Water Sharing Plans-Significant Wetlands for Unregulated River Water Sharing Plans (Inland NSW)-Spatial Dataset

__ABOUT WETLANDS:__ \r\nWetlands are a crucial part of the natural environment. Wetlands provide breeding and feeding habitat for waterbirds, fish, invertebrates and plants. Wetlands may be natural or human made. The water in a wetland can be still or flowing, and can be fresh, brackish or saline.\r\n\r\n__SIGNIFICANT WETLANDS for Unregulated River Water Sharing Plans (Inland NSW):__ \r\nThese are wetlands have been identified by the department as being suitable for listing under water sharing plans to protect their water from extraction. The wetlands are those that are recognised under the International Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar), are listed under the Directory of Important Wetlands of Australia (DIWA) or have been identified as wetlands that hold water for long periods during dry times, and have ecological values listed under the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. \r\n\r\nThis data generates an interactive map of wetlands (including lakes and billabongs), considered significant for the purposes of new access and trade rules in inland unregulated water sharing plans. In NSW, all surface and groundwater is managed under water sharing plans (WSPs). WSPs cover large catchments and are subordinate to the Water Management Act 2000. A WSP has rules which protect significant wetlands.\r\n\r\nThe wetlands were identified through a method developed by the NSW government in 2023. The method does not identify all significant wetlands in a catchment.\r\nThe types of wetlands in this data set are those which have a water body that is persistent for at least a few months following inundation. It does not include other significant wetlands which may be inundated for shorter periods of time but which still have significance due to the vegetation and fauna that rely on that shorter period of inundation.\r\n\r\nThis data asset can be used by landholders, conservationists and others to understand the location of significant wetlands, for the purposes of new WSP rules. The spatial data asset complements relevant pdf maps of significant wetlands for remade individual inland river unregulated WSPs (available on DCCEEW Department website).\r\n\r\n\r\nPLEASE NOTE: In the case of any discrepancy between this digital dataset and the published Water Sharing Plan (accessible on the www.legislation.nsw.gov.au site) the instrument as made by the Minister remains the authoritative source and should be used to both interpret the intent of the Plan and in subsequent decision making. Best endeavours have been made in collating relevant Water Sharing Plan boundary and attribution contained in this dataset. However, no warranty is provided as to the accuracy or currency of this representation. The department does not warrant and is not liable for the use of this material as per the licenced sharing conditions CC-BY 4.0.\r\n\r\n-----------------------------------\r\n\r\nNote: If you would like to ask a question, make any suggestions, or tell us how you are using this dataset, please visit the NSW Water Hub which has an online forum you can join.

关于湿地：
湿地是自然环境的重要组成部分，可为水鸟、鱼类、无脊椎动物及各类植物提供繁殖与觅食栖息地。湿地可分为天然湿地与人工湿地两类，其水体可处于静止或流动状态，水质可涵盖淡水、咸淡水与咸水三种类型。

新南威尔士州内陆无管制河流水资源共享计划项下重要湿地：
此类湿地已由相关部门认定，符合纳入水资源共享计划名录的标准，以保障其水资源不被抽取。此类湿地包括被《湿地公约（拉姆萨尔公约）》认定的湿地、纳入《澳大利亚重要湿地名录（DIWA）》的湿地，以及被认定为在旱季可长期留存水体、且具备《墨累-达令流域计划》所列生态价值的湿地。

本数据集可生成交互式湿地地图（涵盖湖泊与死水潭（billabong）），此类湿地因新南威尔士州内陆无管制河流水资源共享计划的新准入与交易规则而被认定为重要湿地。在新南威尔士州，所有地表水与地下水均通过水资源共享计划（WSP）进行管理。水资源共享计划覆盖大型集水区，且隶属于《2000年水资源管理法》，该计划设有保护重要湿地的相关条款。

本数据集内的湿地是通过新南威尔士州政府2023年研发的方法识别得出，但该方法无法识别某一集水区内的全部重要湿地。

本数据集收录的湿地类型为：在被淹没后，水体可至少持续留存数月的湿地。本数据集未纳入其他虽淹没周期较短，但因依赖该短期淹没周期的植被与动物群落仍具备生态重要性的湿地。

本空间数据集可供土地所有者、保护主义者及其他相关方用于查询重要湿地的位置，以适配新的水资源共享计划规则。本空间数据集可辅助配合各内陆无管制河流水资源共享计划修订版所附带的重要湿地PDF地图（可于气候变化、能源、环境与水利部（DCCEEW）官网获取）。

请注意：若本数字数据集与公开的《水资源共享计划》（可于www.legislation.nsw.gov.au官网查阅）存在任何不一致之处，以部长制定的正式文书为准，该文书将作为解读《计划》意图及后续决策的权威依据。本数据集已尽最大努力整合相关《水资源共享计划》的边界与归属信息，但不对本数据集的准确性与时效性作出任何明示或默示担保。依据知识共享署名4.0（CC-BY 4.0）许可协议使用本材料时，相关部门不承担任何担保责任与法律义务。

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