National Vegetation Information System
NVIS Products for SoER 2006
Major Vegetation Groups Changes and Reservation
ERIN, September 2005
Aims
1. To identify the change in each Major Vegetation Group (MVG) from pre-1750
to the present (“extant” vegetation). The output compares the area of each
MVG using the pre-1750 data with the most recent present vegetation data.
2. To compare the presence of each MVG in nature conservation reserves across
Australia.
3. To communicate the results to selected SoER theme author(s).
Materials and Methods
Input Datasets
The analyses used three input datasets, viz:
 NVIS Stage 1, Version 3 (further details below)
 Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia (IBRA) Version 6.1 –
Regions.
 Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database - CAPAD 2004 Terrestrial
The NVIS Dataset
The origins of the NVIS dataset have been described in NLWRA (2001). Several
analyses were performed on a national dataset compiled from detailed NVIS data and
coarser, gap-filling data. This included a comparison of each present vegetation type
with a nominal currency of 1997 against the pre-1750 occurrence of each.
Since the 2001 assessment, further improvements have been made to the NVIS
standards (ESCAVI, 2003), internal database consistency and extent of coverage of
the detailed data. State and Territory custodians have converted more detailed
vegetation mapping into the NVIS format, including some new mapping.
In May 2004, ESCAVI agreed to re-supply NVIS to support national State of the
Environment Reporting and other uses. ERIN has re-compiled extant and pre-1750
layers for the continent on a State-by-State basis. The nominal date for the NVIS
extant coverage is 2001 to 2004 (except for NSW which is 1997-2004). The extant
layer covers 95% of the continent, with the remainder filled in by coarse data (Table
1; Fig 1). Similar improvements have been made to the NVIS pre-1750 theme (Table
1).
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Table 1:
Coverage of the detailed NVIS dataset.
NVIS Stage 1, V.1
Pre-1750 Vegetation
71%
Present Vegetation
78%
NVIS Stage 1, Version 3
77%
95%
The NVIS quality assurance procedures have been applied to all State and Territory
vegetation types except those from NSW. Much of the data conforms to or exceeds
the target scales of 1:100,000 for the Intensive Landuse Zone and 1:250,000 for the
Extensive Landuse Zone. Vegetation descriptions have generally been supplied at the
NVIS Level 5 or 6, meeting the target level of detail. It is anticipated that a
comprehensive data quality and gap analysis will be performed on the re-supplied
NVIS.
Fig 1: [Draft] key map of sources for the NVIS Present Vegetation theme. (A similar
key map is in preparation for the NVIS Pre-1750 Vegetation theme.)
Limitations of NVIS
The version of the NVIS dataset used in this analysis has a number of limitations, the
chief of which are:
 The NVIS Stage 1 dataset is intended to report on native vegetation, so the
data for MVGs 1 to 23 inclusive are suitable for analysis. Data relating to nonnative and non-vegetated types are included in NVIS, where available. These
are useful for context and cartography, but they are not suitable for analysis in
this version of NVIS.
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Large areas of NSW have not been updated, so the nominal date of the present
vegetation theme remains 1997. Note that the vegetation typing for the old
NVIS data for NSW has not been through the NVIS quality assurance
procedure.
This version of NVIS is an update of the previous version with better data. It is
generally not comparable with the earlier version and should not be used as
quantitative evidence of vegetation change.
Custodians were unable to supply a pre-1750 layer for SA and large parts of
NSW.
The pre-1750 vegetation typing supplied by the custodians was sometimes
different to that of the present vegetation. That means that the two themes are
not always strictly comparable. This was a problem in ACT, NSW, NT, SA
and TAS.
In an attempt to mitigate the above two issues, artificial layers were created for
NSW and SA, by cutting present native vegetation (i.e. MVG numbers 1 to
23) into the Carnahan pre-1750 data for these areas. This assumes no change
in vegetation type - just whether the type remains (i.e. hasn’t been cleared).
For ACT, an artificial layer was created by cutting native vegetation (i.e.
MVGs 1 to 23 and 27 (rocks or bare ground)) into the supplied pre-1750 layer.
For TAS, the cleared areas in the present vegetation map were filled with the
NVIS Stage 1, Version 2 data that has the older detailed typing. This approach
was considered acceptable for analysis at the aggregated (MVG) level.
The vegetation typing in Victoria has not yet been reconciled with forestry
datasets for that State, so the estimates of some vegetation types (e.g. tall open
forest) may be subject to change in the future.
The scale of input mapping is generally good, as mentioned in the previous
section, but exceptions include:
o NSW present vegetation – 1:1M mapping in the north west;
o NSW pre-1750 – large areas of 1:5M mapping;
o NT (both themes) – large areas of 1:1M mapping;
o SA present vegetation – 1:2M gap-filling layer;
o SA pre-1750 vegetation – large areas of 1:5M mapping;
o WA – pre-1750 vegetation – large areas of 1:250K mapping in the
Intensive Landuse Zone.
