Native Vegetation Statistics for Western Australia IBRA Sub-Regions 2024

2024 statistics provide information on the status of native vegetation in three IBRA sub-regions covering over 68% of the Wheatbelt cropping region. The reports, produced by the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation, compare pre-European and 2024 extents of vegetation categories. They cover three sub-regions and 22 Local Government areas fully included in the 2024 dataset.

Use Cases

• Assessing changes in native vegetation extent based on pre-European and 2024 comparisons mentioned in the description
• Informing conservation planning decisions based on vegetation association statistics across IBRA sub-regions
• Supporting land use planning and development application assessments using the provided vegetation category data
• Analyzing vegetation coverage across 22 Local Government areas as referenced in the description

Strengths

• Covers over 68% of the Wheatbelt cropping region as stated in the description
• Provides comparative data for pre-European and 2024 extents of vegetation categories
• Includes statistics for three IBRA sub-regions and 22 Local Government 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

Provenance

Source

Department of Water and Environmental Regulation

Time Range

Pre-European to 2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-12 01:01:20.765217; freshness should be verified

Geography

Katanning, Merredin and Western Mallee IBRA sub-regions in Western Australia