Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions)

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Organization's name: Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

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Title: Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions)

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Keywords: Bioregions, Land cover, Ecology, Ecology Landscape, Environment and Conservation, Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia, Boundaries, IBRA, Australia, Boundaries Biophysical, Subregions

Abstract: Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) version 7.0 represents a landscape based approach to classifying the land surface of Australia. 89 biogeographic regions and 419 sub regions have been delineated, each reflecting a unifying set of major environmental influences which shape the occurrence of flora and fauna and their interaction with the physical environment across Australia and its external territories (excluding Antarctica). IBRA Version 7.0 data consists of two datasets. IBRA bioregions, which is a larger scale regional classification of homogenous ecosystems, and sub regions, which are more localised. IBRA Version 7.0 is the result of both significant changes to certain IBRA 6.1 boundaries, plus refinement of other boundaries due to better data availability amongst some states and territories, and alterations by the states/territories along state borders. The updated boundaries were jointly defined by the Commonwealth, State and Territory nature and conservation agencies. In this respect refinements were carried out to all mainland jurisdictions with significant changes in Queensland and South Australia. In addition the dataset was also updated to more closely conform to the Geoscience Australia 1:100K State borders, and a standard coding/naming convention introduced (for both regions and sub-regions) resulting in differences to both names and codes used in earlier IBRA Versions. Various sources were used to delineate islands - these included the GA100K Admin layer plus the Australian Maritime Boundaries dataset, a Coral Sea dataset (held in ERIN) and the GA Commonwealth Fisheries 2006 dataset.

Purpose: Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA), Version 7 (Subregions) - 2012

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Limitations of use: Licence:Attribution 3.0 Australia (CC BY 3.0 AU)This data has been licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia Licence. More information can be found at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/deed.enThis dataset is available under the CC BY data licensing model and users are required to acknowledge the Australian Government as the source of the data in any of their uses.Copyright:© Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water) 2012Data Citation:Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (2020), Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (Subregions) v. 7 (IBRA)Use Constraints:None specified.Disclaimer:The user waives and releases the Commonwealth of Australia to the full extent permitted by law from all liability for loss or damage arising from the use of, or reliance on, material or information made available through the system, whether caused by negligence on the part of the Commonwealth of Australia or its agents. In no event shall the Commonwealth of Australia be liable for any incidental or consequential damages resulting from the use of or reliance on the material.Information provided in publications by the Australian Government are considered to be true and correct at the time of publication. Changes in circumstances after time of publication may impact on the accuracy of this information and the Australian Government gives no assurance as to the accuracy of any information or advice contained.

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Credits: SA: Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR); WA: Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC); NT: Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport (NRETAS); NSW: Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH); Vic: Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE); Tas: Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (DPIPWE); QLD: On 30 March 2012 the Queensland Government announced machinery-of-government changes for departments. The functions of the former Department of Environment and Resource Management will now be delivered by the following departments: Department of Environment and Heritage Protection, Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing, Department of Energy and Water Supply, Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts

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Online location: https://gis.environment.gov.au/gispubmap/rest/services/ogc_services/IBRA7_Subregions/MapServer/0