Cumberland Subregion BIO Map Core Areas

The Biodiversity Investment Opportunities Map (BIO Map) is a key deliverable of the NSW Government’s $40 million Green Corridors program, a Government priority action identified in _NSW 2021: A Plan to make NSW number one_. The map was prepared with funding provided by the NSW Environmental Trust.\r\n\r\nBIO Map has been prepared for the Cumberland subregion, a 275 693-hectare area containing the Cumberland Plain, a broad shale basin in Western Sydney. The areas identified for investment are termed priority investment areas, and include core areas (this layer) and biodiversity corridors of regional significance.\r\n\r\nMapping criteria were used to identify and map priority investment areas, and targeted stakeholder consultation was conducted to inform the outputs of the project. Stakeholders consulted included the Commonwealth Department of the Environment, six state government authorities, 16 local councils and eight non-government organisations.\r\n\r\nThe final Cumberland subregion BIO Map identifies a network of 87 core areas and 27 regional biodiversity corridors within the Cumberland subregion. The 87 core areas include all of the Priority Conservation Lands identified by the Cumberland Plain Recovery Plan. The total area represented within the mapped priority investment areas is 42,124 hectares. Mapped core areas make up 24,197 hectares.\r\n\r\nThe BIO Map project aims to achieve better biodiversity outcomes by directing biodiversity investment funding to the strategic locations of greatest benefit. A landholder’s right to carry out agricultural and developmental activities on their land are not altered by their property being identified as a priority investment area on the BIO Map. The BIO Map identifies areas where landowners have more opportunities to receive funding to protect their bushland. Any involvement by a landowner in such programs is entirely voluntary.

生物多样性投资机遇地图（BIO Map）是新南威尔士州（NSW）政府斥资4000万澳元实施的绿色走廊项目的核心交付成果，该项目是《新南威尔士州2021：将新南威尔士州打造为顶尖之州》中明确的政府优先行动事项。本地图由新南威尔士州环境信托基金（NSW Environmental Trust）资助编制。

本次BIO Map针对坎伯兰次区域编制，该区域总面积275693公顷，涵盖悉尼西部的宽阔页岩盆地——坎伯兰平原。划定的投资区域被定义为优先投资区，包含核心区域（本图层）以及具有区域重要性的生物多样性走廊。

项目采用制图规范识别并绘制优先投资区，同时开展针对性利益相关方咨询工作，以优化项目产出成果。本次咨询的利益相关方包括澳大利亚联邦环境部、6个州政府机构、16个地方议会以及8个非政府组织。

最终版坎伯兰次区域BIO Map划定了坎伯兰次区域内的87个核心区域与27条区域生物多样性走廊。这87个核心区域涵盖了《坎伯兰平原恢复计划》所确定的全部优先保护用地。已绘制的优先投资区总面积达42124公顷，其中核心区域面积为24197公顷。

BIO Map项目旨在通过将生物多样性投资资金投向效益最大化的战略区位，以实现更优质的生物多样性保护成果。即便土地所有者的地块被标注为优先投资区，其在自有土地上开展农业生产与开发活动的权利也不会受到任何影响。BIO Map明确了土地所有者可获得更多资金以保护其林地的适用领域，土地所有者参与此类项目完全出于自愿。