Murray-Darling Basin Commission
Landscape and field-based riverine vegetation condition assessment
Eco Logical Australia is currently developing and applying a condition assessment and monitoring program for riverine vegetation (riparian and floodplain) in the Namoi Catchment, which will ultimately map the spatial distribution of vegetation condition classes within the riverine zone.
Specific tasks include:
- Delineation of the Namoi riverine footprint (floodplain and riparian mapping down to third order streams) into about 1400 River Assessment Units (RAUs) and 40 Floodplain Assessment Units (FAUs)
- Mapping vegetation types within the riverine zone of the Namoi
- Undertaking GIS-based landscape assessment of condition by generating surfaces such as %-cleared, %-cropped, patch size distribution, river reach connectivity, and landscape connectivity
- Undertaking plot assessment (and training Govt staff to undertake such assessment) to capture ecological field attributes including native species richness, canopy cover, groundcovers, and other data
- Developing vegetation ‘benchmarks’ and designing a vegetation condition scoring system
- Development of a vegetation condition scoring system in MS ACCESS into which data can be compiled and stored, and from which condition and other reports can be generated
Projects / Case Studies
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Namoi Catchment Management Authority
Namoi Wetland Assessment
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Port Stephens Council
Port Stephens Wetland Mapping and Management
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Griffith Centre for Coastal Management
Burnett Mary Coastal Values Mapping
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Campbelltown City Council
Plan of Management
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Murray-Darling Basin Commission
Landscape and field-based riverine vegetation condition assessment
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Three South Coast WA Shires
South Coast WA NRM Biodiversity Audit and Database
Contacts for Natural Resource Management
