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NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
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Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting (Theme 2): NSW Wetland Monitoring Sites

Spatial extent of wetland types identified by the NSW Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting (MER) program for state-wide monitoring of wetland condition. The condition of the wetlands in this spatial layer has been preliminarily assessed using pressure and condition indicators detailed in the related dataset listed in this metadata statement.

Detailed descriptions of the monitoring methods and preliminary results can be found in: Sonia Claus, Sarah Imgraben, Kirsty Brennan, Alex Carthey, Benjamin Daly and Neil Saintilan (in prep) NSW Wetlands Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Program Technical Report. NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water, Sydney. The 'Draft Report'.

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Language English
Edition Not known
Purpose To identify wetlands suitable for the state-wide monitoring program in order to achieve the NSW MER Wetlands Theme 2 Target: By 2015 there is an improvement in the condition of important wetlands, and the extent of those wetlands is maintained.
Frequency of change Unknown
Keywords WATER-Wetlands
Metadata Date 2009-05-22
Date of Asset Creation 2009-05-22
Date of Asset Publication 2010-08-26
Date of Next Update 2010-08-26
License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Equivalent Scale 250000
Vector representation
Record 1
Object type
Surface
Object count
308
Geospatial Topic Inland waters
Extent

Dataset extent
Temporal Coverage From 2009-01-05
Datum GDA94 / MGAZone 55
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Attribution NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water asserts the right to be attributed as author of the original material in the following manner: "© State Government of NSW and NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 2010"