willd., Acacia myrtifolia (Sm.) Willd., Acacia ulicifolia (Salisb.) Court, Angophora costata (Gaertn.) Britten, Aristida jerichoensis (Domin) Henrard, Aristida vagans Cav., Astrotricha floccosa DC., Bidens pilosa L., Billardiera scandens Sm., Bossiaea heterophylla Vent., Bossiaea scolopendria (Andrews) Sm., Conyza spp., Coreopsis lanceolata L., Correa reflexa (Labill.) Vent. var. reflexa, Corymbia gummifera (Gaertn.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson, Dillwynia retorta (J.C.Wendl.) Druce, Dodonaea triquetra J.C.Wendl., Entolasia stricta (R.Br.) Hughes, Eriostemon banksii, Eucalyptus piperita Sm., Eucalyptus umbra R.T.Baker, Exocarpos sparteus, Ficus watkinsiana, Fimbristylis corynocarya, Flora, Grevillea linearifolia (Cav.) Druce, Hakea sericea Schrad. & J.C.Wendl., Imperata cylindrica (Nees) C.E.Hubb., Isopogon anemonifolius (Salisb.) Knight, Lomandra longifolia Labill., Lysiana sp., Murdannia gigantea, Myrsine urceolata, Myrsine variabilis (R.Br.) Mez, Nematolepis squamea (Labill.) Engl. subsp. squamea, Persoonia linearis Andrews, Phyllanthus similis, Piper mestonii, Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne, Pultenaea flexilis Sm., Rytidosperma bipartitum Kunth, Scaevola spinescens, Scleria brownii, Senna occidentalis, Sida ammophila, Solanum elaeagnifolium, Species Presence/Abundance, Tetratheca thymifolia Sm., Utricularia lateriflora, Vegetation Structure, Xanthorrhoea resinosa (Sol. ex C.Kite) E.C.Nelson & D.J.Bedford
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Desert Uplands Plot Network: Vegetation Survey (Presence Data, Species Richness and Stem and Hollow Counts) for Plot WOUR05, Northern Queensland, Australia, 2013

The LTERN Desert Uplands Plot Network Vegetation Survey Data contains presence data, species richness data and structural data for 1 of 60 (50 after 2008) permanent 1 hectare plots in Northern Queensland, Australia. This data publication refers specifically to observations made at Plot WOUR05, and this data is accessible as a composite data package at the following location: Metcalfe, D; Vanderduys, E (2014): Desert Uplands Plot Network: Vegetation Survey (Presence Data, Species Richness and Stem and Hollow Counts), Northern Queensland, Australia, 2013. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern2.143.33/html 
The CSIRO permanent plots are situated in Tropical Ironbark Woodlands, and extend across four leasehold cattle properties that lie within an area approximately 50km by 50km. The plots represent three vegetation management strategies, namely: 1) clearing (where all trees and shrubs are removed); 2) thinning (where ground and midstorey vegetation is removed); and 3) unmodiﬁed native woodlands where signiﬁcant thinning or clearing has not occurred. 
The Desert Uplands research plots commenced in 2004, and have been revisited in 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2013. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Desert Uplands Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/desert-uplands

Tags: Grazing domestic livestock, Individual plants, Plant species abundance, Plant species composition, Tropical Ironbark Woodlands, Vegetation structure, disturbance, hollows, permanent plot, stem counts
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network: Bird Point Count Data, Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia, 2012

The Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network Bird Point Count Data contains transect-based bird fauna data collected annually at a subset of 81 of the 175 permanent 3 hectare plots studied by the plot network in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia. Birds are counted using repeated time-controlled (5 minute) point interval counts conducted at 0 m, 50 m and 100 m along a permanent 100 m long transect, ordinarily over November/December and usually on an annual basis (note there was no data collection in 2006, 2008, or 2015, for example). Observations are made by two different observers on two separate mornings. This is part of a much larger dataset that began in 1983, when the Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network research plots commenced (but the research methods changed in 2004, which is the start year for this time series). A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/victorian-tall-eucalypt-forest

Tags: Avifauna, Birds
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Jervis Bay Booderee National Park Plot Network: Vegetation Survey Data, Booderee National Park, Jervis Bay Territory, 2004+

