millennium ecosystem assessment northern australia floodplain and coastal wetlands max finlayson...
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Millennium Ecosystem AssessmentMillennium Ecosystem Assessment
Northern Australia floodplain andNorthern Australia floodplain andcoastal wetlandscoastal wetlands
Max FinlaysonMax Finlayson
National Centre for Tropical Wetland Research
Darwin, NT
Northern Australia floodplain andNorthern Australia floodplain andcoastal wetlandscoastal wetlands
AimParticipation
Geographic Region / LocationData sources / Scale
ComponentsNext steps
AimAim
Provide information on the floodplain and coastal ecosystems and their services at multiple scales and taking into account multiple pressures
Geographic Region / LocationGeographic Region / Location
Northern Australia – east of DarwinCoastal biogeographic regionAlligator Rivers – 28 000 km2
Catchments of three riversKakadu National Park – World Heritage
& Ramsar listed
Geographic Region / LocationGeographic Region / Location
ParticipationParticipation
Discussed through existing panels, boards
• Biophysical scientists• Social scientists• Management agencies• Local community / indigenous• Private sector
Data sourcesData sources
• Information derived from current or planned projects
• Biophysical features – extensive; ready access
• Social/cultural features – extensive; discuss access
• Floodplain services – variable; derived from biophysical data and managers
• Pressures – extensive analyses; risk assessments underway
ScaleScale
• Biogeographical or catchment scale 1:100 000 to 1:250 000
• Catchment scales 1:50 000 to 1:100 000
• Habitats / river reaches 1:10 000
ComponentsComponents
• Inventory/mapping – GIS multiple scale• Floodplain services – indigenous,
biodiversity, tourism, recreation (fish stocks, mitigation of climate change, cattle grazing)
• Risk assessment of major pressures – invasive species, water pollution, infrastructure, burning, climate change
10Basic (“Core”) dataset
stored in Database with GIS Interface
Location; physico-chemical and biological features (ecologicalcharacter); land tenure; land use; management issues and threats...
Level 4
Wetland habitat
Location; altitude; area;land systems; climate; hydrology;
vegetation
Level 2
Wetland region1:250 000
Location; physico-chemical and biological features; classification; jurisdiction; ecosystem
services
Level 3Wetland complex
1:50 000
Hierarchical approach to wetland inventory
Geology; climate;
landcover
Level 1
River basin or island
1:1 000 000
Scale (nominal)
The Risk The Risk Assessment Assessment FrameworkFramework(modified from van Dam et al. 1999; Ramsar 2000)
Major pressuresMajor pressures
Major pressures – insidious effects of Major pressures – insidious effects of climate changeclimate change
Next stepsNext steps
Further consultation – with participants, advisors and stakeholders
Collation / analysis – based on previous and current projects
Communication – discussing and finalising analyses and outcomes
Thank youThank you