The NVIS coastline is generally good, except in the artificially-created pre1750 data for SA and NSW. This may create errors in comparing coastal
vegetation types.
Limitations of IBRA Version 6.1
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This version of IBRA contains the Geoscience Australia1:100,000 coastline
and State borders of Australia. This is widely used in ERIN for analytical
convenience, but it does not always line up with coastlines in the NVIS
dataset. This may create further errors in comparing coastal vegetation types.
Also, several State/Territory borders (e.g. VIC/SA) are of questionable
accuracy in the dataset.
The data are assumed to be correct as supplied by data custodians.
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Limitations of CAPAD
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The currency of CAPAD data provided by all jurisdictions meets the agreed
date specifications of between July 2003 to June 2004. Protected areas
gazetted or altered since June 2004 are therefore not reported as part of this
analysis.
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Only those protected areas meeting the IUCN criteria of a protected area with
spatial data and attribution compliant with agreed CAPAD standards have
been included in this version of CAPAD.
The data are assumed to be correct as supplied by data custodians.
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Methods
Data Preparation
The following is a brief outline of the methods used to prepare the data for analysis.
 The NVIS spatial data began as patches (like a jig-saw puzzle) of detailed
vector data across each State and Territory (Fig 1).
 Each NVIS vegetation description was assigned a Major Vegetation
Group by Bruce Cummings in the ERIN NVIS Team in consultation with
State/Territory custodians.
 These codes were brought into the spatial environment as a lookup table
for each State and Territory.
 These lookup tables were joined to each spatial “patch” dataset and the
result exported with minimal attribution.
 Each of these spatial patches was then converted into a raster dataset of
MVG.
 Raster data was at 0.00025 degrees, roughly 25m resolution. This was
mostly beyond the specification of NVIS, but considered necessary to
pick up remnant vegetation in many parts of Australia.
 The raster patches were merged into Statewide datasets. These were used
for mapping (e.g. Maps 1 & 2) and for subsequent processing with IBRA.
 Statewide raster datasets were also created for IBRA regions with the
same cell size and alignment.
 A national raster dataset was also created for CAPAD with the same cell
size and alignment.
 Each NVIS theme (pre-1750 or present vegetation) was then combined
with IBRA to give the unique combinations of MVG times IBRA region.
 This combined dataset was used in the first analysis and also combined
further with CAPAD reserves for use in the second analysis.
Analysis of MVG Changes
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The combined layers (with MVG x IBRA) were analysed by Zonal
Statistics as Table in ArcGIS 9.0 and the results exported to Excel.
Statewide comparisons were conducted in a separate spreadsheets for each
state. All MVGs in the pre-1750 themes were totalled for each jurisdiction
and the results checked against published area statistics (GA, 2005).
The raw data was also loaded into a single spreadsheet to enable
consolidation of statistics for IBRA regions occurring across borders.
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Pre-1750 area estimates were used as the basis for “looking up”, in Excel,
the corresponding extant area for that type in that IBRA region.
A number of summary tables and charts were prepared, as were some
selected views of the results.
Analysis of CAPAD
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The combined layers (with MVG x IBRA x CAPAD) were analysed by
Zonal Statistics as Table in ArcGIS 9.0 and the results exported to Oracle.
SQL queries were developed to generate summary statistics for MVG and
overall reservation by the continent, State and IBRA region.
A number of summary tables and charts were prepared, as were some
selected views of the results.
Presentation
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MVGs representing native vegetation have been reported, whilst the
non-native and non-vegetative MVGs have not been reported.
The results of the two analyses have been consolidated, where feasible for the
sake of brevity.
Maps included throughout the text are intended for display at A4 and/or A3
size and are available on request from the ERIN NVIS Team.
Results
Continental Maps
The NVIS dataset is displayed as 2 maps of the Australian continent indicating:
 Pre-1750 Major Vegetation Groups (Map 1)
 Present (2001-04) MVGs (Map 2)
Continental Summaries
The area of pre-1750 MVGs is compared with their present area and reservation level
across the continent in a summary histogram (Fig 2). The corresponding table of areas
is also shown (Table 2), with the percentage remaining and reservation of each MVG
listed.
Statewide Summaries
Statewide summaries of native MVGs are listed in Appendix A. The native Major
Vegetation Groups occurring in each State and Territory are listed in order of
decreasing area of present vegetation. A percentage of remaining area of each MVG is
also listed, as is the percentage (of present MVG area) reserved.
