The depiction of zones as defined under the PWS Management Zoning Policy for reserves where PWS is the managing authority and a statutory management plan is not in place.
PWS manages over 800 reserves reserved under the Nature Conservation Act 2002 and managed under the National Parks and Reserves Management Act 2002.
While statutory management plans have been prepared for most of the national parks and higher use reserves, many reserves do not have a plan to guide their management. The General Plan for reserves and associated zoning seeks to provide that guidance and direction.
A core function of management plans is to establish zoning, in order to guide use and development. The zones in this dataset comply with the requirements of the PWS General Plan for Reserves, as well as the PWS Zoning Policy.
As per the PWS Zoning Policy, the zone categories include; Visitor Services, Utilities, Recreation, Protection and Natural.
The creation of interim zones was a computer generated process underpinned by the input and analysis of spatial data and then interpretation and refinement of the zone boundaries by professional staff to produce the final zones in the GIS.
Input spatial data was sourced from the PWS GIS and Asset Management Systems, DPIPWE Natural and Cultural Heritage Divisions, Natural Values Atlas, Mineral Resources Tasmania and Land Tasmania's The LIST.
Business rules were documented to guide PWS staff on which spatial datasets are sourced and how they are utilized in the zoning process to create each of the zone boundaries. This process has been encapsulated into a series of ArcGIS models that are executed on a desktop GIS. The models have been documented into technical business rules to guide GIS staff to rerun the model if required, eg. when source data substantially changes.
Links to the business rules and policy documents can be found below. This also includes descriptions and intent of the zone categories.
Reserve Management Zoning Policy - http://workspace-dpipwe.icognition.com.au/?urilist=1r608816
General Plan for Reserves Policy - http://workspace-dpipwe.icognition.com.au/?urilist=1r6705232
General Plan Business Rules for Zoning PWS Reserves - http://workspace-dpipwe.icognition.com.au/?urilist=1r6704439
