Building a world class vegetation classification, mapping and information system that delivers outcomes for government and stakeholders—Queensland’s regional ecosystem framework

Victor John Neldner; Gordon Paul Guymer; Timothy Shane Ryan

doi:10.1071/HR25002

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Building a world class vegetation classification, mapping and information system that delivers outcomes for government and stakeholders—Queensland’s regional ecosystem framework

Victor John Neldner

^A ^* , Gordon Paul Guymer ^A and Timothy Shane Ryan

^A

+ Author Affiliations

- Author Affiliations

^A Queensland Herbarium and Biodiversity Science, Mt Coot-tha Road, Toowong, Qld 4066, Australia. Email: Gordon.guymer@detsi.qld.gov.au, Tim.ryan@detsi.qld.gov.au

^* Correspondence to: John.neldner@detsi.qld.gov.au

Historical Records of Australian Science 36, HR25002 https://doi.org/10.1071/HR25002

Published online: 29 July 2025

Abstract

Vegetation classification, mapping and information systems form an objective tool for natural resource and conservation management and are increasingly used by governments to resolve contested land management policies. The Queensland Herbarium, currently known as Queensland Herbarium and Biodiversity Science (QHBS), has a long history of vegetation survey and mapping dating back to 1946. This extensive sustained experience has led to the innovative world-leading regional ecosystem framework that is a key government conservation planning instrument that has been pivotal in improving conservation outcomes as well as reducing tree clearing and carbon emissions from the agricultural sector in Queensland. There were multiple significant international drivers for reform in the management of the Queensland natural landscape. The Convention on Biological Diversity 1992, and the Kyoto Protocol 1997, and subsequent international climate agreements, together with National Forest Policy and state land lease review, were key drivers for land management and biodiversity conservation policy changes. The essential enabling ingredients for Queensland’s land management and biodiversity conservation policy changes were secure majority government, political leadership, and significant land management reforms, that could be implemented and supported by a skilled and well-managed, multi-disciplinary scientific team with the access to state-wide affordable imagery, and a legally-defensible scientific methodology that was accepted by most stakeholders. There are continuing improvements in the methodology and products as better imagery, new tools and models (for example vegetation condition) and more comprehensive site data become available.

Keywords: biodiversity assessment, conservation, land clearing, Queensland, regional ecosystem, vegetation management, vegetation mapping, vegetation survey.

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