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Pre-European, present vegetation and protected areas (km2) for each major vegetation group
Rainforest and vine thickets
Eucalyptus Tall Open Forest
Eucalyptus Open Forest
Eucalyptus Low Open Forest
Eucalyptus Woodland
Acacia Forest and Woodlands
Callitris Forest and Woodlands
Major Vegetation Group
Casuarina Forest and Woodland
Melaleuca Forest and Woodland
Pre-European extent
Other Forests and Woodlands
Present extent
Eucalyptus Open Woodland
Protected areas
Tropical Eucalyptus woodlands/grasslands
Acacia Open Woodland
Mallee Woodland and Shrubland
Low Closed Forest and Tall Closed
Shrublands
Acacia Shrubland
Other Shrublands
Heath
Tussock Grassland
Hummock Grassland
Other Grassland, Herbland, Sedgeland and
Rushland
Chenopod Shrub, Samphire Shrub and
Forbland
Mangroves
0
500000
1000000
1500000
2000000
Area (km2)
Fig. 2: Relative areas of each native Major Vegetation Group (pre-European, present (2001-04) and area
reserved) in Australia.
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Table 2: Area of estimated pre-1750 and present (2001–04)* vegetation in Australia (km2); percentage of remaining vegetation in
reserves.
MVG NAME
Rainforest and vine thickets
Eucalyptus Tall Open Forest
Eucalyptus Open Forest
Eucalyptus Low Open Forest
Eucalyptus Woodland
Acacia Forest and Woodlands
Callitris Forest and Woodlands
Casuarina Forest and Woodland
Melaleuca Forest and Woodland
Other Forests and Woodlands
Eucalyptus Open Woodland
Tropical Eucalyptus woodlands/grasslands
Acacia Open Woodland
Mallee Woodland and Shrubland
Low Closed Forest and Tall Closed Shrublands
Acacia Shrubland
Other Shrublands
Heath
Tussock Grassland
Hummock Grassland
Other Grassland, Herbland, Sedgeland and Rushland
Chenopod Shrub, Samphire Shrub and Forbland
Mangroves
Pre-1750 (km2)
53,469
40,801
394,280
4,726
1,362,263
495,059
40,278
166,303
106,057
80,772
498,663
115,503
320,981
387,230
25,819
865,845
157,530
9,256
559,850
1,368,861
67,977
447,239
9,664
7,578,427
Present (km2)
35,200
35,344
272,121
3,952
892,920
408,632
32,296
149,262
99,561
72,414
458,905
112,481
314,040
271,529
16,278
851,274
123,464
8,071
525,888
1,367,973
64,810
436,801
9,325
6,562,541
%_Remaining
65.8
86.6
69.0
83.6
65.5
82.5
80.2
89.8
93.9
89.7
92.0
97.4
97.8
70.1
63.0
98.3
78.4
87.2
93.9
99.9
95.3
97.5
96.5
86.6
% Reserved
54.4
33.6
22.7
35.1
8.1
8.8
6.1
18.5
10.7
9.9
6.1
12.8
7.6
36.8
30.5
10.0
18.7
44.1
3.0
9.9
17.1
12.6
33.1
* except for the NSW component, where large areas of 1997 data remain.
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Analyses by IBRA Regions
The total native vegetation in each IBRA region has been collated in Appendix B.
This includes the remaining present vegetation area as a percentage of the area of pre1750 native vegetation. These percentages have been classified into 5 simple classes
to map the result (Fig 4).
Figure 4:
Percentage of remaining native vegetation in each IBRA region.
Fig 5 shows a map of each IBRA with the number of MVGs occurring there. This is a
gross measure of ecosystem diversity for each IBRA region.
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Fig. 5: Total number of native MVGs per IBRA region.
The detailed data underlying the summarised tables and maps is available to the State
of the Environment Reporting Unit as 2 spreadsheets, viz:
allibra_mvg1_23_fin.xls has the following worksheets:
 Data_IBRAxMVG1_23: The data for each IBRA region in each State/Territory.
 MVGxIBRA_pivot: Pivot table of each IBRA region listed within each MVG
 IBRA_regions_flat: list of total native vegetation remaining for each IBRA region
 IBRA_regions_pivot: pivot table of native vegetation remaining for each IBRA
region
 IBRAxMVG_flat: Each native MVG listed within each IBRA region
 IBRAxMVG_pivot: pivot table of above.
 IBRA_lut: List of IBRA codes and names
 MVG_lut: list of MVG numbers and names
Reservation_stats.xls has the following worksheets:
 Reservation by Australia: national summary
 Reservation by State: summary by State & Territory
 Reservation by IBRA – reservation of native vegetation by IBRA region
 Reservation by IBRA – Detailed: reservation of each MVG in each IBRA region
These data spreadsheets can be used for further data exploration. For example, the
MVGs with less than 30% and less than 10% remaining were counted for each IBRA
region (Figs 6 & 7).
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Fig. 6: Number of native MVGs with less than 10% of area remaining per IBRA
region.
Fig. 7: Number of native MVGs with less than 30% of area remaining per IBRA
region.
