20260120 15213700 1.0 FALSE Criterion_2_Ecological_representativeness_v1 file://\\upvcdcfnafs02.internal.govt\gisfs02\data_public\services_data\bvr\Criterion_2\Criterion_2_Ecological_representativeness_v1_gispubim.gdb Local Area Network 12190584.107100 17501084.107100 -5515271.514100 -955271.514100 1 002 Projected GCS_WGS_1984 Linear Unit: Meter (1.000000) WGS_1984_Web_Mercator_Auxiliary_Sphere <ProjectedCoordinateSystem xsi:type='typens:ProjectedCoordinateSystem' xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance' xmlns:xs='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema' xmlns:typens='http://www.esri.com/schemas/ArcGIS/3.2.0'><WKT>PROJCS["WGS_1984_Web_Mercator_Auxiliary_Sphere",GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Mercator_Auxiliary_Sphere"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",0.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",0.0],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",0.0],PARAMETER["Auxiliary_Sphere_Type",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0],AUTHORITY["EPSG",3857]]</WKT><XOrigin>-20037700</XOrigin><YOrigin>-30241100</YOrigin><XYScale>148923141.92838538</XYScale><ZOrigin>-100000</ZOrigin><ZScale>10000</ZScale><MOrigin>-100000</MOrigin><MScale>10000</MScale><XYTolerance>0.001</XYTolerance><ZTolerance>0.001</ZTolerance><MTolerance>0.001</MTolerance><HighPrecision>true</HighPrecision><WKID>102100</WKID><LatestWKID>3857</LatestWKID></ProjectedCoordinateSystem> 16 FALSE None 1 AMD TRUE continuous unsigned integer 4100 15000 1000 20 2048 20 75 0.01 10 600 300 Basic 1 NorthWest,Center,LockRaster,ByAttribute,Nadir,Viewpoint,Seamline,None None,JPEG,LZ77,LERC Basic None,Basic,Base-Top Height,Top-Top Shadow Height,Base-Top Shadow Height,3D -1 -1 0.8 1 NorthWest,Center,LockRaster,ByAttribute,Nadir,Viewpoint,Seamline,None None,JPEG,LZ77,LERC None,Basic,Full NONE <_docversion_ Sync="TRUE">10 Name,MinPS,MaxPS,LowPS,HighPS,Tag,GroupName,ProductName,CenterX,CenterY,ZOrder,Shape_Length,Shape_Area -1 Generic 180000 250 18000 20260120 15372000 20260120 15372000 dataset Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water Director Decision Support & Analysis, Environment Data and Analysis Branch, Environment Information Australia GPO Box 3090 Canberra ACT 2601 AU geospatial@dcceew.gov.au https://www.dcceew.gov.au 20260120 ArcGIS Metadata 1.0 GeoTIFF Download Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water Spatial Data Manager GPO Box3090 Canberra ACT 2601 AU geospatial@dcceew.gov.au https://www.dcceew.gov.au https://fed.dcceew.gov.au 002 Criterion_2_Ecological_representativeness_v1 2025-12-01 Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water Spatial Data Manager GPO Box3090 Canberra ACT 2601 AU geospatial@dcceew.gov.au https://www.dcceew.gov.au Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water Spatial Data Manager GPO Box 3090 Canberra ACT 2601 AU geospatial@dcceew.gov.au https://www.dcceew.gov.au The Criterion 2: Ecological representativeness v1.0 raster (250 m resolution) represents relative scores across terrestrial Australia categorised into percentile-based thresholds that highlight areas that have comparatively low representation and/or protection status. It was generated using a reproducible MCDA workflow implemented in Python and ArcGIS Pro. The workflow includes: Criterion 2: Applied Comprehensive, Adequate and Representative (CAR) principles to assess ecosystem representation and protection across IBRA regions using National Vegetation Information System (NVIS) MVGs and the Collaborative Australia Protected Areas Database. The final raster reflects areas where this criterion is met with scores out of 1000 and protected areas masked (assigned value of 4000). Higher scores (between 0 to 1000) equate to areas that have low ecological representativeness and/or protection in current protected areas. Identifying biodiversity value and potential to enhance the representativeness of Australia’s Protected Areas using Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Version 1.0. that describes the data and methods is available at: https://erin.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=6510ec40d81c43cda8d44e86b81adce2Criterion 2 Inputs: Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia - Regions Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia - Subregions National Vegetation Information System Pre -1750 MVG (100m) National Vegetation Information System Extant MVG (100m) Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database - Terrestrial Caveats The analysis only uses national data, which may have variable quality and availability across the country. Some of this data is derived from models with their own inherent uncertainty and levels of accuracy that should be considered when using this output. Outputs of this analysis should be considered alongside regional and/or local scale information, particularly when incorporated in the decision-making process. Species distribution models were used to derive multiple input datasets used in this analysis (e.g. species density and regional endemism). These datasets represent different information and use different methodology to derive results. This analysis uses the published Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database 2024, which does not include areas protected since 30 June 2024. There are caveats associated with the datasets used in this analysis. Please refer to individual datasets for further information. The Criterion 2: Ecological representativeness v1.0 dataset shows the results of multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) to identify areas in Australia to increase ecological comprehensiveness, adequacy and representativeness of protected areas as defined by Criterion 2 in the National Roadmap for protecting and conserving 30% of Australia’s land by 2030 (National Roadmap). Further information in https://www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/land/achieving-30-by-30/national-roadmap. Criterion 2: Ecological representativeness v1.0: Australia are copyright (c) Commonwealth of Australia, Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water, 2025. Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water Director Decision Support & Analysis, Environment Data and Analysis Branch, Environment Information Australia GPO Box 3090 Canberra ACT 2601 AU geospatial@dcceew.gov.au https://www.dcceew.gov.au 30 by 30 GBF Target 3 ecological representativeness CAR Protection protected areas MCDA conservation planning 30 by 30 GBF Target 3 ecological representativeness CAR Protection protected areas MCDA conservation planning While reasonable efforts have been made to ensure that the contents of this publication are factually correct, the Commonwealth does not accept responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the contents and shall not be liable for any loss or damage that may be occasioned directly or indirectly through the use of, or reliance on, the contents of this publication. This dataset has been licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0).More information can be found at http://creativecommons.org.au/learn/licences. 109.509867278 157.213182716 -42.767176127 -8.549459056 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview Version 10.0 (Build 17763) ; Esri ArcGIS 13.2.0.49743 1 109.509880 157.214913 -8.549446 -44.321120 While reasonable efforts have been made to ensure that the contents of this publication are factually correct, the Commonwealth does not accept responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the contents and shall not be liable for any loss or damage that may be occasioned directly or indirectly through the use of, or reliance on, the contents of this publication. This dataset is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. Criterion 2: Ecological representativeness v1.0 was derived using a Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis workflow implemented in ESRI ArcGIS Pro. Input datasets were the: National Vegetation Information System (v7.0) (NVIS), Collaborative Australian Protected Area Database (CAPAD) (2024) and Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Region and Subregion (v7.1) datasets (extracted 16/10/2025). Identifying biodiversity value and potential to enhance the representativeness of Australia’s Protected Areas using Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Version 1.0. that describes the data and methods is available at: https://erin.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=6510ec40d81c43cda8d44e86b81adce2 Data inputs and their sources are described in the following references. Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD) 2024, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (2025). National Vegetation Information System data products [Web page]. Retrieved October 16, 2025, from https://www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/environment-information-australia/national-vegetation-information-system/data-products Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7.1 – Regions, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (2025). Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA), Version 7.1 – Regions [Geospatial dataset]. Find Environmental Data. Retrieved October 16, 2025, from https://fed.dcceew.gov.au/datasets/a5a9a356105b4a728d0606194d8bdf38_0/explore Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7.1 – Subregions, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (2025). Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA), Version 7.1 – Subregions [Geospatial dataset]. Find Environmental Data. Retrieved October 16, 2025, from https://fed.dcceew.gov.au/datasets/erin::interim-biogeographic-regionalisation-for-australia-ibra-version-7-1-subregions/about National Vegetation Information System Pre-1750 MVG, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (2025). Australia – Pre1750 Major Vegetation Groups and Subgroups – NVIS Version 7.0 Rasters [Geospatial dataset]. Find Environmental Data. Retrieved October 16, 2025, from https://fed.dcceew.gov.au/datasets/d82f6eab808542ee9d9a0ea09ea36567/about National Vegetation Information System Extant MVG, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (2025). National Vegetation Information System (NVIS) Version 7.0 – Extant Vectors [Geospatial dataset]. Find Environmental Data. 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