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Review of National Databases Relating to Land, Water and Biodiversity

Report prepared for the Ministry for the Environment's Environmental Performance Indicators Programme

Prepared By Victoria Froude
Pacific Eco-Logic Resource Management Associates
18 Seaview Road
Paremata
Porirua City

October 1999, Ref. TR89

Contents

Disclaimer

1.0 Executive Summary

2.0 Introduction

3.0 Background - Reason for Review

4.0 Methodology

5.0 Explanation of Database Template

6.0 Observations

7.0 Climate Databases
7.1 National Climate Database

8.0 Ecosystem Databases
8.1 Bio Web Department of Conservation
8.2 Sites of Special Wildlife Interest

9.0 Fauna Databases
9.1 New Zealand Freshwater Fish Database
9.2 New Zealand National Bird Banding Scheme
9.3 Ornithological Society of New Zealand Atlas of Bird Distribution
9.4 Ornithological Society of New Zealand Monitoring Schemes Database
9.5 Te Kahui-Te Papa Tongarewa Collections Management

10.0 Flora Databases
10.1 Aquatic Plants Database
10.2 CHR Herbarium Database
10.3 Bio Web - Weeds
10.4 Forest Class Maps of New Zealand Database
10.5 DTZ New Zealand Ltd South Island High Country Vegetation Database
10.6 Landcare Research Invasive Weeds Database
10.7 New Zealand Plant Names Database
10.8 Bio Web - Threatened Plants
10.9 National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Database
10.10 New Zealand Register of Permanent Vegetation Plots
10.11 Vegetation Cover Map of New Zealand

11.0 Geology Databases
11.1 Active Faults Database
11.2 Earth Deformation Database
11.3 Geological Maps of New Zealand Database
11.4 Landslide Database
11.5 New Zealand Geopreservation Inventory

12.0 Land Databases
12.1 Agribase
12.2 Department of Conservation Land Register Database
12.3 Digital Cadastral Database
12.4 Digital Elevation Model / Digital Terrain Model
12.5 Land Cover Database
12.6 New Zealand Land Resource Inventory (NZLRI) and Land Use Capability (LUC) Units

13.0 Soils Databases
13.1 National Soils Database
13.2 New Zealand Soils Spatial Database
13.3 Soils of New Zealand Database

14.0 Water Databases
14.1 Water Resources Archive
14.2 Hydrometric Database
14.3 National Water Quality Network - Invertebrates
14.4 National Water Quality Network - Lakes
14.5 National River Water Quality Network

15.0 Additional Databases Not Addressed in this Review

Acknowledgements

References