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Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Northern Australia floodplain and coastal wetlands. Max Finlayson National Centre for Tropical Wetland Research Darwin, NT. Northern Australia floodplain and coastal wetlands. Aim Participation Geographic Region / Location Data sources / Scale Components
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Millennium Ecosystem AssessmentNorthern Australia floodplain andcoastal wetlands Max Finlayson National Centre for Tropical Wetland Research Darwin, NT
Northern Australia floodplain andcoastal wetlands Aim Participation Geographic Region / Location Data sources / Scale Components Next steps
Aim Provide information on the floodplain and coastal ecosystems and their services at multiple scales and taking into account multiple pressures
Geographic Region / Location Northern Australia – east of Darwin Coastal biogeographic region Alligator Rivers – 28 000 km2 Catchments of three rivers Kakadu National Park – World Heritage & Ramsar listed
Participation Discussed through existing panels, boards • Biophysical scientists • Social scientists • Management agencies • Local community / indigenous • Private sector
Data sources • Information derived from current or planned projects • Biophysical features – extensive; ready access • Social/cultural features – extensive; discuss access • Floodplain services – variable; derived from biophysical data and managers • Pressures – extensive analyses; risk assessments underway
Scale • Biogeographical or catchment scale 1:100 000 to 1:250 000 • Catchment scales 1:50 000 to 1:100 000 • Habitats / river reaches 1:10 000
Components • Inventory/mapping – GIS multiple scale • Floodplain services – indigenous, biodiversity, tourism, recreation (fish stocks, mitigation of climate change, cattle grazing) • Risk assessment of major pressures – invasive species, water pollution, infrastructure, burning, climate change
Scale (nominal) Level 1 River basin or island Geology; climate; landcover 1:1 000 000 Level 2 Location; altitude; area; land systems; climate; hydrology; vegetation Wetland region 1:250 000 Level 3 Wetland complex Location; physico-chemical and biological features; classification; jurisdiction; ecosystem services 1:50 000 Level 4 Location; physico-chemical and biological features (ecological character); land tenure; land use; management issues and threats... Wetland habitat Basic (“Core”) dataset stored in Database with GIS Interface Hierarchical approach to wetland inventory
The Risk Assessment Framework(modified from van Dam et al. 1999; Ramsar 2000)
Next steps Further consultation – with participants, advisors and stakeholders Collation / analysis – based on previous and current projects Communication – discussing and finalising analyses and outcomes