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The list of IBRA region by each MVG can be used to display the regions which have
undergone most change for that MVG (Figs 8-11).
Fig. 8: Percentage of remaining Rainforest and vine thickets MVG in each IBRA
region.
Fig. 9: Percentage of remaining Eucalyptus Woodland MVG in each IBRA
region.
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Fig. 10:
Percentage of remaining Acacia Forest and Woodlands MVG in
each IBRA region.
Fig. 11:
Percentage of remaining Mallee Woodland and Shrubland MVG in
each IBRA region.
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TIW
NRS IBRA Reservation Category
ARC
1 (< 2 %)
2 (2 - 5%)
DAC
3 (5 - 10%)
ARP
PCK
CA
CYP
DAB
4 (10 - 15%)
NK
VB
GUC
5 (> 15%)
STU
CK
DMR
TAN
MII
LSD
CR
FIN
AW
JF
STP
GVD
ML
GAW
BBS
BHC
EYB
RIV
SEH
MDD
KAN
NCP
VM
VVP
Source Information:
IBRA version 6.1 (2005) was sourced from the Department of the
Environment and Heritage, however data was developed through
cooperative efforts with State/Territory land management agencies.
Map Produced by ERIN on behalf of National Reserve System
Section
Date: 6 July 2005
500
250
Projection: Geographics
Spheroid and Datum: WGS84
Fig. 12:
area.
SB
NSS
ESP
WAR
NNC
CP
FLB
HAM
MAL
NAN
NET
DRP
NUL
COO
SEQ
BBS
CHC
SSD
MUR
BBN
MAC
GD
YAL
DEU
MGD
BRT
GAS
SWA
EIU
CMC
PIL
GS
WT
GUP
GSD
CAR
GFU
OVP
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BEL
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TWE
TSE
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AW
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BBS
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BHC
BRT
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CHC
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TAN
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TNS
TSE
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VB
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VVP
WAR
WT
YAL
Australian Alps
Arnhem Coast
Arnhem Plateau
Avon Wheatbelt
Brigalow Belt North
Brigalow Belt South
Ben Lomond
Broken Hill Complex
Burt Plain
Central Arnhem
Carnarvon
Channel Country
Central Kimberley
Central Mackay Coast
Coolgardie
Cobar Peneplain
Central Ranges
Cape York Peninsula
Daly Basin
Darwin Coastal
Desert Uplands
Dampierland
Davenport Murchison Ranges
Darling Riverine Plains
Einasleigh Uplands
Esperance Plains
Eyre Yorke Block
Finke
Flinders Lofty Block
Flinders
Gascoyne
Gawler
Gibson Desert
Gulf Fall and Uplands
Geraldton Sandplains
Great Sandy Desert
Gulf Coastal
Gulf Plains
Great Victoria Desert
Hampton
Jarrah Forest
Kanmantoo
King
Little Sandy Desert
MacDonnell Ranges
Mallee
Murray Darling Depression
Mitchell Grass Downs
Mount Isa Inlier
Mulga Lands
Murchison
Nandewar
Naracoorte Coastal Plain
New England Tablelands
Northern Kimberley
NSW North Coast
NSW South Western Slopes
Nullarbor
Ord Victoria Plain
Pine Creek
Pilbara
Riverina
Sydney Basin
South East Coastal Plain
South East Corner
South Eastern Highlands
South Eastern Queensland
Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields
Stony Plains
Sturt Plateau
Swan Coastal Plain
Tanami
Tasmanian Central Highlands
Tiwi Cobourg
Tasmanian Northern Midlands
Tasmanian Northern Slopes
Tasmanian South East
Tasmanian Southern Ranges
Tasmanian West
Victoria Bonaparte
Victorian Midlands
Victorian Volcanic Plain
Warren
Wet Tropics
Yalgoo
Reservation of each IBRA region as a percentage of total IBRA
Figure 12 was a pre-existing analysis of reserve area (from Map 3) as a percentage of
the total area of each IBRA region.
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Discussion
The continental maps are an improvement on the previous versions of NVIS as more
of the data are sourced from detailed vegetation surveys. Victoria, Queensland and
Tasmania have achieved Statewide NVIS coverage at a detailed level, to add to
Northern Territory and Western Australia in NLWRA (2001). All NVIS vegetation
descriptions, except those for NSW, comply with the NVIS standards (ESCAVI,
2003).
The NVIS partners have conducted workshops to ensure the improved alignment of
vegetation types across borders. The remaining anomalies (Maps 1 and 2) arise from
fundamental differences in source datasets – particularly the scales of mapping and
differences in the recognition of vegetation types. Cartographic anomalies remain in
the non-vegetated and non-native areas, such as salt lakes, where standardisation was
beyond the scope of this project.
