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Caption: Woody vegetation decrease identified from Landsat data was overlayed with TASVEG data to identify the broad vegetation groups where change was occurring.
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Vegetation group |
Woody decrease (ha) |
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Agricultural land |
17,980 |
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Alpine |
0 |
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Buttongrass and Moorland |
12 |
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Dry eucalypt forest |
1,700 |
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Eucalypt woodland |
345 |
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Grassland |
161 |
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Heath |
29 |
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Miscellaneous forest |
1,172 |
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Non-eucalypt small trees |
42 |
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Non-eucalypt trees |
1,261 |
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Other |
348 |
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Rainforest |
1,700 |
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Riparian |
23 |
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Saltmarsh |
2 |
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Scrub |
45 |
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Wet forest |
6,063 |
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Wetland |
3 |
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Total |
30,887 |
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Source: TASVEG; Landsat 5 and 7 data , base images dated 1993 to 2001, processing by Ross Lincolne, Space Images
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