AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
NSW Forest Carbon Stock - Aboveground, Belowground and Dead Organic Matter Carbon Mass 1990-2020

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

Tags: Forest Ecosystems, carbon sequestration
Organization: NSW Natural Resources Commission
Kosciuszko National Park Resorts Vegetation Bullocks Flat 2003 VIS_ID 4837

Vegetation of Bullocks Flat, Kosciuszko Resorts Vegetation Assessment 2003.
Associated Report:
"Kosciuszcko Resorts Vegetation Assessment", Ecology Australia 2003
Fieldwork was carried out on 19-29 March 2002.  A random sampling strategy was employed using the recent air photographs as a guide to the range of vegetation types present.  Sampling points were chosen to represent variation in the vegetation observed in the field.  Quadrat sizes were as follows:
*    25 m2: bogs, herbfields and grasslands
*  100 m2:  heaths and woodland.
A total of 216 quadrats were sampled.  The following number of quadrats were sampled at the respective resorts:
Thredbo         72
Perisher            54
Charlottes Pass 48
Bullocks Flat       14
Mt Selwyn       28
An additional 40 quadrats, previously surveyed at Thredbo in 2000 (J. Miles unpubl. data), were also analysed with the data set. In each quadrat all vascular plant species observed were recorded and assigned a visually assessed cover/abundance value from the modified Braun-Blanquet scale (Gullan 1978).
Vegetation mapping was based on Air Photo Interpretation (API) of 2002 1:8000 air photos, field checking and interpretation of the quadrat data.
VIS_ID 4837

Tags: Bullocks Flat, kosciuszko, nsw, plant community, vegetation
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Blue Mountains Railway 3D May 2024

Access APIMetadata Portal Metadata InformationContent TitleBlue Mountains Railway 3D May 2024Content TypeScene Layer/Scene Layer PackageDescriptionNSW Transport Theme Railway represents a permanent way of having one or more rail lines which provide tracks for vehicles. A railway can be heavy rails, light rail, monorail and heavy rail siding, for example a railway, tramway or monorail.Initial Publication Date01/05/2024Data Currency01/05/2024Data Update FrequencyOtherContent SourceData provider filesFile TypeScene Layer Package (*.slpk)AttributionData Theme, Classification or Relationship to other DatasetsTransport Theme of the NSW Foundation Spatial Data FrameworkAccuracyThe dataset maintains a positional relationship to, and alignment with, the Lot and Property digital datasets. The Lot and Property data was captured by digitising the best available cadastral mapping at a variety of scales and accuracies, ranging from 1:500 to 1:250 000 according to the National Mapping Council of Australia, Standards of Map Accuracy (1975). Therefore, the position of the feature instance will be within 0.5mm at the map scale for 90% of the well-defined points. That is 1:500 = 0.25m, 1:2000 = 1m, 1:4000 = 2m, 1:25000 = 12.5m, 1:50000 = 25m and 1:00000 = 50m. A program of positional upgrade (accuracy improvement) is currently underway. Feature heights have been derived from LiDAR elevation sources including 1m and 2m DEMS. The data used to create the DEMs have an accuracy of 0.3m (95% Confidence Interval) vertical and 0.8m (95% Confidence Interval) horizontal. The features vertical accuracy is also a function of its horizon.Spatial Reference System (dataset)WGS84Spatial Reference System (web service)EPSG:4326WGS84 Equivalent ToGDA2020Spatial ExtentContent LineageData ClassificationUnclassifiedData Access PolicyOpenData QualityTerms and ConditionsCreative CommonsStandard and SpecificationData CustodianSpatial Services | Department of Customer ServicesPoint of ContactSS-SDS@customerservice.nsw.gov.auData AggregatorSpatial Services | Department of Customer ServicesData DistributorSpatial Services | Department of Customer ServicesAdditional Supporting InformationOpen Geospatial Consortium (OGC) implemented and compatible for the consumption by common GIS platforms. Available as either cache or non-cache, depending on client use or requirement.TRIM Number

