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Vulnerable Regulated Land

The Vulnerable Regulated Land layer is a component of the Native Vegetation Regulatory Map (NVR Map). The VRL layer indicates where clearing of native vegetation may not be permitted under the Land Management (Native Vegetation) Code 2017, and a limited suite of allowable activities apply) Vulnerable regulated land comprised of three layers. These being: Vulnerable riparian - generated from the NSW Hydroline and HydroArea dataset, natural named watercourses were used to capture streams with a buffer applied to both watercourses and water-bodies. Please contact OEH Spatial imagery Services for further details. Steep and highly erodible - Is a combination of data layers including VulnerableLandsSteepOrHighlyErodible (generated fromTopographic 3 dimensional 25 metre grid data derived from contour and drainage data sourced from the New South Wales Topographic Map Archive (pre 1995). Predominantly 10 metre and 20 metre contours used as source data) and a Slopes layer (generated from Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) 30m >= 18 degree slope). Special category is a selection of land susceptible to erosion or land that is otherwise environmentally sensitive, such as mass movement and salinity.

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Frequency of change Quarterly
License Other (Not Open)
Geospatial Topic Environment
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Temporal Coverage From 2017-03-15 - 2022-03-08
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