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Forests of Australia (2013)

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Created 30/11/2015

Updated 13/11/2024

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This is a superseded dataset, the current Forest's of Australia (2018) dataset assembled for the Australia's State of the Forests Report 2018 can be found at: https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/forests-of-australia-2018. For further information please see: http://www.agriculture.gov.au/abares/forestsaustralia/sofr/sofr-2018

Forests of Australia (2013) is a continental dataset of forest extent by national forest types. It was developed from multiple forest, vegetation and land cover spatial datasets, including contributions from relevant Australian, state and territory government agencies and external sources. A forest is defined in this dataset as "An area, incorporating all living and non-living components, that is dominated by trees having usually a single stem and a mature or potentially mature stand height exceeding two metres and with existing or potential crown cover of overstorey strata about equal to or greater than 20 per cent. This includes Australia's diverse native forests and plantations, regardless of age. It is also sufficiently broad to encompass areas of trees that are sometimes described as woodlands".

The dataset was compiled by the National Forest Inventory (NFI) - a collaborative partnership between the Australian and state and territory governments - whose role is to collate, integrate and communicate information on Australia's forests. State and Territory agencies collect forest data using independent methods and at varying scales or resolutions. The NFI, through the Australian Bureau of Agricultural Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES), applies a national classification to the states' and territories' data to allow seamless integration. Independent and multiple sources of external data are used to fill data gaps and improve the quality of the final dataset.

Forests of Australia dataset series are produced to fulfil requirements of the Australia's National Forest Policy Statement (NFPS) and the Regional Forests Agreement Act 2002. The dataset is used for domestic and international reporting.

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Title Forests of Australia (2013)
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/e36770df-c596-4f99-a234-037bf1e9a910
Contact Point
Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics and Sciences
NFI.INFO@agriculture.gov.au
Reference Period 01/07/2011 - 30/11/2015
Geospatial Coverage Australia
Data Portal data.gov.au

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This dataset was originally found on data.gov.au "Forests of Australia (2013)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/forests-of-australia-2013

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