The continental data summaries update the respective tables and figures of NLWRA
(2001). The national and statewide summaries are qualitatively similar, reflecting the
natural distribution of vegetation types and the historic impacts of human usage –
particularly clearing for agriculture. Quantitative changes from NLWRA (2001) are
more likely to be a result of re-classification within the source datasets and subsequent
description in the NVIS attributes, rather than true vegetation change. This is clearly
the case in Victoria. However, the comparison between pre-1750 vegetation and
present vegetation in this version of NVIS is considered to provide a better estimate of
vegetation change than in NLWRA (2001).
The broad picture of vegetation loss is well known (NLWRA, 2001; EA/NLWRA,
2001). The analysis of native vegetation remaining by IBRA region (Appendix B and
Fig 4) summarise the loss of native vegetation. Maximum native vegetation loss is in
the Victorian Volcanic Plain and Avon Wheatbelt, WA.
The remaining figures illustrate some of the derived summaries than can be extracted
from the detailed spreadsheets provided. The results have not been discussed in detail.
Major areas of MVG diversity (Fig. 5) are in the Eastern States. This is expected with
MVGs having a strong structural component. The complexity in the lower MurrayDarling Basin cannot be readily explained. Standardisation of the number of MVGs
per unit area may give an improved picture.
The number of MVGs with remaining areas <10% and <30% (Figs 6 & 7) are a gross
estimate of threatened ecosystems.
The same thresholds applied to particular MVGs (Figs 8-11) reveal familiar patterns.
For example, rainforests in southern Queensland, northern NSW and southern
Victoria appear most depleted. Eucalyptus Woodland, Acacia Forest and Woodland
and Mallee Woodland and Shrubland MVGs have been heavily cleared in the
wheatbelt areas.The high figures for coastal and tableland NSW require further
investigation at the detailed level, since the result may be an artefact arising from
inadequate data or errors in the analysis.
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References
Environment Australia and National Land and Water Resources Audit (EA/NLWRA) (2001).
Landscape Heath in Australia. Department of the Environment and Heritage & Audit,
Canberra.
ESCAVI (2003) Australian Vegetation Attribute Manual, Version 6.0. Executive Steering
Committee for Australian Vegetation Information/Dept of Environment and Heritage,
Canberra, URL: < http://www.deh.gov.au/erin/nvis/avam/index.html>.
Geoscience Australia (GA) (2005) Area of Australia, States and Territories. URL
<http://www.ga.gov.au/education/facts/dimensions/areadime.htm).
National Land and Water Resources Audit (NLWRA) (2001). Australian Native Vegetation
Assessment, 2001. Audit Canberra.
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Map 1
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Map 2
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Map 3
Terrestrial Protected Areas - 2004
Legend
Terrestrial Protected Areas
Source Information:
Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database
(CAPAD) 2004 was compiled by the Department of
the Environment and Heritage with data provided
by State/Territory land management agencies.
Map Produced by ERIN on behalf of National
Reserve System Section
Date: 27 June 2005
Projection: Geographics
Spheroid and Datum: WGS84
500
250
0
±
500
1,000
Kilometres
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Appendix A
Statewide MVG Summaries
The native Major Vegetation Groups occurring in each State and Territory are listed
in order of decreasing area of present vegetation. Percentage reserved is the MVG
area in reserves as a percentage of present vegetation area.
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
MVG Name
Eucalyptus Open Forest
Eucalyptus Woodland
Other Grassland, Herbland, Sedgeland and
Rushland
Casuarina Forest and Woodland
Tussock Grassland
Other Shrublands
Eucalyptus Low Open Forest
Present
Area
(km2)
868
340
28
10
6
5
Pre-1750
Area (km2)
947
1085
Percent
Remaining
91.7
31.4
28
10
143
3
86
100.0
100.0
4.4
191.2*
0.0
Percent
Reserved
94.82
77.06
96.43
80.00
100.00
100.00
* = Pre-1750 and extant layers are not strictly comparable, so this may not be
indicative of an expanded area of Other Shrublands.
NEW SOUTH WALES
MVG Name
Eucalyptus Woodland
Eucalyptus Open Forest
Chenopod Shrub, Samphire Shrub and
Forbland
Tussock Grassland
Acacia Open Woodland
Acacia Shrubland
Casuarina Forest and Woodland
Mallee Woodland and Shrubland
Callitris Forest and Woodlands
Acacia Forest and Woodlands
Eucalyptus Tall Open Forest
Eucalyptus Open Woodland
Other Shrublands
Rainforest and vine thickets
Heath
Other Grassland, Herbland, Sedgeland and
Rushland
Eucalyptus Low Open Forest
Melaleuca Forest and Woodland
Hummock Grassland
Other Forests and Woodlands
Mangroves
Low Closed Forest and Tall Closed
Shrublands
Present
Area
(km2)
103,610
74,698
Pre-1750
Area
(km2)
266,699
127,635
Percent
Remaining
38.8
58.5
66,171
54,398
38,690
37,207
36,364
30,413
21,104
18,853
17,788
16,621
8,782
4,919
2,243
70,693
61,763
38,690
37,405
36,799
34,314
25,311
23,111
18,015
33,392
8,800
7,824
1,784
93.6
88.1
100.0
99.5
98.8
88.6
83.4
81.6
98.7
49.8
99.8
62.9
125.8*
2,229
1,447
438
429
245
57
3,009
1,447
471
429
291
51
74.1
100.0
93.0
100.0
84.2
110.6
0.76
40.41
0.23
1.63
33.33
0
1
0.0
0
Percent
Reserved
7.91
34.08
2.18
4.20
2.19
4.06
7.32
5.12
3.22
34.37
5.16
3.04
63.20
66.52
51.64
* = Pre-1750 and extant layers are not strictly comparable in some parts of NSW, so
this may not be indicative of an expanded area of Heath.
