AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Native Woody Vegetation Mapping of the NSW Wheat-belt VIS_ID 1633

This map and report (cited below) present the results of research on the rate of change of native woody vegetation in the Central New South Wales wheatbelt. The study was carried out over three years and analysed vegetation change between the 1980s and 2000.
The project tested methods to map changes in native woody vegetation using direct visual inspection of readily available Landsat TM satellite imagery. NPWS mapping of native woody vegetation types within the wheatbelt provided the 1980s baseline information for the study. Clearing was identified on the satellite images and digitised. The resulting clearing maps were used to produce updated maps of remaining native woody vegetation for each monitoring period.
Systematic validation of the mapping was done by comparison with specially flown, fine-scale aerial photography. Validation results showed that the mapping consistently and accurately distinguished between clearing and areas of no-change with typical accuracy rates of approximately 95%. (VIS_ID 1633; ANZNS0208000146)

Tags: Vegetation
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Repealed - State Environmental Planning Policy No 33-Hazardous and Offensive Development

This is a repealed State Environmental Planning Policy and has been superseded by the State Environmental Planning Policy (Resilience and Hazards) 2021 as part of the Department's initiative to consolidate State Environmental Planning Policies to simplify and provide certainty to the planning system.
Click here to go to the State Environmental Planning Policy (Resilience and Hazards) 2021 Open Data page: https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/opendata/dataset/state-environmental-planning-policy-resilience-and-hazards-2021
Go to the following link to find out more about the new consolidated SEPPs: https://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/Policy-and-Legislation/State-Environmental-Planning-Policies/Consolidated-state-environmental-planning-policies
This historical record represents Hazardous and Offensive Development for State Environmental Planning Policy.

Tags: HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT-Planning, Hazardous and Offensive Development, Repealed SEPP, SEPP, SEPP consolidation, State Environmental Planning Policy, planning
Organization: NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure
Greater Sydney South Predictive Habitat Mapping

Habitat maps (presence-absence models, presence-only models or habitat maps derived directly from vegetation mapping) were developed using ArcView for fauna of conservation concern and priority pest species. This included threatened (Threatened Species Conservation Act), declining and culturally significant species as well as introduced fauna. These have been widely reviewed by fauna experts, naturalists, academics and land managers in the area. These maps should be viewed in conjunction with Volumes  1 and 2 of the report series for this project.
Study Area extends from Wollongong LGA in the south east, west to Blue Mountains and Kanangra-Boyd NPs, and includes the Warragamba, Woronora and Blue Mountains Special Areas, plus parts of the southern Cumberland Plain
File names for each grid are the common name for each species (as per the Atlas of NSW Wildlife), abbreviated if necessary to 13 characters.
For more information see:
DECC (2007) Terrestrial Vertebrate Fauna of the Greater Southern Sydney Region. Volumes 1-5. A joint project between the Sydney Catchment Authority and the Department of Environment and Climate Change by the Information and Assessment Section, Metropolitan Climate Change and Environment Protection Group, Department of Environment and Climate Change (NSW).

Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Remnant Vegetation Mapping of the Cumberland Plain (crown cover less than 10%). VIS_ID 2222

Extant vegetation coverage of the Cumberland Plain, Western Sydney. Modelled from Aerial Photographic Interpretation (API) and includes spatial extent of remnants, the vegetation community present and the overall condition of remnants. Contemporary vegetation cover, crown cover less than 10%  .  ANZNS0208000073
VIS_ID 2222

Tags: Vegetation
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Assessment of Near Future Change in Hydrology of Wetlands in HGL of the ACT 2017 (2nd Ed)

