Title

Native Vegetation Regulation (2013) Strategic Biodiversity Score version 2A 

Alternate title

NVR2013_SBS_V2A 

Resource Type

Dataset  

Purpose

For use on the native vegetation permitted clearing regulations, the Strategic Biodiversity Value ranking is converted to a score that enables the strategic importance of different locations to be directly compared in numerical terms (e.g. such that a location with a score of 0.4 can be considered to be twice the strategic value of a location with a score of 0.2). Version 2A of this data set is used to determine the Strategic Biodiversity Value of potential loss for the purposes of the permitted clearing regulations. 

Credit

Dataset Creators: Graeme Newell, Matt White & the NaturePrint & Native Vegetation Review Team (Jacqui Smith and Claire Edwards with support from Gordon Forbes) 

Supplemental Information

Current Design Issues: Post processing to create Strategic Biodiversity Score The NaturePrint ranking was squared to generate a Strategic Biodiversity Score. Areas with values below 0.10 in NVR2013_SBS_V2 have been assigned a value of 0.10. Future Design Issues: None Proposed Related Documents: None 

Status

Obsolete  

Time period

2013-04-012013-09-27 

Spatial representation type

Grid  

Horizontal Accuracy

100m  

Code

4283 

Description

General - Victoria 

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Maintenance and update frequency

As needed  

Title

TIFF format 2 

Topic category

• Biota

Use limitation

See dataset NVR2013_SBS_V3 'NVR2013_SBS_V3' is used in the Mapshare, and is the exact same data used in NVIM as 'NVR2013_SBS_V2a', which is different from 'NVR2013_SBS_V2'. Version number was changed not to confuse users in Mapshare. 

Classification

Limited Distribution  

Statement

Dataset Source: NaturePrint Strategic Biodiversity Values dataset (see metadata NVR2013_SBS_V3) Dataset Originality: Derived 

Description

Collection Method: Analysis of other datasets 

Description

NaturePrint uses Zonation conservation planning software to identify the relative value of all locations combining information on many different types of biodiversity and aiming for efficient and effective spatial coverage. The analysis is bottom-up and iterative. The lowest rank (i.e. the place which is the most degraded and poorly located example of the most common biodiversity type) is chosen first, then the analysis is rerun to identify the next lowest contribution. This enables the progressive identification of the most consolidated spatial configuration whilst ensuring simultaneous and equitable consideration of good options for each individual value. The analysis places all locations on a continuous spectrum of relative overall value, but does not identify how much of this spectrum can or should be managed for conservation. Post Processing to create Strategic Biodiversity Score The Strategic Biodiversity Value ranking was squared to generate a score. Areas with low native vegetation context were removed. 

Classification

Unclassified