Brief description
Data showing deforestation trends in Australia, between 1973 and 2014. Data provided by the Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy.For further information see: the Greenhouse Emissions Information System. Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry Activity Table 1990-2014 (August 2016) at http://ageis.climatechange.gov.au/QueryAppendixTable.aspx
This data was used by the Department of Environment and Energy to produce Figure BIO4 in the Biodiversity theme of Australia State of the Environment 2016, available at
https://soe.environment.gov.au/theme/biodiversity/topic/2016/consumption-and-extraction-natural-resources#biodiversity-figure-4
Full description
BIO4 Forest clearing trends since 1973 - Source: Based on data from the Greenhouse Emissions Information System. Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry Activity Table 1990-2014 (August 2016).\r\n\r\nNotes.\r\n(1) The first two columns of data show the overall trends in first-time forest conversion and reclearing (presented in '000 ha).\r\n(2) The 3rd and 4th columns of data show the proportion of forest conversion (Australia-wide) that was reclearing, and the proportion of first-time forest conversion that occurred in Queensland\r\n\r\ntext: SA0003560: Australia
Subjects
2016 |
2016 SoE |
Biodiversity |
Cleared |
Clearing |
SoE |
SoE Graph |
State of the Environment |
deforestation |
forest conversion |
User Contributed Tags
Login to tag this record with meaningful keywords to make it easier to discover
Identifiers
- Local : 2016-soe-biodiversity-land-areas-cleared-in-australia-since-1972
- URI : data.gov.au/data/dataset/663fcbdd-38c8-449e-ac24-e58a7527ae20
