Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>The is a subset of the Catchment Scale Land use of Australia – Commodities – Update December 2020 dataset. The dataset identifies agricultural production, by type, under irrigation within defined irrigation district boundaries. The dataset was produced for the National Water Grid of Australia. </SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Agricultural commodities are assigned to the Australian Land Use and Management (ALUM) Classification version 8 classes based on; perceived intervention to the landscape, growing conditions and management, the intended use of the commodity, consistency with national and international reporting frameworks and standards, industry guidelines and trade codes. Commodities data were produced as part of catchment scale land use mapping and primarily uses fine-scale satellite data and information collected in the field. Field validation was critical for mapping commodities.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Jurisdiction captured commodity data (where possible) for those areas most recently mapped with a focus on horticulture and intensive animal industries. Other commodities which are tertiary classes of the ALUM classification (such as sugar cane, cotton, rice, olives and grapes) have been mapped by jurisdictions for some time and are included in this dataset. The source year (2002 to 2020), date of mapping (2008 to 2019) and scale of mapping (1:5,000 to 1:250,000) vary, reflecting the source data, capture date and scale. It is important to note that the location of a commodity may change on an annual basis, depending on factors such as climate, markets or farming systems.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>Indicates the most current primary use or management objective. The datasets show the main irrigation activities with the relevant irrigation districts</SPAN></P><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>This consortium of Australian, state and territory government partners is critical to providing nationally consistent land use mapping at both catchment and national scale, underpinned by common technical standards including an agreed national land use classification</SPAN></P><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>Some irrigation districts have multiple names, the names used in this dataset are those provided by the state contacts. Where possible the water authority for the district is listed. Unknown and private districts were listed as ‘Private Irrigation Areas’. </SPAN></P><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN><SPAN>Multiple datasets have been used to compile this data and mainly made up from the Land Use and irrigation districts for each state. Dates for the datasets differ from state to state. The following datasets in the tables have been used to compile the information. </SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: ABARES, Bureau of Rural Sciences (BRS)
Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning
Harvey Water
Department of Water and Environment Regulation
Department for Infrastructure and Transport
Tasmanian Irrigation
Department of Planning, Industry and Environment
Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security
Department of Environment and Science
Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources
Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning
Sources used to compile this information include remotely sensed data, state and national ancillary datasets, field observation and expert opinion. No personal or confidential information is collected as part of the land use mapping process nor contained within the land use datasets.