This vegetation survey data package comprises standardised vegetation condition measurements, which were first conducted in 2004 and then repeated in 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, and 2017 using vegetation structure plots (1 m x 1 m, 20 m x 20 m) nested within 1 ha sites. Within the 100 m x 100 m 1 ha survey site, two 20 m x 20 m plots are located along a central transect at the 20–40 m and 60–80 m points. Within each of the 20 m x 20 m plots are four 1 m x 1 m subplots. Plot data are measured in two 20 m x 20 m plots at each site. Ground cover is measured in four 1 m x 1 m subplots located within each 20 m x 20 m plot. Landscape context variables are measured in polygons of 200 m and 500 m radii around each field site.
Much of Booderee National Park was burned by wildfire in December 2003. 
The Jervis Bay Booderee National Park Plot Network was established in 2002 in Booderee National Park in the Jervis Bay Territory, south-eastern Australia. The study location is a floristically diverse area in which fire history has been well-documented over several decades. The plot network’s objectives involve quantifying the inter-relationships between natural disturbance and/or management intervention (including weed and feral animal control and prescribed burning) and the reciprocal changes in vegetation condition and biodiversity response. This particular study forms part of the collection of data packages from the Jervis Bay Booderee National Park Plot Network. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Jervis Bay Plot Network’s full program is provided at https://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/jervis-bay-booderee-national-park.

Tags: 0501, 0502, 0602, Booderee National Park, Fire, Invasive plants, Plant species abundance, Plant species composition, Vegetation structure
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - JTH_WP Vegetation Survey

Vegetation Survey of Washpool NP (some sites within this reserve are stored in JTH_GRP survey). The JTH_WP(Vegetation Survey of Washpool NP (some sites within this reserve are stored in JTH_GRP survey)) Survey is part of the Vegetation Information System Survey Program of New South Wales which is a series of systematic vegetation surveys conducted across the state between 1970 and the present.

Tags: Carex gaudichaudiana Kunth, Disturbance, Erosion, Flora, Geology, Lithology, Soil, Species Presence/Abundance, Vegetation Structure
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Desert Uplands Plot Network: Bird Count Data and Notes for Plot TIMA06, Northern Queensland, Australia, 2013

The Desert Uplands Plot Network Bird Count Data contains bird fauna data for 1 of 50 permanent 1 hectare plots in Northern Queensland, Australia. This data publication refers specifically to observations made at Plot TIMA06. 
The CSIRO permanent plots are situated in Tropical Ironbark Woodlands, and extend across four leasehold cattle properties that lie within an area approximately 50km by 50km. The plots represent three vegetation management strategies, namely: 1) clearing (where all trees and shrubs are removed); 2) thinning (where ground and midstorey vegetation is removed); and 3) unmodiﬁed native woodlands where signiﬁcant thinning or clearing has not occurred. Within each 1 ha site, eight five-minute diurnal bird counts are conducted over a four day period. Two counts are completed per day at each site: one count in the morning within three hours of sunrise and the other a minimum of three hours after this period and before sunset.
This is part of a much larger dataset that spans from 2004 to 2013. Note that previous studies were undertaken at 60 permanent 1 hectare plots and that this data is accessible as a composite data package:
Metcalfe, D; Vanderduys, E (2014): Desert Uplands Plot Network: Bird Count Data and Notes, Northern Queensland, Australia, 2013. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern2.145.23/html
The Desert Uplands research plots commenced in 2004, and have been revisited in 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2013. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Desert Uplands Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/desert-uplands

Tags: Birds, Grazing domestic livestock
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Annual 1976-2005 mean of annual precipitation: eMAST-R-Package 2.0, 0.01 degree, Australian Coverage

Annual mean precipitation for the Australian continent for the baseline climatic average of monthly 1976-2005 data. Modelled using eMAST-R-Package 2.0

Tags: 04 EARTH SCIENCES, 0401 Atmospheric Sciences
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Victorian Alpine Plot Network (Alpine Summit Plots): Lowland-to-highland Roadside Transects Walking Track Data, South-East Highlands, Australia, 2015