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NORTHERN TERRITORY
MVG Name
Hummock Grassland
Eucalyptus Open Woodland
Eucalyptus Woodland
Acacia Shrubland
Tussock Grassland
Tropical Eucalyptus woodlands/grasslands
Casuarina Forest and Woodland
Eucalyptus Open Forest
Acacia Open Woodland
Acacia Forest and Woodlands
Melaleuca Forest and Woodland
Other Forests and Woodlands
Chenopod Shrub, Samphire Shrub and
Forbland
Other Grassland, Herbland, Sedgeland and
Rushland
Other Shrublands
Mangroves
Rainforest and vine thickets
Mallee Woodland and Shrubland
Eucalyptus Low Open Forest
Present
Area
(km2)
413,186
222,030
160,029
94,172
88,377
79,839
66,429
57,198
49,087
25,749
25,180
19,281
Pre-1750
Area
(km2)
413,187
221,782
160,283
94,193
88,378
82,821
66,429
58,252
49,087
25,750
25,402
19,415
Percent
Remaining
100.0
100.1
99.8
100.0
100.0
96.4
100.0
98.2
100.0
100.0
99.1
99.3
Percent
Reserved
0.26
8.94
8.52
2.89
0.91
14.33
1.89
12.81
0.26
1.50
10.82
2.41
12,036
12,037
100.0
0.19
9,412
4,584
3,625
2,705
1,250
83
9,493
4,584
3,626
2,719
1,250
83
99.1
100.0
100.0
99.5
100.0
100.0
20.62
15.17
25.25
0
100.00
Present
Area
(km2)
369,068
268,013
167,557
105,434
91,014
70,657
63,072
62,988
48,070
Pre-1750
Area
(km2)
499,598
279,308
186,378
186,785
97,796
72,177
94,893
63,010
48,610
Percent
Remaining
73.9
96.0
89.9
56.4
93.1
97.9
66.5
100.0
98.9
Percent
Reserved
4.80
1.58
3.38
2.54
3.29
8.97
17.74
16.45
2.39
46,264
46,321
99.9
2.71
36,847
34,670
19,909
11,271
6,270
4,328
3,987
3,843
467
140
37,246
34,795
34,889
11,355
9,650
4,332
7,426
3,969
555
140
98.9
99.6
57.1
99.3
65.0
99.9
53.7
96.8
84.1
100.0
4.72
6.91
50.98
8.64
3.65
6.72
34.11
53.97
71.52
87.86
QUEENSLAND
MVG Name
Eucalyptus Woodland
Tussock Grassland
Eucalyptus Open Woodland
Acacia Forest and Woodlands
Acacia Open Woodland
Melaleuca Forest and Woodland
Eucalyptus Open Forest
Hummock Grassland
Acacia Shrubland
Chenopod Shrub, Samphire Shrub and
Forbland
Other Grassland, Herbland, Sedgeland and
Rushland
Other Forests and Woodlands
Rainforest and vine thickets
Other Shrublands
Callitris Forest and Woodlands
Mallee Woodland and Shrubland
Casuarina Forest and Woodland
Mangroves
Eucalyptus Tall Open Forest
Eucalyptus Low Open Forest
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Low Closed Forest and Tall Closed
Shrublands
Heath
112
84
127
439
88.4
19.1
47.32
33.33
Percent
Remaining
Percent
Reserved
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
MVG Name
Chenopod Shrub, Samphire Shrub and
Forbland
Acacia Shrubland
Mallee Woodland and Shrubland
Hummock Grassland
Acacia Open Woodland
Tussock Grassland
Eucalyptus Open Woodland
Acacia Forest and Woodlands
Other Shrublands
Eucalyptus Woodland
Casuarina Forest and Woodland
Callitris Forest and Woodlands
Other Grassland, Herbland, Sedgeland and
Rushland
Other Forests and Woodlands
Eucalyptus Open Forest
Melaleuca Forest and Woodland
Mangroves
Eucalyptus Low Open Forest
Heath
Low Closed Forest and Tall Closed
Shrublands
Present
Area
(km2)
Pre-1750
Area
(km2)
222,106
134,685
126,804
87,308
73,939
60,374
36,022
25,244
24,845
24,236
18,046
4,226
225,344
134,995
184,277
87,700
74,098
68,864
38,763
25,251
27,506
50,698
18,046
4,409
98.6
99.8
68.8
99.6
99.8
87.7
92.9
100.0
90.3
47.8
100.0
95.8
21.30
18.60
46.62
48.77
25.79
9.66
0.96
7.85
48.09
11.92
39.06
8.02
2,940
2,331
1,256
312
101
22
19
2,926
2,847
3,830
4,407
71
22
19
100.5
81.9
32.8
7.1
142.3*
100.0
100.0
11.60
5.49
19.98
62.82
19.80
13.64
31.58
17
17
100.0
17.65
* = This figure may be a result of misalignment of coastlines in the respective
datasets, as mentioned in Materials and Methods.
