component in all augmenting structural layers LUCAS plots, and agreement of focal species and parameters Avian Presence of suitable Species Data: Requires bird species across occupancy standardised field trophic levels sampling and classification of birds into relevant guilds Habitat for For threatened and Data: Formal threatened at-risk taxa: (i) classification of species number, (ii) status of threatened and represent- critical habitat at-risk species ation available. Suitable habitat requirements will require identification Vulnerable (i) Wetlands State National Data: ecosystems (condition and extent classifications (ha)); (ii) and available, other coastal systems including national (condition and maps for some extent); (iii) naturally systems rare ecosystems (% of area remaining) Threats and Pressures 3. Weeds Number of Number of new Indigenous Pressure/ Data: Requires and animal new regional incursions dominance surveillance Impact pests and/or sites of monitoring at nationally recognised regional level, environmental weed currently species undertaken by regional councils Distribution Based on (i) regional Indigenous Pressure Data: Operational and distribution and (ii) dominance techniques and abundance local abundance of data environmental weeds management and nationally listed currently vary animal pests across regions. Will require standardisation and development of some new approaches 4. Habitat Change in LCDB cover classes Environmental Pressure Data: LCDB and loss area under within an agreed representation reruns, while intensive land definition of maintaining use land use’, historical ‘intensive e.g. areas actively compatibility of managed to the cover classes
component in all structural layers augmenting LUCAS plots, and agreement of focal species and parameters Avian Presence of suitable bird species across trophic levels Species occupancy Data: Requires standardised field sampling and classification of birds into relevant guilds Habitat for threatened species For threatened and at-risk taxa: (i) number, (ii) status of critical habitat represent- ation Data: Formal classification of threatened and at-risk species available. Suitable habitat requirements will require identification Vulnerable ecosystems (i) Wetlands (condition and extent (ha)); (ii) and other coastal systems (condition and extent); (iii) naturally rare ecosystems (% of area remaining) State Data: National classifications available, including national maps for some systems Threats and Pressures 3. Weeds and animal pests Number of new Number of new regional incursions and/or sites of nationally recognised environmental weed species Indigenous dominance Pressure/ Impact Data: Requires surveillance monitoring at regional level, currently undertaken by regional councils Distribution and abundance Based on (i) regional distribution and (ii) local abundance of environmental weeds and nationally listed animal pests Indigenous dominance Pressure Data: Operational techniques and data management currently vary across regions. Will require standardisation and development of some new approaches 4. Habitat loss Change in area under intensive land use LCDB cover classes within an agreed definition of ‘intensive land use’, e.g. areas actively managed to the Environmental representation Pressure Data: LCDB and reruns, while maintaining historical compatibility of cover classes
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