This Victorian Alpine Plot Walking Track data package comprises transect-based vegetation data for Lowland-to-highland Roadside Walking Track Transects in the South-East Highlands, Australia. Plots are numbered chronologically along the transects. The transects follow three walking tracks in the Victorian Alps.  Each track is divided into 200 m long, 3-4 m wide plots. Within each plot, exotic species are identified and are assigned abundance scores. The distance point of the first occurrence of each species is also noted within each plot.
The Alpine Summit plots study, which commenced in 2001, forms part of the collection of data packages by the Victorian Alpine Plot Network.  A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Victorian Alpine Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/victorian-alpine.

Tags: Alpine National Park, Altitudinal gradient, Compositional changes, Individual plants, Plant species abundance, Plant species composition, Species richness, Vegetation structure, Weed invasion
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Woodland Restoration Plot Network: Climatic Drought Index Data, Western Sydney Parklands (Western Sydney Regional Park), Australia, 1887-2014

The Woodland Restoration Plot Network Drought data package contains Hutchinson’s Drought Indices calculated for the Prospect Reservoir, a location in close proximity of the Woodland Restoration Plot Network plots. The Hutchinson climatic drought indices were invented by Professor Michael Hutchinson at the Australian National University in 1992. Professor Hutchinson designed two indices to reflect the duration and the severity of agricultural droughts using precipitation data. Professor Hutchinson subsequently collaborated with Mr Ivan Hanigan at LTERN to extend the drought indices with new methods, and a computer program was written to compute the indices using a range of climatic data sources.   The Woodland Restoration Plot Network Drought data package was created from three different data sources: 1) the Bureau of Meteorology Station data 1887-2014, 2) the Australian Water Availability Project’s gridded climate data 1900-2014 and 3) the TERN EMAST gridded climate data 1970-2012.  The project conducted a comparative analysis of the different climatic data sources, which differ in terms of their temporal extent and spatial resolution.  
A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Woodland Restoration Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/woodland-restoration

Tags: Climate change, Drought, On plot weather, Precipitation, Rainfall data
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index: NARCliM dataset: ~50km resolution, 2020-2039 period, CSIRO-MK3.0 and R1 ensemble member

NSW Office of Environment and Heritage Macarthur Forest Fire Danger index.  Modelled fire frequency projections at ~50km resolution for 2020-2039 period using CSIRO-MK3.0 and R1 ensemble member using the WRF 3.3 model.  This product will provide policy makers, land managers and researchers access to accurate and temporally fine scaled information with which to make hazard reduction and management strategies.

Tags: EARTH SCIENCES
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - NR_TOWRA Vegetation Survey

Vegetation Survey in Towra Point NR funded by the Foundation for National Parks. The NR_TOWRA(Vegetation Survey in Towra Point NR funded by the Foundation for National Parks) Survey is part of the Vegetation Information System Survey Program of New South Wales which is a series of systematic vegetation surveys conducted across the state between 1970 and the present.