Tags: 3D, Blue Mountain, Railway, Transport
Organization: Spatial Services (DCS)
Google Earth Engine Burnt Area Map (GEEBAM)

PLEASE NOTE: 
__ GEEBAM is an interim product and there is no ground truthing or assessment of accuracy. Fire Extent and Severity Mapping (FESM) data should be used for accurate information on fire severity and loss of biomass in relation to bushfires.__
The intention of this dataset was to provide a rapid assessment of fire impact.
In collaboration with the University of NSW, the NSW Department of Planning Infrastructure and Environment (DPIE) Remote Sensing and Landscape Science team has developed a rapid mapping approach to find out where wildfires in NSW have affected vegetation. We call it the Google Earth Engine Burnt Area Map (GEEBAM) and it relies on Sentinel 2 satellite imagery. The product output is a TIFF image with a resolution of 15m.
Burnt Area Classes: 


Little change observed between pre and post fire 


Canopy unburnt - A green canopy within the fire ground that may act as refugia for native fauna, may be affected by fire 


Canopy partially affected - A mix of burnt and unburnt canopy vegetation 


Canopy fully affected -The canopy and understorey are most likely burnt


Using GEEBAM at a local scale requires visual interpretation with reference to satellite imagery. This will ensure the best results for each fire or vegetation class. 
Important Note: GEEBAM is an interim product and there is no ground truthing or assessment of accuracy. It is updated fortnightly.
Please see Google Earth Engine Burnt Area Factsheet

Tags: Biodiversity Assessment, Burnt Areas, Canopy, Refugia, Wildfires
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Vegetation survey and mapping of Warrumbungle National Park, 2008. VIS_ID 4017

Vegetation survey and mapping of Warrumbungle National Park in 2008, commissioned by NPWS Narrabri Region. Nine communities were determined based on floristic analysis of 20 x 20 m survey sites, and described using dominant species and structural characteristics. Vegetation communities were mapped using ground truthing, position in landscape and stereo interpretation of aerial photos captured at 1:50,000. Lineage and attribution accuracy are unknown, however some anomalies have been identified by NPWS staff.  VIS_ID 4017

Tags: PCT, Vegetation
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Central Inland Glossy Black Cockatoo Foraging Habitat

Mapping of Glossy Black-Cockatoo foraging habitat in the Central Inland project area (approximately from Parkes to Narrabri in NSW). The composite vegetation map was derived from 16 existing vegetation maps of varying age and quality which were ranked in order to determine which spatial data and vegetation classifications were expressed in the final map. 
Plant Community Types (PCT)/vegetation communities were classified as high-quality Glossy Black-Cockatoo foraging habitat if either Casuarina cristata, Allocasuarina diminuta, A. gymnanthera, A. verticillata, A. littoralis and/or A. torulosa were present and as moderate-quality if Allocasuarina luehmannii only was present.
Sites from the PCT/vegetation communities with the greatest area within the study area were surveyed in the field to confirm the presence of the key foraging species

Tags: Allocasuarina, Casuarina, Central Inland, Conservation, Foraging, Glossy Black-Cockatoo, Goobang, Goonoo, Habitat, National Parks, Pilliga, State Forest, Vegetation Mapping
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Remote Sensing Detection of Native Grasslands in South Eastern Highlands of NSW. VIS_ID 3917

Remote sensing detection of native grasslands in the South Eastern Highlands, NSW. The mapped results are based on the 23 class classification derived from the spring, summer and variance images. Associated Report: "Remote Sensing Detection of Native Grasslands using Multi-Image Spectral Analysis, South Eastern Highlands of NSW", ERIC 2001. VIS_ID 3917

Tags: Vegetation
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Bellinger River Health Program 2017-2022: DPE Science, Water Quality and Macroinvertebrate data

