Cumberland Subregion BIO Map: Biodiversity Corridors of Regional Significance

The Cumberland Subregion BIO Map identifies priority areas for biodiversity investment in Western Sydney. It maps 87 core areas and 27 regional biodiversity corridors covering a total of 42,124 hectares within the 275,693-hectare Cumberland subregion. The map was prepared by the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water with funding from the NSW Environmental Trust.

Use Cases

• Prioritize conservation funding based on mapped core areas and corridors.
• Analyze spatial connectivity of biodiversity corridors of regional significance.
• Inform land-use planning decisions by identifying 42,124 hectares of priority investment areas.
• Engage stakeholders using criteria informed by consultation with 16 local councils and eight NGOs.

Strengths

• Maps a specific network of 87 core areas and 27 regional biodiversity corridors.
• Based on stakeholder consultation with six state government authorities and 16 local councils.
• Covers a defined 275,693-hectare subregion with 42,124 hectares of mapped priority areas.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, focusing solely on the Cumberland subregion.

Provenance

Source

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Collection Method

Mapping criteria and targeted stakeholder consultation.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-13 00:38:03.077828; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Cumberland subregion (275,693 hectares), Western Sydney, NSW, Australia