Account-ready data: ecosystem extent in the Flinders, Norman and Gilbert river catchments. A data collection from the Regional Ecosystem Accounting Pilot projects

This is a collection of account-ready data of ecosystem extent in the Flinders, Norman and Gilbert (FNG) river catchments. The spatial extent of ecosystems was derived from conceptual state and transition models, developed by experts, for nine ecosystem types in the FNG (noting that other ecosystem types were also found in the FNG but state and transition models were not developed for these). The state and transition models were constructed using methods underpinned by the Australian Ecosystem Models (AusEcoModels) Framework and ecosystem states were then mapped each year from 1988 to 2020 using remotely sensed imagery and maps. These products were interpreted using decision rules informed by ecosystem attributes for each ecosystem state that were provided by experts. This collection includes the spatial extent of ecosystem types and states, and SEEA EA ecosystem functional groups across the FNG river catchments each year from 1988 to 2020 as GeoTIFF files, as well as the python scripts used to produce the extent maps.