This dataset supersedes all earlier versions of 'Assessment of Near Future Change in Hydrology of Wetlands in HGL of the ACT '. It incorporates HGL boundary and management area edits based on updated soil landscape mapping for the ACT.
The focus of this dataset is climate change impacts on hydrological parameters of wetlands in the Australian Capital Territory. It contains digital spatial data developed to assist in land management decision making in the ACT. The dataset contains an assessment of the change brought about by climate change on the groundwater, surface water and precipitation components of wetland water balances. Three selected regional climate projection ensembles from the NARCliM (NSW/ACT Regional Climate Modelling) project were used in the assessment – multimodel mean, CCCMA3.1-R2 and ECHAM5-R3. Only near-future (1990-2009 to 2020-2039) projections were considered.
Each variable was considered using annual and seasonal time periods. Field names in the dataset follow the following format:
Field name = MODEL_HYDRO VARIABLE_TIME PERIOD_VARIABLE  
MODEL 
C – Consensus (NARCliM Multimodel Consensus Scenario) 
W – Wetter (NARCliM CCCMA3.1-R2 Wetter Scenario) 
D – Drier (NARCliM ECHAM5-R3 Drier Scenario)
HYDRO VARIABLE   
P – Precipitation 
S – Surface water 
G – Groundwater
TIME PERIOD 
A – Annual 
S – Seasonality
VARIABLE  
AC –  Absolute change (mm) 
PC – Percent change (%) 
MC – Magnitude of change 
C – Current seasonality 
NF – Near future seasonality
Hydrogeological landscape (HGL) unit boundaries developed as part of the broader ACT Hydrogeological Landscapes (HGL) Framework project where used to constrain the outputs for this hydrological assessment in the ACT. In all, there are 25 HGL defined. A weighted mean was used to calculate values for each HGL unit based on the proportions of corresponding 10km gridded data from the NARCliM data set.
The outcomes suggest that the consensus scenario is the better outcome for wetlands, and despite an increase in annual volumes, the level of seasonal change in found in both the wetter and dryer scenarios poses a risk to wetlands. It is also important to note that the levels of annual water source increase predicted in the wetter scenario may also have negative impacts on wetlands.
Spatial resolution of this product is 1:50 000.

Tags: Climate Change, Land Degradation, Land Management, Wetlands
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Soil Landscapes of the Canberra 1:100,000 Sheet

This map is one of a series of soil landscape products that are intended for all of central and eastern NSW, based on standard 1:100,000 and 1:250,000 topographic sheets. The map provides an inventory of soil and landscape properties of the area and identifies major soil and landscape qualities and constraints. It integrates soil and topographic features into single units with relatively uniform land management requirements. Soils are described in terms of soil materials in addition to the Australian Soil Classification and the Great Soil Group systems.
Related Datasets: The dataset area is also covered by the mapping of the Soil and Land Resources of the Australian Capital Territory Catchment (ACT).
Online Maps: This and related datasets can be viewed using eSPADE (NSW’s soil spatial viewer), which contains a suite of soil and landscape information including soil profile data. Many of these datasets have hot-linked soil reports. An alternative viewer is the SEED Map; an ideal way to see what other natural resources datasets (e.g. vegetation) are available for this map area.
Reference: Jenkins B.R., 2000, Soil Landscapes of the Canberra 1:100,000 Sheet map and report, Department of Land and Water Conservation, Sydney.

Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
NSW Native vegetation report Cobbora, Coolah, Coonabarabran, Mendooran, Tambar Springs 1: 100 000 map sheets VIS_ID 2104

"Native vegetation is described and mapped for the Cobbora, Coolah, Coonabarabran, Mendooran and Tambar Springs 1: 100 000 map sheets. Vegetation patterns were recognised and delineated spatially using air photo interpretation (1:50,000 scale). Satellite imagery was used to geo-reference the API. A consistent provisional vegetation code was assigned to each unique vegetation pattern. Comprehensive floristic data was collected for 547 plots using a random stratified sampling procedure.  A proportional sampling regime was applied to the stratification and plots randomly located within stratification units independent of land tenure. An additional mask layer was applied to distinguish between 'woody' and 'non-woody' vegetation to target survey effort toward wooded communities.  ;
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Plot data was classified into 44 woody floristic groups using PATN. Additional analysis techniques included fidelity, homogeneity, nearest neighbour and indicator species analysis. Floristic groups are defined using structural dominance, diagnostic/indicator species and character species data. The provisional vegetation pattern codes from aerial photo interpretation were interrogated with respect to floristic groups to produce the map units. A generalised, additive model was used to investigate patterns in ironbark/redgum/pine assemblages in the south of the study area, where direct relationships between spatial and floristic data were unclear. ;
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A total of 24 woody map units were developed to represent woody assemblages and three map units spatially depict non-woody areas, non-native areas and regenerating vegetation (at time of mapping). These map units are described with respect to structure, floristic composition and landform unit on the accompanying five maps. Mapping of the non-woody environment was limited to recognising 'candidate' native non-woody vegetation.";
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VIS_ID 2104

