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Intertidal Marine Vegetation Strategies (IMVS)
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD)
The Intertidal Marine Vegetation Strategies (IMVS) are products of the NSW Marine Estate Management Strategy (MEMS). The separate reports and data packages cover the floodplains... -
NSW Priority Oyster Aquaculture Areas
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD)
Oyster aquaculture areas are areas of NSW estuaries assessed for edible oyster aquaculture. These areas were categorised by assessment of all current, former and potential... -
NSW Seamless Geology NE (Z56) Bedrock Exposure
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD)
Areas where solid rock has become exposed to the surface in NSW Zone 56 (from 150°E to east coast). It is used to assist in field mapping. As part of the Geological Survey of... -
Conservation value of NSW Travelling Stock Reserves (TSRs)
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD)
The “Linear Reserves – Managing Travelling Stock Reserves For Sustainable Conservation Outcomes” project was funded by the NSW Environmental Trust and delivered by Local Land... -
NSW 1500K Simplified Surface Geology
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD)
The surface geology of NSW, including the type, location and age of rocks and deposits, and geological boundaries. The New South Wales 1:1 500 000 scale geology map represents... -
Map of Renewable Energy Resources of NSW
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD)
In July 2016, the Geological Survey of New South Wales released the first comprehensive statewide renewable energy resource map, documenting NSWs resource potential and existing... -
NSW Blue Carbon Compatibility under 2017 Landuse
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD)
Human activities in coastal landscapes also exert both direct and indirect pressures on blue carbon (McLeod et al., 2011). Rogers et al. (2019) accounted for this pressure using... -
NSW Blue Carbon Permanency in Belowground Sediments
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD)
Permanency is defined as the capacity for carbon to be preserved and not reworked under conditions of higher hydrodynamic energy associated with storms and changes to tidal... -
NSW Marine Protected Areas
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD)
This layer provides a geographic interpretation of Marine Park and Aquatic Reserve boundaries in NSW as described in the NSW Marine Estate Management (Management Rules)... -
NSW Blue Carbon in watersheds of Instream Barriers
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD)
Wetland drainage and flood mitigation works have had a profound influence on hydrology, especially hydroperiod and tidal exchange across coastal NSW. Barriers or instream... -
NSW Blue Carbon Indicator
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD)
A blue carbon indicator (BCI) raster dataset was generated by combining the following rasters: NSW Blue carbon store within coastal Quaternary sediments, NSW Blue Carbon... -
Shoalhaven River Floodplain Prioritisation Study
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD)
The Coastal Floodplain Prioritisation Study covered seven estuaries on the NSW floodplain. The study included an extensive data collection and collation process to improve... -
Miners and Explorers Map
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD)
This Miners and Explorers Map provides geospatial data to assist explorers to identify environmental sensitivities in NSW. It can be used to search an area on the map (i.e. a... -
Tweed River Floodplain Prioritisation Study
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD)
The Coastal Floodplain Prioritisation Study covered seven estuaries on the NSW floodplain. The study included an extensive data collection and collation process to improve... -
NSW Blue Carbon Potential Priority Areas
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD)
Combining the ‘NSW Blue Carbon Compatibility Under 2017 Landuse’ (BCC) and ‘NSW Blue Carbon Blue Carbon Indicator’ (BCI) rasters together subsequently provided an indication of... -
NSW Combined Drought Indicator
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD)
The NSW Combined Drought Indicator (CDI) is used by the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) to classify drought in New South Wales. It integrates... -
Key Fish Habitat
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD)
One of the objectives of the Fisheries Management Act 1994 is to 'conserve key fish habitats'. To achieve the objectives of the Fisheries Management Act, 1994 DPI-Fisheries has... -
Darling River Snail Indicative Distribution in NSW
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD)
The Darling River Snail (also known as ‘River Snail’) is a mediumsized (20-25 mm) freshwater snail that was once common and widespread in the Darling River and its tributaries.... -
Hanley’s River Snail Indicative Distribution in NSW
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD)
Hanley’s River Snail is a freshwater snail that was once common and widespread in the Murray River catchment, including the Lachlan and Murrumbidgee Rivers. In the 1940s, the... -
Hastings River Floodplain Prioritisation Study
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD)
The Coastal Floodplain Prioritisation Study covered seven estuaries on the NSW floodplain. The study included an extensive data collection and collation process to improve...