In response to the strong community interest in the Bellinger River turtle population, and a publicly perceived link between turtle mortality and poor water quality, a citizen science program was developed in 2017. This is now known as Bellingen Riverwatch, a high resolution, long-term community led water quality monitoring program, covering the Bellinger and Kalang rivers and their tributaries.
Initial discussions with stakeholders identified a strong community interest and investment in river health. It was also identified that, in order to maximise the effectiveness of information collected by the community, a concurrent scientific monitoring program be developed to provide quality assurance and to utilise the community data when reporting. In support of Riverwatch the government-based Bellinger River Health Program (BRHP) was commenced in 2017 by the Estuaries and Catchments Team in the Water, Wetlands and Coasts Science Branch in the Environment, Energy and Science Division of DPIE. (formerly OEH). 
This dataset is the water quality and aquatic macroinvertebrate data collected for the BRHP by the DPIE Estuaries and Catchments Team. It includes the water quality data collected for the program between autumn 2017 and autumn 2022 and macroinvertebrate data collected from autumn 2018 to autumn 2022. While there were macroinvertebrate samples collected in 2017 quality control and assurance analysis unfortunately led to removal of these samples from the data set.

Tags: macroinvertebrates, river, river health
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Currys Gap State Conservation Area Vegetation 2002 VIS_ID 4723

Currys Gap State Conservation Area vegetation mapping was undertaken by Dr John T. Hunter in 2002 by contract for the NPWS Northern Tableland Region. It is described in the Vegetation and Floristics of the Tenterfield Nature Reserves report which includes Bluff River, Bolivia Hill, Curry’s Gap, Gibraltar &amp; Mt McKenzie. All reserves lie north of Glen Innes and south of Tenterfield on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales and the New England Tablelands Bioregion. The local government area for all reserves is the Tenterfield Shire and the County of Clive.  Curry’s Gap NR is located 1 km south west of Tenterfield at the base of Mt McKenzie and comprises 227 ha.
The vegetation of five reserves within the Tenterfield area is described and mapped (scale 1:50 000). Fifteen communities are defined based on PATN analysis and an additional community is mapped based on information derived from previous investigations. These fifteen communities were mapped based on ground truthing, air photo interpretation and landform. Seven communities are considered of conservation importance with two of which were considered endangered and one should be considered vulnerable. Most communities are of woodland structure, although sedgelands, heaths, grasslands, open forests and tall open forests also occur. Many of the communities show considerable variation and intergrade along common boundaries and in particular on intermediate soil types. Physiography was the major correlative influence on community distribution, however protection from the north west and east, time since fire, grazing and geographic locality were also strongly correlated.
VIS_ID 4723

Tags: Native Vegetation
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
BioBanking Assessment Methodology (BBAM) 2010 to 2022. Experimental Accounts for the Hunter FER

This report is a visualisation platform that applies the United Nations System of Environmental-Economic Accounting concepts and accounting rules to report on the performance of the Biodiversity Banking and Offsets Scheme (the BioBanking Scheme) in the Hunter Functional Economic Region (FER). Through this platform, you can view accounts related to the Environmental Activity Accounts, which currently include information about ecosystem and species credit flows, stocks and market transactions. These biodiversity credits are created based on the BioBanking Assessment Methodology (BBAM), and all accounts contain data sourced from the BBAM Public Registers.
This platform was designed to answer key questions such as:
- What changes have occurred in the volume of biodiversity credits created under the BioBanking Scheme?
- What changes have occurred in the volume of biodiversity credits transferred, and what changes have occurred in the volume of credits retired?
- How has the biodiversity offsets market size changed since its establishment?
- How have the prices of these credits changed? 

Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Very Highly Vulnerable Ecosystems, Shoalhaven, Validated 2002. VIS_ID 4132

Validating the extent of modelled "rare and vulnerable forest ecosystems" identified during the Southern CRA (1997-2000) was required for ecologically sustainable conservation management of reserves within the NPWS South Coast Region. The validation was for 47 forest ecosystems out of a total of 96 forest ecosystems that occur in the NPWS South Coast Region. VIS_ID 4132

Tags: TEC, Vegetation
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Archive 2019 - Transitional - Excluded Land

This record is now superseded. The current record for ‘Transitional – Excluded Land' can be viewed here.
The Excluded Land layer is a component of the Native Vegetation Regulatory Map (NVR Map). NVR Map was prepared by Department of Planning Industry and Environment (DPIE) under Part 5A of the Local Land Services Act 2013 (LLS Act) and supporting Local Land Services Regulation 2014.
Section 60A of the Local Land Service Act 2013 (LLS Act) identifies land where the regulatory framework for native vegetation clearing in rural areas does not apply. 
This land is mapped as Excluded Land on the Native Vegetation Regulation Map (NVR Map).
The 2019 Annual Review of the transitional NVR map was published on 22 November 2019. Please read below for details about changes occurring as a result of the 2019 Annual Review. The latest version of the map can be viewed online using the NVR Map Viewer
Excluded land listed under Section 60A of the LLS Act includes:

Urban areas under the State Environmental Planning Policy (Vegetation in Non-Rural Areas) 2017, including  33 local government areas and 22 listed local environmental plan zones under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.
National Park estate and other conservation areas
State forestry land.
Crown Reserves; land dedicated or reserved under the Crown Lands Act 1989
Interim Heritage order or listing on the State Heritage Register under the Heritage Act 1977
Lord Howe Island

Complete list of Excluded Lands can be found in the Native Vegetation Regulatory Map - Method statement found:
https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/-/media/OEH/Corporate-Site/Documents/Animals-and-plants/Biodiversity/native-vegetation-regulatory-map-method-statement-170495.pdf
All spatial data sets compiled for the excluded land layer are held within databases maintained by NSW Government.  
Data on the NVR viewer is updated on a monthly basis for Landholder initiated Map Reviews and other minor data changes. https://www.lmbc.nsw.gov.au/Maps/index.html?viewer=NVRMap
Data available for download was last updated on 25th May 2020.
Please contact Department of Planning Industry and Environment data broker on data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au for additional information.

Tags: Excluded Land, NVR Map, Native Vegetation Regulation Map
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Natural Vegetation of the St Albans 1:100 000 VIS_ID 2353

The composition and extent of the present natural vegetation on the St Albans 1:100, 000 mapsheet 9031 bounded by the latitudes 33� 00' and 33� 30' S and longitudes 150� 30' and 151� 00' E are mapped and described in terms of structure and characteristic species. Stand alone dataset. Vegetation codes are compatible with other RBG 1:100,000 mapping.;
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VISID_2353

Tags: Vegetation
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Wyong LGA Vegetation Map 1999 VIS ID 739

Vegetation of the Wyong LGA, 1999. Broadly mapped the vegetation of this area based largely on aerial photographic interpretation and linked broad structural and floristic differences in vegetation to major geology
types.and utilised a geological coding system to describe the vegetation. The coding system over-simplifies the floristic patterns present, but is generally representative of major trends. The resultant mapping is broad in nature, and masks structural and floristic variation at the fine scale.
Forty-nine (49) vegetation communities are presented by Payne and Duncan (1999), ranging from several types of rainforest, through wet and dry sclerophyll forests, woodlands, heaths and scrub, to swamps, wetlands and mangroves.
See Bell (2002) for a brief description, and a table of vegetation units used in this mapping.
VIS_ID 739
Map footprint supplied only. Contact Central Coast Council for access to the vegetation map.

Tags: Vegetation
Organization: Central Coast Council
Byron Bay Graminoid Dry Clay Heath Endangered Ecological Community (EEC) 2007. VIS_ID 77

