NSW forest extent interactive reports
The 'NSW Forest area by Tenure' dashboards provide state-wide forest extent by tenure over various administrative boundaries, allowing forest and natural resource managers, decision makers and researchers as well as the general public easy access to the most recent and accurate available information. The provided information represents indicator 1.1a* (Area of forest by forest type and tenure) for NSW forests.
*Indicator 1.1a - Area of forest by forest type and tenure: "The sustainable management and conservation of Australia's forests, whether on public or on private land, requires a sound understanding of their extent, type, use and management." SOFR2018.
About the reports
The 'NSW Forest area by Tenure' reports are interactive visualisation (Microsoft PowerBI dashboards) of NSW forest area by tenure across various key administrative boundaries for forestry activities and operations.
The reports provide:
- Total NSW forest area by tenure;
- Percentage of the total NSW forest area by tenure;
- Detailed forest area by tenure over the selected region of interest e.g. Individual IBRA region; and
- Percentage of the detailed forest area by tenure over the selected region of interest e.g. Individual IBRA region.
The dashboards utilise a Landsat derived 20% canopy cover forest layer sourced from the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory dataset (Forest and Sparse Woody Vegetation Data (Version 3, 2018 Release)), data.gov.au. The layer has a spatial resolution of 25m*25m which makes the total NSW forest area different from other publicly available forest layers such as the 100m*100m spatial resolution SOFR2018 layer. The Landsat derived forest layer (used for the dashboards) maps ~23 Mha forest area across NSW while the SOFR2018 layer illustrates ~20 Mha Forest.
How to use the dashboards?
To generate a report detailing forest area of your region of interest, either click on the interactive map or use the drop-down menu on top left corner and choose your region of interest.
For clearing the selection, simply click anywhere on the map box outside of the NSW area or unselect the selected region from the drop-down menu. If you used the search box, you will need to use the 'clear selections' icon located above the drop-down icon.
To generate reports using multi-page dashboards (the RFA & IFOA reports for example) for your areas of interest, you first need to navigate to the associated page using the page numbers at the bottom of the dashboard then select the region of interest.
NSW Forest area by IBRA7 & Tenure dashboard
This one page dashboard provides information regarding forest area across the 18 NSW Bioregions (IBRA7 regions). The forest area includes both native forest and plantations.
NSW Native Forest area by IFOA, RFA & Tenure dashboard
The two-page NSW Native Forest area by IFOA, RFA & Tenure dashboard shows native forest area by tenure across Integrated Forestry Operations Approvals (IFOAs) and Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs) administrative boundaries separately. All plantations listed as current as of August 2021 are removed.
To request the source data used for the analysis or for any other enquiries regarding the reports please contact Dr Masoomeh Alaibakhsh at masoomeh.alaibakhsh@dpi.nsw.gov.au.
Acknowledgement
The Forest Science team acknowledges National Greenhouse Gas Inventory, NSW Spatial Services, DPI Plantations Regulation unit and Forestry Corporation NSW for providing Woody vegetation, Private property, Plantation and Tenure layers utilised for producing the dashboards; and Peter Worsley and Ed Saunders for technical support.