Tags: Vegetation
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
LGA Authority Reference Web App (copy)

Access APIMetadata Portal Metadata InformationContent TitleContent TypeHosted Feature Layer, Web Map, Web Application, Aerial Imagery, Basemap, Table, Scene Layer/Scene Layer Package, Datastore, 2D Data, 3D Data, Other, Other DocumentDescriptionInitial Publication DateDD/MM/YYYYData CurrencyDD/MM/YYYYData Update FrequencyDaily, Weekly, Fortnightly, Monthly, Quarterly, Half-Yearly, Yearly, Other, APIContent SourceWebsite URL, API, Data provider files, OtherFile TypeCSV (.csv), EPS, ESRI File Geodatabase (.gdb), ESRI Shapefile (.shp), Excel (.xlsx), Geography Markup Language (.gml), GeoPDF, GPS Exchange Format (.gpx), GeoJSON, Industry Foundation Classes (IFC), JSON, Keyhole Markup Language (.kml), Keyhole Markup Language Zip (.kmz), MapInfo (.tab), Scene Layer Package (.slpk), TIFF, Web Feature Service, Well Known Text (*.wkt), Document, Imagery Layer, Map Feature Service, Document LinkAttributionData Theme, Classification or Relationship to other DatasetsAccuracySpatial Reference System (dataset)GDA94, GDA2020, WGS84, OtherSpatial Reference System (web service)EPSG:4326, EPSG:3857, EPSG:900913, OtherWGS84 Equivalent ToGDA94, GDA2020, OtherSpatial ExtentContent LineageData ClassificationBusiness Impact Levels (BIL), Commercial, Confidential, For Office Use Only, NSW:Sensitive Law Enforcement, Protected, Secret, Sensitive:Cabinet, Sensitive:Health Information, Sensitive:Legal, Sensitive:Personal, Sensitive:NSW Cabinet, Sensitive:NSW Government, Top Secret, UnclassifiedData Access PolicyOpen, Shared, Restricted, Withdrawn from ServiceData QualityTerms and ConditionsCreative Commons, Data Sharing Agreement, Memorandum of Understanding, Restricted Licence, Standard LicenceStandard and SpecificationData CustodianPoint of ContactData AggregatorData DistributorAdditional Supporting InformationTRIM Number

Organization: Spatial Services (DCS)
NSW Biodiversity Outlook Report: First assessment data packages