Byron Bay Dry Graminoid Clay Heath (BBDGCH) Endangered Ecological Community (EEC) mapping by Andy Baker.  Also known as Clay Heath or Graminoid Clay Heath or Byron Bay Clay Heath.  This is the updated layer generated as part of the Cape Byron and Arakwal veg mapping project, reports dated March 2009 and September, 2010.  A vegetation survey, classification and mapping program of Cape Byron State Conservation Area and Arakwal National Park was carried out during 2007-8. The main aims of the study were to identify, classify and map all extant vegetation within the study area, identify vegetation and flora of conservation significance, and also identify any processes currently threatening the vegetation. All vegetation was surveyed and mapped via API, exhaustive ground truthing and data analysis. Actual presence of Byron Bay Dry Graminoid Clay Heath mapped – as either dominant or low strata.  Pure EEC is mapped by selecting “Clay Heath” in the Label field.  This is what is mapped as Clay Heath in the Arakwal veg map. The other categories are broadly known as Clay Heath.  VIS_ID 77

Tags: TEC, Vegetation
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Hunter Wetlands National Park (Kooragang Island) Vegetation 2000. VIS_ID 390

This particular mapping of Kooragang Island (now part of Hunter Wetlands National Park) has unknown origins.  It appears to be mapped in the early 2000s.  While the linework is detailed for the section it covers, the attribution is very simplistic including only mangrove and saltmarsh (multipart polygon) categories.  It did have the name "Kooragang_veg" differently to the series of Kooragang and Hexham swamp maps titled "koor,year&gt;" which were prepared by Geoffrey Winning, Shortland Wetlands Centre Ltd for the preparation of a management plan for Kooragang and Hexham Swamp Nature Reserves in 1996 for Hunter Region. VIS_ID 390

Tags: Vegetation
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Ryde LGA Urban Bushland Map, 1998. VIS_ID 3960.

In November 1998, Ryde Council commissioned a bushland corridor mapping project with the aim of gaining an overview of the extent and type of remnant bushland and other vegetation in the Ryde LGA. The study’s main aims were firstly to map all remnant bushland in the Ryde LGA and to digitise the information for useon Council’s GIS system. VIS_ID 3960
In August 2000, Council expanded the study to update the vegetation maps and to prepare a comprehensive information database for the management and restoration of bushland and other vegetation in Ryde. This was a further step towards compiling information that would better allow Council to achieve the objectives of Council’s Plan of Management for natural areas.

Tags: TEC, Vegetation
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Sydney Harbour Foreshore and Estuarine Vegetation 2006. VIS_ID 4030

The Sydney Harbour Foreshore and Estuarine Vegetation dataset was generated by Botanic Gardens Trust, Sydney (BGT) for the data owners, NSW Maritime, and is subject to NSW Maritime data license agreement.   
Sydney Harbour and its tributaries form an important and dynamic ecosystem with substantial natural values while continuing to provide a focus for extensive urban development, valued open space and recreational opportunities as well as being maintained as a ‘working harbour’.
The estuarine components of this project cover all estuarine areas of Sydney
Harbour, Parramatta River and tributaries. This includes the area from North Head to South Head, including upstream to the natural tidal limits of Middle Harbour (St. Ives and Davidson) to the weir on Lane Cove River; the eastern-most weir at Parramatta; and to Granville at Duck River and Duck Creek.
The foreshore components of this project include, as a minimum, the foreshore land from Mean High Water Mark (MHWM) to 40m landward. In some instances the mapping was extended upslope beyond 40m to a maximum of 200m, where
contiguous vegetation was present. The shoreline of the study area is a little over
360km in length.
Although the estuary and its immediate foreshore are the focus of this study it is not possible to protect the significant natural values without consideration of the broader catchment and its contribution to the functioning of this ecosystem. The catchment has an approximate surface area of 217 km2.
API (aerial photographic interpretation) and ground truthed vegetation mapping of the Sydney Harbour foreshore at a presentation scale of 1:2000 was necessary to prioritise property-scale management objectives of NSW Maritime and to place these objectives in a catchment perspective. Native terrestrial vegetation communities were categorised to match the categories of the Cumberland Plains 1:16,000 vegetation map, but were further divided on structural characteristics. API was performed using the 2003 15cm pixel ortho-rectified colour ECW format aerial photo mosaics of Sydney Harbour. 
The non veg areas of the foreshore were removed from the dataset - see lineage for more detail.
VIS_ID 4030

Tags: Foreshore, Sydney Harbour
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water