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The monitoring program
- Approved PNF MER Framework (November 2023)
We are independently overseeing a monitoring program with the NSW Forest Monitoring Steering Committee to improve the evidence base for private native forestry and decision making.
Local Land Services and the Department of Planning and Environment jointly approved the Private Native Forestry Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting (PNF MER) Framework in November 2023.
Local Land Services is supporting the monitoring program with $1.5 million over 2 years, as part of a larger $28 million Farm Forestry package.
Project: Remote sensing feasibility study
- Remote sensing of NSW private native forests – options and feasibility (October 2023)
- Remote sensing of NSW private native forests – application of potential indicators (August 2024)
We engaged remote sensing scientists to conduct a remote sensing feasibility study. The scientists worked closely with our cross-agency technical review team and independent experts to investigate how remote sensing approaches can be used to facilitate broadscale monitoring for private native forestry.
Dr Sam Hislop (FlintPro) and Dr Christine Stone (independent research scientist) have delivered the final report (see above) for the study detailing the application of potential indicators. The first report outlines remote sensing options and their feasibility.
The study found there are several remote sensing indicators that are feasible for PNF monitoring at site and landscape scales. The case study presented for each indicator illustrates information that could be derived from its application, as well as key insights and opportunities for further work.
Ideally, the design of the PNF biophysical monitoring program would include three tiers of observation: onground sampling, high resolution aerial samples, and wall-to-wall moderate resolution satellite imagery, to be collected at regular and defined frequencies within a statistically defendable sampling strategy. The three tiers of observation would provide insights at site and landscape scales but would be costly to achieve across the private native forestry estate.
Local Land Services will consider the adoption of these potential indicators, as it develops the implementation plan for the Private Native Forestry Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Framework.
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