DARLING RIVERINE PLAINS BIOREGION Background Report
DARLING RIVERINE PLAINS BIOREGION Background Report
DARLING RIVERINE PLAINS BIOREGION Background Report
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16/08/02 Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion <strong>Background</strong> <strong>Report</strong><br />
1.2.3 Associated projects<br />
Figure 1.1 below shows how all aspects of the DRP Biodiversity Conservation Assessment<br />
Project are linked and the reports which shall be produced for this project. This background<br />
report is part of the initial stages of the project as shown in Figure 1.1. Each component of<br />
the project is outlined further in this section.<br />
BACKGROUND DOCUMENT<br />
(synthesis of pre-survey info on biota,<br />
state of environment etc.)<br />
Draft due Oct 2001<br />
Final draft due Jan 2002<br />
Final IBCA Review May 2002<br />
PROJECT REPORTS<br />
Data Audit and Gap Analysis<br />
current status of information<br />
Draft due Dec 2001<br />
Final draft due March 2002<br />
Biodiversity Survey<br />
Draft due Oct 2001<br />
Final draft due Mar 2002<br />
Community Technical <strong>Report</strong><br />
Draft due Oct 2001,<br />
Final draft due June 2002<br />
Vegetation Mapping<br />
Draft due Oct 2001<br />
Final draft due June 2002<br />
Preliminary Conservation Assessment<br />
(incl. Technical Framework,<br />
conservation criteria, Focus on habitat<br />
/ indicators of habitat quality, bioregional<br />
boundaries – future work required)<br />
final draft due October 2002<br />
COMMUNITY REPORTS<br />
Community <strong>Report</strong><br />
Draft due October 2001<br />
Final draft due Dec 2001<br />
Release date April 2002<br />
Cultural Community <strong>Report</strong><br />
Draft Due Oct 2001<br />
Final draft due April 2002<br />
Further consultation / Workshops<br />
<strong>BIOREGION</strong>AL STRATEGY<br />
Broad conservation priorities<br />
Possible conservation areas<br />
Draft outline due Jan 2002 for<br />
consultation,<br />
Draft due July 2002<br />
Final draft due October 2002<br />
FIGURE 1.1 REPORTS RESULTING FROM THE DRP BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION<br />
ASSESSMENT PROJECT<br />
Data audit and gap analysis<br />
The information available on the ecology and biological diversity of the DRP is limited in<br />
detail and extent. This is a significant impediment to informed land use planning,<br />
conservation management and regional development. In this project existing data will be<br />
audited and evaluated in order to develop targeted studies that will fill gaps in the data. This<br />
includes collation of readily available environmental data and the establishment of a baseline<br />
for a more comprehensive and detailed assessment of the bioregion. The data audit process<br />
also involves the maintenance of a comprehensive database.<br />
A data audit of the western region of New South Wales for the Resource and Conservation<br />
Assessment Council (RACAC) included data relating to fauna, flora, geoscience, heritage,<br />
land, photography and imagery, vegetation and water (NPWS 1999c). The data were<br />
classified by bioregion and the DRP was found to have reasonable coverage of climatic and<br />
weather information, while vegetation, flora and fauna data are poor or unavailable. In<br />
general there is an incomplete coverage of all existing base data layers, a variation in methods<br />
of data collection, variable or unknown reliability of the records and a bias in collection<br />
locations.<br />
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