Native vegetation communities' integrity: an interim approach to the native vegetation condition indicator
Indicator Status: For Advice
Department of the Environment and Heritage
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Preamble
This interim approach paper has been developed by the Executive Steering Committee for Australian Vegetation Information (ESCAVI) to improve the consistency in the national assessment of the condition of native vegetation. At this stage, it is not intended as an indicator to be used by regional groups in setting targets for native vegetation condition. It has been provided to indicate a possible way forward and may form the basis for the development of a full Indicator paper.
The paper is based on the Victorian 'habitat hectares' (Parkes et al. 2003) approach to the monitoring of native vegetation condition. It should be noted that other jurisdictions have their own processes, at varying stages of development, for monitoring native vegetation condition.
The key purpose of writing this paper is to encourage wide consideration of the applicability of the approach. ESCAVI endorses the testing of this approach by regions which have identified vegetation condition as an important NRM issue. ESCAVI, in seeking to develop a nationally agreed methodology for monitoring vegetation condition, would welcome feedback on whether this approach to native vegetation target setting and planning is appropriate and applicable at the regional, State, Territory and national levels. A list of ESCAVI members in each State, Territory and the Australian Federal Government is provided in Attachment A.
The approach outlined below specifically applies to the context of the conservation of the biodiversity of native vegetation. Other complementary approaches for other contexts would need to be developed, if required.
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