Western Australia Vegetation Statistics from 2007 to 2018

From 2007 to 2018, the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions provided regular updates on the pre-European and current extent of vegetation associations across Western Australia. The reporting is based on Beards vegetation mapping at a 1:250,000 scale and includes statistics on progress towards a Comprehensive, Adequate and Representative (CAR) reserve system. These reports are now provided as a historic archive and may be out of date.

Use Cases

• Assessing changes in vegetation extent for conservation planning based on historical pre-European and current mapping.
• Informing land use planning decisions based on vegetation association statistics within IBRA bioregions.
• Evaluating progress towards a Comprehensive, Adequate and Representative (CAR) reserve system for Western Australia.
• Providing a general historical overview of vegetation status for specific IBRA sub-regions like the Swan Coastal Plain.

Strengths

• Covers a defined time period from 2007 to 2018 with regular updates.
• Based on a specific mapping methodology (Beards vegetation mapping at 1:250,000 scale).
• Includes statistics for assessing a key conservation framework (the CAR reserve system).

Limitations

• The data is explicitly described as a historic archive and may be out of date.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The description notes limitations related to scale, remnant vegetation mapping, and currency of the analysis.

Provenance

Source

Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA), Western Australia.

Collection Method

Statistics derived from Beards pre-European vegetation mapping of systems and associations at 1:250,000 scale.

Time Range

2007 to 2018 (reporting period), with mapping representing pre-European and contemporary extents.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-29 07:29:25.329186; freshness should be verified as the core data is a historic archive.

Geography

Western Australia, specifically within IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia) bioregions and sub-regions.