Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions

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Description The Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions outlines the regions that underpin the Research Plan published by the Western Australian Biodiversity Science Institute (WABSI). The purpose of the Research Plan is to identify key biodiversity research priorities within Western Australia, by regions, and the process through which a comprehensive program of research will be further developed to better-address those priorities. The Research Plan is focused on supporting the needs of end users including: business and industrial interests such as the mineral resources sector and urban developers, land managers; conservation managers, government agencies, regulators, consultants, researchers and other science leaders. Two outcomes are envisioned: Biodiversity conservation — More effective and efficient strategies for setting priorities, managing and conserving Western Australia’s biodiversity. Facilitation of sustainable development — More effective, transparent, efficient and timely processes for environmental assessment, regulation and management. This will reduce risk to developers The Research Priority Regions reflect a requirement to have all science undertaken through WABSI linked to a program of activity that is targeted at a geographic area of the State, recognising research issues at the single region, multiple region and state scale. The focus on regions will assist in achieving the required integration between end users and each of the interrelated research nodes. WABSI Research Priority Regions are based on the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA), version 7, except for the South-West Region which is based on the Wheatbelt of WA (clearing line) (note relevant licensing acknowledgement below).
Name Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions
Short name wabsi_regions
Domain Terrestrial
Date added 2018-05-17 06:21:34.023695
Metadata contact Western Australian Biodiversity Science Institute
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Reference date 20180130
Licence level 3
Licence notes https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Licence notes The dataset is published under a Creative Commons dataset, noting that the regions were derived from the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA), Version 7 (Users must attribute the Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy as the data provider) except for the South-West Region which is based on the Wheatbelt of WA (clearing line) (Users must attribute the Western Australian Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development as the data provider). Both datasets are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC BY). Regions prepared by Wheatbelt Research Services for the Western Australian Biodiversity Science Institute.
Type Contextual (polygon)
Extents Longitude: 112.9215 to 129.00193
Latitude: -35.19398 to -13.68923
Classification Land Management => Biodiversity
Data language eng
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Keywords WABSI, Biodiversity Science, Research Priorities, Western Australia, Restoration Ecology, Invasive Species, Climate Change, Fire, Vegetation Survey, Biodiversity Information, Specie Re-Introduction, ex-situ Conservation
Source http://www.wabsi.org.au/
More information http://www.wabsi.org.au/
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