1. Australia’s National Vegetation Information System (NVIS)

2. Contents NVIS Origins –10 slides Next Phase –9 slides Current Phase –5 slides NVIS: The Future –1 slide

3. NVIS Origins - Contents NVIS Origins Stakeholders NVIS Framework NVIS Data Types Spatial Data Compilation Non-spatial Data Compilation (2 slides) –Vegetation Data Model Integration NVIS Version 1 Products

4. NVIS Origins National Land and Water Resources Audit –1997-2001 –Theme 3: Vegetation NVIS framework and system developed as a means of compiling heterogeneous vegetation datasets collected over the last 50 years For regional and national assessments

5. Stakeholders Partnership of State, Territory and Australian governments Users of NVIS products include: –Policy makers –Natural Resource Management (NRM) region vegetation managers –Researchers and Educators –Public

6. NVIS Framework 11. Derived Products 2. Data Documentation Attributes and Dataset Boundaries 10. ANZLIC Metadata 9. Vegetation Condition Attributes 1. Data Management and Compilation Standards. 8. Site Attribute Standards 4. Vegetation Description and Map Unit Attributes 3. Vegetation Spatial Data 6. Checking Rules 5. Detailed Vegetation Attributes 7. Taxonomic Attributes

7. NVIS Data Types Manage 2 main data types –Spatial (polygon) –Non-spatial attributes NVIS Products –Subsets of detailed data –Combined spatial and non-spatial –Raster or vector +/- plot data in background

8. State data Input datasets Spatial Data Compilation National data Compiled data Unix SDE

9. Non-spatial Data Compilation U2 U1 M1 G1 G2

10. Species Composition    Growth Form    % Foliage Cover Height U M G Vegetation Model

11. e.g. nvis_id: 1119 source_code: KI029A Olearia axillaris Open shrubland 1: Shrub2: Open shrubland 3: Olearia (mixed) open shrubland 4: +Olearia (mixed) open shrubland/Euphorbia (mixed) unknown forbland 5: M+ ^Olearia axillaris,Myoporum insulare,Acacia longifolia var. sophorae/^shrub/3/i;G ^Euphorbia paralias,Spinifex sericeus/^forb,tussock grass,shrub/-9999/-9999 6: M1+ ^Olearia axillaris,Myoporum insulare,Acacia longifolia var. sophorae,Lycium ferocissimum/^shrub/3/i;G1 ^Euphorbia paralias,Spinifex sericeus/^forb,tussock grass,shrub/-9999/-9999 Non-spatial Data Compilation (2)

12. STRATUM TAXON _DATA GROWTH FORM TAXON LISTS Vegetation information hierarchy Detailed data Spatial NVIS database Relational database of NVIS attributes This table is attached to the spatial data. VEGETATION DESCRIPTION MAP UNIT Integration

13. NVIS Version 1 Products Framework & system Data –Major Vegetation Groups Public download - rasters Continental poster Web maps §Information l Australian Vegetation Assessment 2001 Huge report Analyses of vegetation clearance Data quality and gap assessment

14. Next Phase - Contents Next Phase Collaborative Technical Work (1) XML transfer system (attributes) Wider Context Collaborative Technical Work (2) NVIS web maps (4 slides)

15. Next Phase Governance by Executive Steering Committee for Australian Vegetation Information –State, Territory & Aust Govt representatives –Continues to date Collaborative technical work –Motivation includes capacity building for each custodian and information exchange –Focus on size (organisation & performance) and quality issues

16. Collaborative Technical Work (1) Reviewed Framework –Revised attribute definitions –Restructured database –Agreed QA “rules” –Documentation System Development –NVIS database module in each (8) state/territory –Developed XML Transfer System –Implements QA checks and rules –Spatial storage (ArcSDE)

17. XML Transfer System (attributes) State NVIS Database Installation National NVIS Database XML Import XML Export New Spelling Update Fails Validation Holding Area Outcome Report Refine Record New NVIS_Id Validation XML Check

18. NVIS spatial (polygon) coverage Lookup Table Species Profile & Threats (SPRAT) taxon list  spelling Apply agreed NVIS rules (via XML, XSLT and PL/SQL, etc.) Genus x growth form table Wider Context

19. Collaborative Technical Work (2) Improved Content –Validated detailed content –Equivalence trial in arid zone Addressed problems apparent on national map Method development –Reviewed site survey standards NVIS Version 2 Products –Detailed vector products (Max Level 5 attributes) Download jig saw bits Web maps –Integrated Vegetation Online (incl. other land covers) –Web site(s)

20. Estimated pre-1750 coverage of NVIS Major Vegetation Groups

22. Mallee Woodland/ShrublandLow Closed Forest & Shrubland Eucalyptus WoodlandEucalyptus Open Forest For Further detail click here then on the map

24. Current Phase - Contents Current Phase SoE 2006 Reporting Native Vegetation in Australia Booklet and CD Web site

25. Current Phase Re-supplied NVIS –Revised content by states & territory custodians –Attributes via XML Transfer System –Version 3.x products –Analyses for Australia’s State of the Environment 2006 Promoting NVIS, esp. via hard copy –Brochures, banners, poster/map –Articles and seminars –Booklet and CD –Improved web sites ESCAVI is developing indicators for Monitoring & Evaluation of Natural Resource Management programs –Vegetation Type and Extent –Vegetation Condition

26. SoE 2006 Reporting

28. Booklet & CD

30. NVIS: The Future Ongoing improvement of the framework, infrastructure and inventory –Ongoing collaborative technical work Reporting on –change in the extent of NVIS vegetation types over time –native vegetation condition Web services –Tracking NRM indicators –State/Territory mapping –Vegetation portal Linkages with other national NRM themes –Likely new requirements at different scales and classifications

31. The End http://www.environment.gov.au/erin/nvis http://www.daff.gov.au/forest_veg