Tasmania - CRA/RFA - Forests - National Estate - Fauna Primitive and Relictual

This dataset is a digital polygon coverage of Tasmania (captured at 1:500 000 scale) detailing primitive and relictual fauna, i.e. fauna that exhibit taxonomic remoteness or phylogenetic primitiveness or both.

Primitive and relictual fauna polygons are given a unique code, the relevant National Estate values and criteria, and cleared land status.

All sites in this coverage are classified according to National Estate criterion A1: Importance in the evolution of Australian flora, fauna, landscapes or climate.

This is an archived dataset jointly owned by the Commonwealth and the Tasmanian Governments under the Tasmania-Commonwealth Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) data agreement of 8th November 1997.This data is available to the public under licence from the Department as part of the Commonwealth Spatial Data Access and Pricing Policy.

Any reproduction of this dataset must carry the following statement: Copyright Commonwealth of Australia and Tasmanian Government 1998. Departmental Deed