TASMANIA
MVG Name
Eucalyptus Open Forest
Eucalyptus Tall Open Forest
Rainforest and vine thickets
Other Grassland, Herbland, Sedgeland and
Rushland
Low Closed Forest and Tall Closed
Shrublands
Heath
Other Shrublands
Tussock Grassland
Other Forests and Woodlands
Eucalyptus Low Open Forest
Acacia Forest and Woodlands
Eucalyptus Woodland
Casuarina Forest and Woodland
Present
Area
(km2)
16,097
9,259
7,319
Pre-1750
Area
(km2)
21,114
13,207
7,621
Percent
Remaining
76.2
70.1
96.0
Percent
Reserved
27.01
33.21
69.44
6,335
6,520
97.2
77.85
3,114
1,720
1,481
1,367
1,293
1,291
826
272
173
4,151
1,721
1,483
1,368
1,294
1,319
1,049
4,092
173
75.0
99.9
99.9
100.0
99.9
97.9
78.7
6.6
99.9
66.25
66.80
84.13
12.07
70.84
81.41
17.68
20.22
24.86
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Eucalyptus Open Woodland
Chenopod Shrub, Samphire Shrub and
Forbland
Callitris Forest and Woodlands
17
211
7.9
41.18
16
9
829
9
2.0
100.0
43.75
44.44
Present
Area
(km2)
38,475
15,518
15,083
6,141
2,844
1,816
Pre-1750
Area
(km2)
56,623
89,185
35,328
6,960
5,790
14,664
Percent
Remaining
67.9
17.4
42.7
88.2
49.1
12.4
Percent
Reserved
26.54
37.92
74.18
31.66
74.09
50.50
1,486
1,085
2,834
1,997
52.4
54.3
59.83
64.24
566
435
378
347
245
146
33
5
1
1,683
623
993
418
6,731
299
33
195
5
33.6
69.8
38.1
83.2
3.6
48.8
98.2
2.4
17.4
36.40
50.34
46.30
36.60
11.02
76.71
84.85
0.00
0.00
Present
Area
(km2)
804,062
537,139
232,091
219,846
93,650
Pre-1750
Area
(km2)
804,534
550,638
232,489
290,623
127,728
Percent
Remaining
99.9
97.5
99.8
75.6
73.3
Percent
Reserved
10.15
10.37
12.95
10.80
28.98
89,641
71,413
61,309
53,107
32,642
22,437
20,457
16,659
91,137
101,802
61,310
53,294
32,682
22,756
30,986
18,137
98.4
70.1
100.0
99.6
99.9
98.6
66.0
91.8
5.47
11.20
0.79
4.59
9.19
68.87
10.03
8.90
21.82
13,035
11,750
21,524
16,339
60.6
71.9
9.58
5,533
3,627
2,828
5,921
4,300
3,302
93.5
84.4
85.7
1.68
19.63
16.90
VICTORIA
MVG Name
Eucalyptus Open Forest
Eucalyptus Woodland
Mallee Woodland and Shrubland
Eucalyptus Tall Open Forest
Other Forests and Woodlands
Casuarina Forest and Woodland
Other Grassland, Herbland, Sedgeland and
Rushland
Other Shrublands
Chenopod Shrub, Samphire Shrub and
Forbland
Acacia Forest and Woodlands
Heath
Rainforest and vine thickets
Tussock Grassland
Melaleuca Forest and Woodland
Mangroves
Callitris Forest and Woodlands
Acacia Shrubland
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
MVG Name
Hummock Grassland
Acacia Shrubland
Acacia Forest and Woodlands
Eucalyptus Woodland
Mallee Woodland and Shrubland
Chenopod Shrub, Samphire Shrub and
Forbland
Other Shrublands
Acacia Open Woodland
Tussock Grassland
Tropical Eucalyptus woodlands/grasslands
Casuarina Forest and Woodland
Eucalyptus Open Forest
Eucalyptus Open Woodland
Low Closed Forest and Tall Closed
Shrublands
Other Forests and Woodlands
Other Grassland, Herbland, Sedgeland and
Rushland
Heath
Melaleuca Forest and Woodland
