Goal

Sustainable management of our natural resources

Indicator - 12.1.3.

Percentage of Tasmania covered by native vegetation

N.B. A progress report on this measure is not available because a progress measure beyond the baseline measurement is not yet available.

Baseline Measurement

As at the 30th June 2005, approximately 73.5% of the land area of Tasmanian was covered by native vegetation.

Where does this information come from?

Department of Primary Industry and Water

Why do we use this Measure?

The retention of native vegetation is one indicator of sustainably managed natural resources

Explanation of measure

The extent estimate of native vegetation cover is derived using the provisional TASVEG 2005 extent dataset. While this dataset reflects the extent of native vegetation as at 2005, it is currently also the best available estimate for native vegetation for June 2007. The final TASVEG 2005 extent dataset will improve the accuracy of the provisional dataset by replacing Landsat-derived polygons with polygons from high-resolution imagery

Tasmania Together Targets

Year	Target
2005	more than 75%
2010	more than 75%
2015	more than 75%
2020	more than 75%