Pressures on the Foreshore in the Southern NRM Region

This dataset is part of the assessment and mapping of foreshore value, condition and pressure in the Southern Natural Resource Management (NRM) Region of Tasmania. The 17 line maps produced in this study are intended to be used as a tool to assist managers and stakeholders in the identification of management issues with regards to foreshore planning, development, and natural resources. Assessment of the foreshore is based on the division of the high water line into 100m segments. Using a decision matrix and rule set, each foreshore segment is assigned a score for three main components: fields, attributes and indices. Segments are colour coded based on their attribute or index score to reflect the differing levels of overall natural value, human use value, condition, pressure or components thereof. This digital line map is a representation of the overall pressures on the intertidal zone in the southern NRM region and is an index layer derived from applying a set of rules to scores for the anthropogenic modification, recreation and tourism, pollution, vulnerability to climate change and introduced species attributes. The pressure layer indicates the extent to which the present and future state of the foreshore is likely to be impacted due to anthropogenic activity. An explanatory report is available from the data custodian which provides detailed methodology and further explanation of the dataset.