Australia’s National Vegetation Information System (NVIS)

1. Australia’s National Vegetation Information System(NVIS)

2. Contents • NVIS Origins • 10 slides • Next Phase • 9 slides • Current Phase • 5 slides • NVIS: The Future • 1 slide

3. NVIS Origins - Contents • NVIS Origins • Stakeholders • NVIS Framework • NVIS Data Types • Spatial Data Compilation • Non-spatial Data Compilation (2 slides) • Vegetation Data Model • Integration • NVIS Version 1 Products

4. NVIS Origins • National Land and Water Resources Audit • 1997-2001 • Theme 3: Vegetation • NVIS framework and system developed as a means of compiling heterogeneous vegetation datasets collected over the last 50 years • For regional and national assessments

5. Stakeholders • Partnership of State, Territory and Australian governments • Users of NVIS products include: • Policy makers • Natural Resource Management (NRM) region vegetation managers • Researchers and Educators • Public

6. 10. ANZLIC Metadata 1. Data Management and Compilation Standards. 2. Data Documentation Attributes and Dataset Boundaries 7. Taxonomic Attributes 11. Derived Products 3. Vegetation Spatial Data 4. Vegetation Description and Map Unit Attributes 8. Site Attribute Standards 6. Checking Rules 9. Vegetation Condition Attributes 5. Detailed Vegetation Attributes NVIS Framework

7. NVIS Data Types • Manage 2 main data types • Spatial (polygon) • Non-spatial attributes • NVIS Products • Subsets of detailed data • Combined spatial and non-spatial • Raster or vector • +/- plot data in background

8. Spatial Data Compilation Input datasets Unix Unix Compiled data SDE State data National data SDE

9. U1 U2 M1 G1 G2 Non-spatial Data Compilation

10. Growth Form Species Composition   U Height   M   G % Foliage Cover Vegetation Model

11. Non-spatial Data Compilation (2) e.g. nvis_id: 1119 source_code: KI029A Olearia axillaris Open shrubland 1: Shrub 2: Open shrubland 3: Olearia (mixed)open shrubland 4: +Olearia (mixed) open shrubland/Euphorbia (mixed)unknown forbland 5: M+ ^Olearia axillaris,Myoporum insulare,Acacia longifolia var. sophorae/^shrub/3/i;G ^Euphorbia paralias,Spinifex sericeus/^forb,tussock grass,shrub/-9999/-9999 6: M1+ ^Olearia axillaris,Myoporum insulare,Acacia longifolia var. sophorae,Lycium ferocissimum/^shrub/3/i;G1 ^Euphorbia paralias,Spinifex sericeus/^forb,tussock grass,shrub/-9999/-9999

12. This table is attached to the spatial data. Spatial NVIS database Spatial_Coverage Relational database of NVIS attributes VEGETATION DESCRIPTION MAP UNIT Vegetation information hierarchy Detailed data STRATUM TAXON LISTS GROWTH FORM TAXON _DATA Integration

13. NVIS Version 1 Products • Framework & system • Data • Major Vegetation Groups • Public download - rasters • Continental poster • Web maps • Information • Australian Vegetation Assessment 2001 • Huge report • Analyses of vegetation clearance • Data quality and gap assessment

14. Next Phase - Contents • Next Phase • Collaborative Technical Work (1) • XML transfer system (attributes) • Wider Context • Collaborative Technical Work (2) • NVIS web maps (4 slides)

15. Next Phase • Governance by Executive Steering Committee for Australian Vegetation Information • State, Territory & Aust Govt representatives • Continues to date • Collaborative technical work • Motivation includes capacity building for each custodian and information exchange • Focus on size (organisation & performance) and quality issues

16. Collaborative Technical Work (1) • Reviewed Framework • Revised attribute definitions • Restructured database • Agreed QA “rules” • Documentation • System Development • NVIS database module in each (8) state/territory • Developed XML Transfer System • Implements QA checks and rules • Spatial storage (ArcSDE)

17. Refine Record State NVIS Outcome Database Report New NVIS_Id Installation XML Export XML National NVIS New XML Spelling Database Update Holding Validation Import Area Fails Validation XML Transfer System (attributes) XML Check

18. NVIS spatial (polygon) coverage Lookup Table Wider Context • Species Profile & Threats (SPRAT) taxon list • spelling Apply agreed NVIS rules (via XML, XSLT and PL/SQL, etc.) Genus x growth form table

19. Collaborative Technical Work (2) • Improved Content • Validated detailed content • Equivalence trial in arid zone • Addressed problems apparent on national map • Method development • Reviewed site survey standards • NVIS Version 2 Products • Detailed vector products (Max Level 5 attributes) • Download jig saw bits • Web maps • Integrated Vegetation Online (incl. other land covers) • Web site(s)

20. Estimated pre-1750 coverage of NVIS Major Vegetation Groups

22. For Further detail click here then on the map Mallee Woodland/Shrubland Low Closed Forest & Shrubland Eucalyptus Woodland Eucalyptus Open Forest

24. Current Phase - Contents • Current Phase • SoE 2006 Reporting • Native Vegetation in Australia • Booklet and CD • Web site

25. Current Phase • Re-supplied NVIS • Revised content by states & territory custodians • Attributes via XML Transfer System • Version 3.x products • Analyses for Australia’s State of the Environment 2006 • Promoting NVIS, esp. via hard copy • Brochures, banners, poster/map • Articles and seminars • Booklet and CD • Improved web sites • ESCAVI is developing indicators for Monitoring & Evaluation of Natural Resource Management programs • Vegetation Type and Extent • Vegetation Condition

26. SoE 2006 Reporting

28. Booklet & CD

30. NVIS: The Future • Ongoing improvement of the framework, infrastructure and inventory • Ongoing collaborative technical work • Reporting on • changein the extent of NVIS vegetation types over time • native vegetation condition • Web services • Tracking NRM indicators • State/Territory mapping • Vegetation portal • Linkages with other national NRM themes • Likely new requirements at different scales and classifications

31. The End http://www.environment.gov.au/erin/nvis http://www.daff.gov.au/forest_veg