This landing page is the collection of links to data packages supporting the 2020 outlook report (first assessment) of the NSW Biodiversity Indicator Program. 
This is not the latest NSW biodiversity outlook report. Up-to-date publications  as well as links to their corresponding data packages can be found on the NSW biodiversity outlook report page.
NSW Biodiversity Indicator Program
The Biodiversity Indicator Program reports on the state and trends over time of biodiversity and ecological integrity in New South Wales. The program was established by the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016. We have developed a framework of indicators to help scientists, managers and policy-makers understand the current state of biodiversity, how it has changed from the past, and how it is likely to change in the future. 
NSW biodiversity outlook report
The NSW biodiversity outlook report is a summary of the state of biodiversity and ecological integrity in New South Wales. It is based on rigorous science and has been peer reviewed by recognised experts. New reports are published from time to time as data become available and are analysed. Each report covers the set of indicators from the framework that have been developed and are ready for publication at that time. Case studies are used as auxiliary information to provide further insights.
Supplemental report cards
The 2020 outlook report was supplemented by 2 separate report cards for new indicators developed after the publication of the outlook report. These report cards provided results for the indicators: invasive species and community appreciation of biodiversity.
Data packages
Each data package consists of tabular results and raw output such as spatial layers. Data packages provide supporting information for the NSW biodiversity outlook report and associated report cards. Data packages reflect results as presented in their corresponding report card and outlook report, creating an archive of the indicator results at the time of analysis. 
Implementation reports
Implementation reports describe in technical detail how indicators are calculated. In combination with the corresponding data package, indicator results can be replicated by anyone with sufficient technical expertise.
Indicators are continually improved
Results may differ between reports due to continual improvements in science and data. The Biodiversity Indicator Program is committed to continually improving indicators, so we update results where methods and data have improved since the results were previously reported. There can be lags between when changes in the state of biodiversity happen, when data become available for analysis, and when we publish results. Our process ensures that our science and research supports our decision making with the best available evidence at the time.

Tags: bip-2020-biodiversity-outlook-report
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Soil Landscapes of the Kiama 1:100,000 Sheet

This map is one of a series of soil landscape maps that are intended for all of central and eastern NSW, based on standard 1:100,000 and 1:250,000 topographic sheets. The map provides an inventory of soil and landscape properties of the area and identifies major soil and landscape qualities and constraints. It integrates soil and topographic features into single units with relatively uniform land management requirements. Soils are described in terms of soil materials in addition to the Great Soil Group and Northcote classification systems.
Related Datasets: The dataset area is also covered by the mapping of the Soil and Land Resources of the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment and Acid Sulphate Soil Risk Mapping.
Online Maps: This and related datasets can be viewed using eSPADE (NSW’s soil spatial viewer), which contains a suite of soil and landscape information including soil profile data. Many of these datasets have hot-linked soil reports. An alternative viewer is the SEED Map; an ideal way to see what other natural resources datasets (e.g. vegetation) are available for this map area.
Reference: Hazelton P.A., 1992, Soil Landscapes of the Kiama 1:100,000 Sheet map and report, Department of Conservation and Land Management, Sydney.

Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Soil Landscapes of the Michelago 1:100,000 Sheet

This map is one of a series of soil landscape maps that are intended for all of central and eastern NSW, based on standard 1:100,000 and 1:250,000 topographic sheets. The map provides an inventory of soil and landscape properties of the area and identifies major soil and landscape qualities and constraints. It integrates soil and topographic features into single units with relatively uniform land management requirements. Soils are described in terms of soil materials in addition to the Great Soil Group and Northcote systems.
Online Maps: This dataset can be viewed using eSPADE (NSW’s soil spatial viewer), which contains a suite of soil and landscape information including soil profile data. Many of these datasets have hot-linked soil reports. An alternative viewer is the SEED Map; an ideal way to see what other natural resources datasets (e.g. vegetation) are available for this map area.
Reference: Jenkins B.R., 1993, Soil Landscapes of the Michelago 1:100,000 Sheet map and report, Department of Conservation and Land Management, Sydney.

Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
NSW seabed reef extent derived from marine lidar, multibeam and aerial imagery

Rocky reef polygons were delineated from bathymetry data for the NSW seabed. Bathymetry data was sourced from marine lidar data, multibeam echosounder data and aerial imagery. Reef polygons were extracted from the seabed landforms polygons for the statewide marine lidar and multibeam surveys for Wollongong and Shellharbour (See below for associated SEED records). For the remaining areas, reef polygons were sourced from the ‘NSW subtidal marine habitat layer’ on SEED which included reef polygons manually digitised from multibeam surveys acquired from 2005-2017. 
Sources of reef polygons: 
https://datasets.seed.nsw.gov.au/dataset/nsw-seabed-landforms-derived-from-marine-lidar-data-2022
https://datasets.seed.nsw.gov.au/dataset/wollongong-seabed-landforms-derived-from-mbes-data-2022
https://datasets.seed.nsw.gov.au/dataset/shellharbour-seabed-landforms-derived-from-mbes-data-2022
https://datasets.seed.nsw.gov.au/dataset/nsw-marine-habitat-data

