Cumberland Subregion BIO Map Biodiversity Corridors of Regional Significance

The Biodiversity Investment Opportunities Map (BIO Map) is a key deliverable of the NSW Government’s $40 million Green Corridors program, a Government priority action identified in NSW 2021: A Plan to make NSW number one. The map was prepared with funding provided by the NSW Environmental Trust.\r\n\r\nBIO Map has been prepared for the Cumberland subregion, a 275,693-hectare area containing the Cumberland Plain, a broad shale basin in Western Sydney. The areas identified for investment are termed priority investment areas, and include core areas and biodiversity corridors of regional significance (this layer).\r\n\r\nMapping criteria were used to identify and map priority investment areas, and targeted stakeholder consultation was conducted to inform the outputs of the project. Stakeholders consulted included the Commonwealth Department of the Environment, six state government authorities, 16 local councils and eight non-government organisations.\r\n\r\nThe final Cumberland subregion BIO Map identifies a network of 87 core areas and 27 regional biodiversity corridors within the Cumberland subregion. The 87 core areas include all of the Priority Conservation Lands identified by the Cumberland Plain Recovery Plan. The total area represented within the mapped priority investment areas is 42,124 hectares. Mapped regional corridors make up 17,727 hectares (excluding areas mapped as both regional corridors and core areas).\r\n\r\nThe BIO Map project aims to achieve better biodiversity outcomes by directing biodiversity investment funding to the strategic locations of greatest benefit. A landholder’s right to carry out agricultural and developmental activities on their land are not altered by their property being identified as a priority investment area on the BIO Map. The BIO Map identifies areas where landowners have more opportunities to receive funding to protect their bushland. Any involvement by a landowner in such programs is entirely voluntary.生物多样性投资机遇地图（Biodiversity Investment Opportunities Map，简称BIO Map）是新南威尔士州（New South Wales，简称NSW）政府投入4000万澳元推进的"绿色走廊"计划的核心成果之一，该计划是《新南威尔士州2021年规划：打造新南威尔士州第一州》中明确的政府优先行动事项。本地图由新南威尔士州环境信托基金（NSW Environmental Trust）资助编制。 BIO Map专为坎伯兰次区域（Cumberland subregion）编制，该区域总面积达275693公顷，涵盖悉尼西部的大型页岩盆地——坎伯兰平原（Cumberland Plain）。被划定为投资对象的区域被称为优先投资区，包含具有区域重要性的核心区域与生物多样性廊道（本数据集图层）。 项目通过绘图标准识别并绘制优先投资区范围，并开展了针对性的利益相关方咨询工作以优化项目产出。本次咨询的利益相关方包括澳大利亚联邦环境部、6个州级政府部门、16个地方议会以及8个非政府组织。 最终版坎伯兰次区域BIO Map划定了坎伯兰次区域内由87个核心区域与27条区域生物多样性廊道组成的保护网络。这87个核心区域涵盖了《坎伯兰平原恢复计划》（Cumberland Plain Recovery Plan）所确定的全部优先保护用地。已绘制的优先投资区总面积达42124公顷，其中区域廊道占地17727公顷（已扣除同时被划为区域廊道与核心区域的重叠区域）。 BIO Map项目旨在通过将生物多样性投资资金导向效益最优的战略区位，以实现更优质的生物多样性保护成果。土地所有者在其土地上开展农业与开发活动的权利，不会因该地块被BIO Map划定为优先投资区而发生改变。BIO Map划定了土地所有者可获得更多资金以保护其灌丛地的区域，土地所有者参与此类项目完全出于自愿。