Assessment methodology
Assessment methodology (Updated 2 March 2007, 548Kb)
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Amendments to the Assessment Methodology
The Assessment Methodology was amended on 2 March 2007, to incorporate a number of minor wording and formatting changes and corrections (see NSW Government Gazette No. 36 of 2 March 2007, page 1520). This version of the Assessment Methodology includes those changes.
Version history
| Revision date | Item | Summary of changes | PVP tool version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 November 2005 | EOAM | Original version published | |
| 4 August 2006 | EOAM update | Revised assessment methodology for salinity hazard | |
| 4 August 2006 | Salt Mobilisation tool | First release of tool | 1.3 |
| 4 August 2006 | LSC tool | Changes in salinity hazard assessment | 1.4 |
| 24 November 2006 | INS EOAM/ Tool | Upgrade following the INS Review | 1.1 |
| 2 March 2007 | EOAM | Minor wording and formatting changes to the EOAM |
Environmental Outcome Assessment Methodology Databases.
Environmental Outcome Assessment Methodology chapter section “2.4.1 Databases containing environmental information” identifies key databases to be considered in the PVP Developer.
Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 specify the circumstances in which broadscale clearing is to be regarded as improving or maintaining environmental outcomes for water quality, salinity, biodiversity, soils and invasive native scrub respectively.
To apply these circumstances accurately and meaningfully to the enormous range of possible clearing and offset proposals in the diverse environments that exist throughout the State it is necessary to rely on detailed data about the state of the environment in NSW. The information is held in the following databases:
- threatened species profiles database;
- vegetation benchmarks database;
- overcleared landscapes database;
- overcleared vegetation types database;
- major rivers database;
- important wetlands database;
- soil subregions database; and
- invasive native scrub species database.
These databases are available from the following locations:
- Threatened species profiles database
http://www.threatenedspecies.environment.nsw.gov.au/
tsprofile/browse_allspecies.aspx - Vegetation benchmarks database
http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/npws.nsf/Content/BioMetric_tool
click on: [Interim benchmark data] - Overcleared landscapes database
http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/npws.nsf/Content/BioMetric_tool
click on: [Mitchell Landscapes with per cent cleared estimates, listed by CMA].
- Overcleared vegetation types database
http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/npws.nsf/Content/BioMetric_tool
click on: [Mitchell Landscapes with per cent cleared estimates, listed by CMA]
- Major rivers database
- Important wetlands database
http://www.deh.gov.au/water/wetlands/database/directory/pubs/ch6.pdf - Soil subregions database
- Invasive native species database
Additional information on underlying datasets
Salinity
The SBI catchment data has been made available from the Toolkit website: http://www.toolkit.net.au
To access data, select the LUOS from the product menu, then Input Data Requirements from the model menu. This will link to a page with the SBI catchment map. Click on the CMA of interest to obtain a list of the SBI catchments in that CMA. Downloads can be done from this page.