Appendix 2 - Minimum recording requirements for weed infestations A minimum requirement for recording weed infestations includes: name of the recorder; start date of recording (indicates when the survey commenced); site name; location description (provides a detailed description of the location and how to get there); species’ common and scientific names; information on when identification was made for a particular weed infestation and the person who made the identification; specimen identification number or tentative identification, to be confirmed later [optional]; confirmation of whether a GPS was used to collect data; type of coordinate system (indicates the type of coordinate system used to derive the data); datum (e.g. Geocentric Datum of Australia GDA94 or Map Grid of Australia (MGA)); MGA zone (e.g. zone 55 or 54); geographic coordinates of the location of the plant; easting and northing or longitude and latitude; positional accuracy (m) (indicates how accurate the site was on the ground); survey method (e.g. quadrat); survey method detail (length, width, area covered); and initial estimate of area of infestation (ha) or number of individuals. The collected information should be: entered in the Victorian Biodiversity Atlas (VBA) via the VBA data recording template; emailed to the WESI project team; and passed onto local land managers as appropriate. If new information is collected about the infestation(s), the updated information should be passed on to the WESI project team and updated in the VBA. Use the field collecting sheet in this guide.
Appendix 2 - Minimum recording requirements for weed infestations A minimum requirement for recording weed infestations includes: name of the recorder; start date of recording (indicates when the survey commenced); site name; location description (provides a detailed description of the location and how to get there); species’ common and scientific names; information on when identification was made for a particular weed infestation and the person who made the identification; specimen identification number or tentative identification, to be confirmed later [optional]; confirmation of whether a GPS was used to collect data; type of coordinate system (indicates the type of coordinate system used to derive the data); datum (e.g. Geocentric Datum of Australia GDA94 or Map Grid of Australia (MGA)); MGA zone (e.g. zone 55 or 54); geographic coordinates of the location of the plant; easting and northing or longitude and latitude; positional accuracy (m) (indicates how accurate the site was on the ground); survey method (e.g. quadrat); survey method detail (length, width, area covered); and initial estimate of area of infestation (ha) or number of individuals. The collected information should be: entered in the Victorian Biodiversity Atlas (VBA) via the VBA data recording template; emailed to the WESI project team; and passed onto local land managers as appropriate. If new information is collected about the infestation(s), the updated information should be passed on to the WESI project team and updated in the VBA. Use the field collecting sheet in this guide.
WESI-Guide-02_Looking-for-weeds_name-and-notify_ACCESS.docx