South West Vegetation Complex Statistics: Pre-European and Current Extent

Western Australia's South West region contains historic statistics on the pre-European and current extent of vegetation complexes from 2016 to 2018. The Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA) produced these annual updates for conservation and land-use planning. The reports include analyses for achieving a Comprehensive, Adequate, and Representative (CAR) reserve system, Region Scheme areas, and Local Government Authorities.

Use Cases

• Assessing development applications based on vegetation complex status.
• Conservation planning based on progress towards a Comprehensive, Adequate, and Representative (CAR) reserve system.
• Land-use planning using statistics supporting EPA policies for Region Scheme areas.
• Generating summary statistics for Local Government Areas (LGAs) regarding vegetation extent.

Strengths

• Provides annual updates from 2016 to 2018.
• Based on more detailed vegetation complex mapping than statewide vegetation association mapping.
• Includes three distinct report types: CAR Report, Region Scheme Report, and LGA Report.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• The reports are provided as a historic archive only and are not current.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA)

Collection Method

Annual updates based on detailed vegetation complex mapping.

Time Range

2016 to 2018

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-29 04:13:31.603466; freshness should be verified.

Geography

South-west of Western Australia, including the Swan Coastal Plain bioregion and Region Scheme areas.