Dataset Number 983 Dataset Title Ramsar Wetland Areas Status Published Metadata Maintained by DEW INFO

Description Category Biological Conservation Theme Biological Conservation Keywords and Qualifiers ECOLOGY Dataset Type Spatial Description This dataset identifies the boundaries of the 6 areas listed in the Ramsar Convention for South Australia. All wetlands within these areas are of international importance are are protected by the Ramsar Convention. The listed areas for SA include: Bool Lagoon, Coongie Lakes, Coorong and Lakes Albert and Alexandrina, Riverland, the Banrock Station Wetland Complex and Piccaninnie Ponds Karst Wetlands. Dataset Use This dataset can be used to spatially identify the location of Ramsar sites and wetlands that occur within them. SDE Feature Class Name Conservation.RamsarReserves Projection/ Coordinate System LAMBERT

Custodian Data Authority Data Authority Department for Environment and Water Data Authority Name Sandy Carruthers Executive Director, SSCS Data Manager Amy Teitzel Principal Advisor, Environmental Information Department for Environment and Water Amy.Teitzel2@sa.gov.au 81244717 Subject Matter Expert Felicity Smith Database Coordinator Department for Environment and Water felicity.smith@sa.gov.au 8124 4705 Data Integrity Officer David Thompson Senior GIS Analyst Department for Environment and Water David.Thompson2@sa.gov.au 81244875

Data Provider Data Provider Department for Environment and Water

Data Quality Lineage Coongie lakes was digitised from an original A4 map and later improved coordinates provided for defining the boundary consistently. The Banrock Station Wetland Complex was created by HUD from digital orthophotos (1:20 000 aerial photos). The remaining areas unless stated explicitly here were created using cadastre, and drainage and wetland layers. The coordinates are not recorded under the Ramsar Convention. The Riverland site had an official boundary change on 11 September 2007 to align with River Murray floodplain extent. The Coorong and Lakes Alexandrina and Albert boundary is based on the description in the Ecological Character Description (ECD) 2006 identifying crown land and wetlands as the boundary for the ramsar listed area. The boundary is based on a combination of data sources and data accuracies. The boundary reflects the location of crown land including reserves from the cadastral data as mapped to July 2009. Each cadastre will have different accuracy. The location of unalloted crown land, crown land under licence, and DEH reserves was based on ownership data current to July 2009. Where the edge of the Ramsar area is defined by the edge of wetlands/waterbodies the boundary was based on DEH standard 1:50,000 topographic waterbodies, last updated using 2006 imagery. Finally direct digitising from the 2008 aerial photography was used when the other data sources were not representative of the ECD. Designated on the 21st of December 2012, the Piccaninnie Ponds Karst Wetlands boundary was based on the corresponding Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park boundary. This reserve boundary is a reflection of the underlying cadastre which may be considered current as of the 26 of November 2010 when two reserve additions were made expanding the park to it's current size. The Bool and Hacks Lagoons boundary was amended in October 2014 to address differences between the boundary in the nomination map and the description in the RIS. Completeness Complete for South Australia Positional Accuracy Accuracy of Ramsar Area determined from A4 hand drawn maps identifying Ramsar boundary containing defined wetlands within them. The Banrock Station Wetland Complex accuracy has been cited as +/- 10m for 95% of the complex. The Riverland site boundary matches accuracy of the 1956 flood extent mapping (1:10000) The Coorong and Lakes Alexandrina and Albert boundary accuracy is variable and reflects the source data: waterbodies +/-25m, cadastre +/-10m, aerial photography +/-1.5m. The Piccaninnie Ponds Karst Wetlands boundary matches accuracy of the underlying cadastre that the conservation park boundary is based on, at +/-25m. Method / Capture Scale Method Capture Scale Comment Digitising Variable 1:20 000 SELECT 1 FROM DUAL; 1:10 000 SELECT 1 FROM DUAL; 1:50 000 SELECT 1 FROM DUAL; 1:1 000 000 SELECT 1 FROM DUAL; Generate Variable 1:20 000 SELECT 1 FROM DUAL; 1:10 000 SELECT 1 FROM DUAL; 1:50 000 SELECT 1 FROM DUAL; 1:1 000 000 SELECT 1 FROM DUAL; Orthophotography Variable 1:20 000 SELECT 1 FROM DUAL; 1:10 000 SELECT 1 FROM DUAL; 1:50 000 SELECT 1 FROM DUAL; 1:1 000 000 SELECT 1 FROM DUAL;

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Geographic Extent Extent Name South Australia Min Easting or Longitude 129 Min Northing or Latitude -38.25 Max Easting or Longitude 141 Max Northing or Latitude -26

Dataset Status Initially Acquired 01-JUN-1996 Last Updated 30-JAN-2013 Update Frequency As required Maintenance Method None Metadata Created 03-MAR-2015 If copied, source dataset Metadata updated 12/SEP/19 env\dthompson Authorised 27/APR/15 env\croberts Metadata Retired

Security Classification ISMF Classification OFFICIAL ISMF Integrity I2 - MODERATE Requirement ISMF Availability A2 - MODERATE Requirement AusGOAL Licensing Classification CC BY (Attribution) Attribution Further considerations for supply of dataset No

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