Tags: MARINE, MARINE-Coasts, MARINE-Geology-and-Geophysics, MARINE-Reefs, Multibeam sonar, Reefs, Seabed, Seabed habitats, marine lidar
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Upper Murray Central Reserves Vegetation 2005. VIS_ID 4196

This combined Bogandyera Nature Reserve, Clarkes Hill Nature Reserve and Jingellic Nature Reserve vegetation map was finalised in 2005.  It is actually a subset of VIS_ID 4197 which covers a rectangle area of the central section of the Upper Murray River Catchment, clipped to these three reserves.
NPWS Snowy Mountains Region, Upper Murray Area had sought tenders for vegetation mapping of these three new reserves in September 2003.  The vegetation maps of the reserves were based on the analysis of pre-existing survey data (including Southern Comprehensive Regional Assessment CRAFTI mapping), new survey data acquired as part of this project, aerial photo interpretation, and field and office validation of the results of the air photo interpretation.
The attribute table does not contain textual descriptions so its useability is questionable without a report or look up table. 
VIS_ID 4196

Tags: Vegetation
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Persistence of ecosystems (including undiscovered species) (vascular plants)

This indicator measures the proportion of ecosystem diversity that is still existing or likely to persist based on a classification of known and undiscovered taxonomic groupings of species. The results presented here are for vascular plants. Future variants of this indicator will include results for other taxonomic groups. 
The persistence of ecosystems indicator 2.2c, reported here, is one of a series of indicators on the status of biodiversity and ecological integrity in NSW developed 
to contribute to assessing the performance of the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016. The overarching indicator framework which outlines how indicators are related and derived is presented in the “method to assess biodiversity and ecological integrity across New South Wales” (OEH 2018a). 

Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Aboriginal cultural heritage vulnerability to bushfires and prescribed burning

Bushfire is an ever-present force in the Australian Bush. However, the majority of Aboriginal Cultural Heritage (ACH) remains unrecorded, and the impact of bushfires on that heritage is not well understood or predicted. As a bushfire moves through the landscape and encounters various types of ACH the vulnerability of that heritage will depend on the fire behaviour; the location of the heritage material (such as if it is on the surface or subsurface); the nature of the heritage object and its vulnerability to radiant of convective heat, embers, soot, smoke or other outputs of a fire burning through fuel. Understanding the predicted vulnerability of ACH is difficult as in any actual fire these variables and their impact on the heritage are difficult to accurately predict. The ACH Vulnerability to Bushfire Product is a first step towards better predicting the vulnerability of both known and unknown ACH to Bushfire.
The ACH Vulnerability to Bushfire product is an initial attempt to map the vulnerability of Aboriginal Culture and Heritage to bushfire across NSW. It is based on the modelled potential distribution of ACH across the landscape in NSW as mapped in the Aboriginal Sites Decision Support Tool (ASDST)1. The product, and its method of derivation, has a range of applications to assess the vulnerability of various Natural Hazards or management actions to Aboriginal heritage.
The effectiveness of the vulnerability product is based on developing a landscape scale understanding of the distribution of recorded Aboriginal Sites in NSW and applying a basic approach to produce a landscape-wide risk map that can be used to assess the vulnerability of ACH. The use of predictive methods is necessary to address the gap in knowledge about Aboriginal heritage in its totality across landscape – the majority of Aboriginal heritage has not been recorded due to gaps in where survey and assessment for Aboriginal heritage have been undertaken. Thus, the vulnerability product assists spatial assessment of the risk to all potential Aboriginal heritage in a landscape – in addition to the recorded Aboriginal heritage listed in the Aboriginal heritage information management system (AHIMS)2

Tags: HAZARDS-Fire, HERITAGE-Aboriginal, HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT-Planning
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water