NSW Bionet Threatened Entity Profile Data Collection

The Threatened Entity Profile Data Collection (TE) is maintained in the NSW BioNet database, and includes profiles for threatened species, population and ecological communities that occur in NSW. The profiles contain detailed descriptions, photographs and information related to the distribution, habitat, ecology, threats and management priorities of each threatened entity.

Specifically, Threatened Entity Profiles are maintained for Critically Endangered, Endangered and Vulnerable species, Endangered Populations and Critically Endangered, Endangered and Vulnerable Ecological Communities and Key Threatening Processes that are listed in the Schedules of the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 (TSC Act). Information on threatened entities that are listed on the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) which occur in NSW is also included in the database.

ACCESS: The Threatened Entities Data Collection can been accessed through the OEH Threatened Species website (http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedspecies/).

The Threatened Entity Profile Data Collection contains essential information used for the assessment of likely impacts of development proposals on threatened entities and in determining the amount of habitat that can be lost and how much must be offset to achieve an “Improve or Maintain” outcome for the affected species, populations or ecological communities.

Spatial Distribution information is maintained for each threatened entity within the Bionet database. This has three main purposes. Firstly, it provides basic distribution map as displayed on the Threatened Species website. Secondly, this distribution information is used as the basis of validating new sighting records that are entered into the BioNet application. Finally, the distribution recorded in BioNet is used for predicting the likely presence of threatened species at site location.