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Eucalyptus Tall Open Forest
Mangroves
Eucalyptus Low Open Forest
Callitris Forest and Woodlands
1,690
1,668
1,052
684
2,064
1,914
1,798
704
23.85
23.80
13.88
44.74
81.9
87.1
58.5
97.1
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APPENDIX B
Summary of Native Vegetation Remaining in
each IBRA Region
REG_CODE
AA
ARC
ARP
AW
BBN
BBS
BEL
BHC
BRT
CA
CAR
CHC
CK
CMC
COO
CP
CR
CYP
DAB
DAC
DEU
DL
DMR
DRP
EIU
ESP
EYB
FIN
FLB
FLI
GAS
GAW
GD
GFU
GS
GSD
GUC
GUP
GVD
HAM
JF
KAN
KIN
LSD
MAC
MAL
MDD
MGD
PREEURO_HA
1,213,910
3,231,037
2,311,266
9,305,809
13,595,316
27,223,052
654,733
5,680,216
7,391,239
3,465,835
8,080,168
30,582,945
7,691,151
1,439,327
12,179,182
7,381,273
9,914,858
12,023,273
2,097,853
2,724,477
6,829,175
8,183,995
5,816,007
10,677,151
11,680,606
2,827,619
6,017,868
7,386,407
7,112,368
511,476
17,841,537
12,360,877
15,563,540
11,862,023
3,121,445
38,630,825
2,501,343
21,374,120
41,667,323
1,083,192
4,484,688
799,677
420,982
10,877,681
3,934,681
7,163,223
19,602,740
33,572,521
EXTANT_HA
1,187,313
3,226,695
2,310,973
1,377,003
6,724,804
11,338,566
479,060
5,679,092
7,391,233
3,465,829
8,067,223
30,532,877
7,690,948
1,005,061
11,978,615
6,135,315
9,912,037
11,961,466
1,881,236
2,626,078
5,810,659
8,160,401
5,816,010
6,732,296
11,680,606
1,433,367
3,299,976
7,380,469
5,688,159
343,838
17,841,526
12,249,831
15,563,539
11,861,509
1,319,097
38,629,700
2,501,179
21,369,785
41,594,786
1,079,700
2,415,410
250,017
248,257
10,877,676
3,934,681
3,895,859
12,182,628
33,554,466
REMAINING_%
97.8
99.9
100.0
14.8
49.5
41.7
73.2
100.0
100.0
100.0
99.8
99.8
100.0
69.8
98.4
83.1
100.0
99.5
89.7
96.4
85.1
99.7
100.0
63.1
100.0
50.7
54.8
99.9
80.0
67.2
100.0
99.1
100.0
100.0
42.3
100.0
100.0
100.0
99.8
99.7
53.9
31.3
59.0
100.0
100.0
54.4
62.1
99.9
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MII
ML
MUR
NAN
NCP
NET
NK
NNC
NSS
NUL
OVP
PCK
PIL
RIV
SB
SCP
SEC
SEH
SEQ
SSD
STP
STU
SWA
TAN
TCH
TIW
TNM
TNS
TSE
TSR
TWE
VB
VM
VVP
WAR
WT
YAL
6,671,803
25,159,464
27,399,547
2,700,533
2,422,864
3,001,595
8,254,912
3,967,716
8,763,269
19,710,931
12,465,708
2,855,353
17,649,218
9,652,783
3,713,940
1,676,141
2,531,563
8,058,158
7,760,973
27,283,707
13,425,773
9,742,943
1,477,640
25,988,276
712,052
972,511
410,446
612,741
1,087,083
762,555
1,483,802
6,830,414
3,452,580
2,348,762
817,785
1,993,853
4,939,587
6,662,942
21,458,402
27,399,754
943,105
451,211
1,210,066
8,166,581
2,611,520
1,333,919
19,704,178
12,458,505
2,786,523
17,642,495
5,414,828
2,467,657
308,865
2,201,978
4,366,396
3,474,795
26,708,262
13,341,656
9,727,372
567,366
25,980,531
666,334
953,083
149,530
342,225
738,964
661,314
1,469,178
6,788,236
993,342
109,141
651,237
1,517,938
4,889,260
99.9
85.3
100.0
34.9
18.6
40.3
98.9
65.8
15.2
100.0
99.9
97.6
100.0
56.1
66.4
18.4
87.0
54.2
44.8
97.9
99.4
99.8
38.4
100.0
93.6
98.0
36.4
55.9
68.0
86.7
99.0
99.4
28.8
4.6
79.6
76.1
99.0
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