Tags: Acacia dimidiata, Acmena smithii (Poir.) Merr. & L.M.Perry, Banksia integrifolia L.f., Breynia oblongifolia (Mull.Arg.) Mull.Arg., Casuarina glauca Sieber ex Spreng., Cayratia clematidea (F.Muell.) Domin, Chrysanthemoides monilifera subsp. rotundata (DC.) Norl., Cissus antarctica Vent., Clematis glycinoides DC., Cortaderia selloana (Schult. & Schult.f.) Asch. & Graebn., Crotalaria medicaginea var. linearis, Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers., Desmodium varians (Labill.) G.Don, Disturbance, Ehrharta erecta Lam., Entolasia stricta (R.Br.) Hughes, Eremophila goodwinii, Erosion, Eucalyptus leucophloia subsp. euroa, Eustrephus latifolius R.Br. ex Ker Gawl., Excoecaria parvifolia, Flora, Gahnia clarkei Benl, Geitonoplesium cymosum (R.Br.) A.Cunn. ex Hook., Geology, Glochidion ferdinandi, Glochidion ferdinandi (Mull.Arg.) F.M.Bailey, Hibbertia scandens (Willd.) Gilg, Juncus continuus L.A.S.Johnson, Juncus kraussii subsp. australiensis Hochst., Landscape, Lantana camara L., Lithology, Lomandra longifolia Labill., Maclura cochinchinensis (Lour.) Corner, Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cav.) S.T.Blake, Microlaena stipoides (Labill.) R.Br., Monotoca elliptica (Sm.) R.Br., Myrsine variabilis R.Br., Notelaea longifolia Vent., Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata (Wall. ex G.Don) Cif., Oplismenus aemulus (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult., Oplismenus imbecillis (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult., Owenia acidula, Parsonsia straminea (R.Br.) F.Muell., Pellaea falcata (R.Br.) Fee, Pittosporum revolutum Dryand. ex W.T.Aiton, Plantago debilis, Platycerium bifurcatum (Cav.) C.Chr., Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne, Pterocaulon redolens, Rhaphidophora sp., Samolus repens (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Pers., Sloanea australis subsp. parviflora, Smilax glyciphylla Sm., Soil, Species Presence/Abundance, Sporobolus virginicus (L.) Kunth, Stenotaphrum secundatum (Walter) Kuntze, Syzygium paniculatum Gaertn., Tetragonia tetragonioides (Pall.) Kuntze, Vegetation Structure
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Strategic Prospectivity Zones (Mineral Resources Tasmania)

The Mining (Strategic Prospectivity Zones) Act 1993 recognises the high mineral prospectivity of many areas of Tasmania.  Within the Strategic Prospectivity Zones (SPZ) there are restrictions on changes of the status of parcels of Crown Land.
The status of Crown land parcels &lt;500 ha in size can only be changed with the agreement of the Director of Mines; those of &gt; 500 ha in size cannot be changed without the approval of both houses of parliament.  Should a change in land status made by the State have the effect of revoking a mining lease or an exploration licence, the tenement holder is entitled to compensation. The State is, however, not responsible for actions of the Australian Government which may preclude exploration or mining. activity, such as the nomination of parcels of land for World Heritage status.
Changes in status of land can also be made in extreme circumstances, for example if a species of flora or fauna was to become rare, vulnerable or endangered as a result of mining activity, or where an area having cultural or natural heritage value could suffer substantial effects as a result of mining operations. In these cases the Crown may, after a recommendation from the Resource Planning and Development Commission and some Ministers, change the status of that piece of land, and compensation is payable for this action.

Tags: BOUNDARIES-Administrative, GEOSCIENCES-Any, INDUSTRY-Mining, MINERALS-Any
Organization: Tasmania Government's The List Data
Mining Lease Data (Mineral Resources Tasmania)

Mining Lease polygons and production licence polygons for all mineral categories across Tasmania, with tenement information derived from the TIGER system; administered by Mineral Resources Tasmania (MRT), Department of State Growth. Mining Lease polygons delineate areas in which lease holders are permitted to conduct mining operations. Mining Leases may be granted over both Crown and private land, so long as that land falls under the Mineral Resources Development Act 1995. Mining operations include: obtaining and treating minerals, storing and containing minerals or waste material generated on a lease or another area, and activities associated with mining. Mining also includes production activities in relation to a category 4 mineral or a category 6 mineral.

Tags: BOUNDARIES-Administrative, GEOSCIENCES-Geology
Organization: Tasmania Government's The List Data
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - JTH_EM Vegetation Survey

Vegetation Survey site of Region: EM. The JTH_EM(Vegetation Survey site of Region: EM) Survey is part of the Vegetation Information System Survey Program of New South Wales which is a series of systematic vegetation surveys conducted across the state between 1970 and the present.

