NSW eastern forest soil condition: digital soil maps

Department of Planning, Industry and Environment

This dataset includes digital soil map products of key soil condition indicators covering the Regional Forest Agreement regions of eastern NSW. Raster maps at 100 m resolution reveal baseline (approximately 2008) levels of the soil indicators soil carbon, pH, bulk density, hillslope erosion and others. Maps are presented on trends of change resulting from different human and natural disturbances such as forest harvesting, uncontrolled stock grazing, climate change and bush fire. Full description of the digital soil maps and methods are presented in: Moyce MC, Gray JM, Wilson BR, Jenkins BR, Young MA, Ugbaje SU, Bishop TFA, Yang X, Henderson LE, Milford HB, Tulau MJ, 2021. Determining baselines, drivers and trends of soil health and stability in New South Wales forests: NSW Forest Monitoring & Improvement Program, Final report for NSW Natural Resources Commission by NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment and University of Sydney.

Data and Resources
PDF
NSW eastern forest soil condition report
GEOTIFF
Forest soil organic carbon
GEOTIFF
Forest soil pH and other indicators
Additional Information
Field Value
Title NSW eastern forest soil condition: digital soil maps
Date Published 01/10/2021
Last Updated 18/10/2021
Publisher/Agency Department of Planning, Industry and Environment
Licence Creative Commons Attribution
Update Frequency asNeeded
Temporal Coverage -
Geospatial Coverage
Data Portal ePlanning