Tags: Aristida personata Henrard, Baloskion sp., Cassinia quinquefaria R.Br., Cheilanthes sieberi Kunze subsp. sieberi, Chrysocephalum apiculatum (Labill.) Steetz, Cymbopogon refractus (R.Br.) A.Camus, Denhamia pittosporoides subsp. pittosporoides, Dichondra repens, Disturbance, Erosion, Eucalyptus blakelyi Maiden, Eucalyptus caliginosa Blakely & McKie, Euchiton sp., Flora, Geology, Gleichenia sp., Goodenia hederacea Sm. subsp. hederacea, Hibbertia melhanioides, Lithology, Lomandra longifolia Labill., Lomandra multiflora (R.Br.) Britten subsp. multiflora, Microlaena stipoides (Labill.) R.Br. var. stipoides, Ocimum tenuiflorum, Premna acuminata, Pultenaea linophylla Schrad. & J.C.Wendl., Rubus anglocandicans A.Newton, Senna artemisioides subsp. coriacea, Soil, Solanum corifolium, Sonchus sp., Species Presence/Abundance, Themeda australis Forssk., Trigonostemon inopinatus, Vegetation Structure, Wahlenbergia stricta (R.Br.) Sweet subsp. stricta
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Exploration Licence Data (Mineral Resources Tasmania)

Current Exploration Licence polygons (including applications and exploration release areas) across Tasmania, with tenement information derived from the Tasmanian Information on Geoscience and Exploration Resources (TIGER) system; administered by Mineral Resources Tasmania (MRT), Department of State Growth.
Exploration licence polygons delineate areas in which licence holders are permitted to explore for the listed categories of minerals:
Category 1:  metallic minerals and atomic substances;
Category 2:  coal, peat, lignite, oil shale and coal seam gas;
Category 3:  rock, stone, gravel, sand and clay used in construction, bricks and ceramics;
Category 4:  petroleum products except oil shale;
Category 5:  industrial minerals, precious stones, semi-precious stones;
Category 6:  any geothermal substance. 
Exploration licences may be granted over both Crown and private land, so long as that land falls under the Mineral Resources Development Act 1995. Mineral exploration activities may include: geological, geophysical and geochemical surveys, drilling, and taking samples of rock, soil, water or other substances for analysis. Mining is not an exploration activity and cannot occur on an exploration licence.

Tags: GEOSCIENCES Geology, INDUSTRY Mining
Organization: Tasmania Government's The List Data
Mining Lease Data - Non Current (Mineral Resources Tasmania)

Non-current mining Lease polygons and production licence polygons for all mineral categories across Tasmania, with tenement information derived from the TIGER system; administered by Mineral Resources Tasmania (MRT), Department of State Growth. 
Non-current records include leases that were registered but never granted (application withdraw, lapsed or refused) as well as leases that were granted and later ceased to be current (e.g. expired, surrendered, renewal refused, revoked etc.).  In cases where a partial surrender was approved during the term of the lease, only the final area is represented in this dataset.
Mining Lease polygons delineate areas in which lease holders are permitted to conduct mining operations. Mining Leases may be granted over both Crown and private land, so long as that land falls under the Mineral Resources Development Act 1995. Mining operations include: obtaining and treating minerals, storing and containing minerals or waste material generated on a lease or another area, and activities associated with mining. Mining also includes production activities in relation to a category 4 mineral or a category 6 mineral.

Tags: BOUNDARIES-Administrative, GEOSCIENCES-Geology
Organization: Tasmania Government's The List Data
Exploration Licence Data - Non Current (Mineral Resources Tasmania)

Non-current Exploration Licence polygons across Tasmania, with tenement information derived from the Tasmanian Information on Geoscience and Exploration Resources (TIGER) system; administered by Mineral Resources Tasmania (MRT), Department of State Growth.
Non-current licences includes licences which were registered but never granted (e.g. application was withdrawn, lapsed or refused) as well as licences that were granted and later ceased to be current (expired, surrendered, renewal refused etc.).  In cases where a partial surrender was approved during the term of the exploration licence, only the final area is represented in this dataset.
Exploration licence polygons delineate areas in which licence holders are permitted to explore for the listed categories of minerals. Exploration licences may be granted over both Crown and private land, so long as that land falls under the Mineral Resources Development Act 1995. Mineral exploration activities may include: geological, geophysical and geochemical surveys, drilling, and taking samples of rock, soil, water or other substances for analysis. Mining is not an exploration activity and cannot occur on an exploration licence.

Tags: BOUNDARIES-Administrative, GEOSCIENCES-Geology
Organization: Tasmania Government's The List Data