NSW State of the Environment

Land

Protected Areas and Conservation

• Map of marine protected areas along the NSW coast
• Map 14.1: NPWS reserves, flora reserves, marine parks and aquatic reserves
• Map 14.2: Bioregional reservation in NSW
• Map 14.3: Marine parks and aquatic reserves along the NSW coast

Soil Condition

• Map 10.1: pH levels in the top 10 centimetres of soils in NSW, 2017
• Map 10.2: Change in pH levels for the top 10 centimetres of soil for the period 2005–15 and areas of acidification risk
• Map 10.3: Soil organic carbon stocks for the top 30 centimetres of soil across NSW in 2017
• Map 10.4: Change in NSW soil organic carbon stocks, 2005–15
• Map 10.5: Annual mean hillslope erosion 2000–14
• Map 10.6: Status and change in the average number of dust hours for the three-year period from 2014–15 to 2016–17 compared to the 7-year mean (2007–08 to 2013–14)
• Map 10.7: Overall salinity hazard assessment for NSW, 2017
• Map 10.8: Change in land disturbance index, approximately from 2003–2013

Climate and Air

Climate Change

• Map 21.2: Projected change in average annual number of severe fire days between 1990–2009 and 2060–2079

Air Quality

• Map 8.1: The NSW air quality monitoring network
• Map 8.2: The Sydney GMR and lower Hunter air monitoring network

Drivers

Population

• Map 1.1: Population change in NSW, 2012 to 2017
• Map 1.2: Projected population change, 2017-2036

Water and Marine

River Health

• Map 17.1: RCI index value for NSW catchments
• Map 17.2: Exceedance of water quality targets for Total Nitrogen and Total Phosphorus

Coastal, Estuarine and Marine Ecosystems

• Map 20.1: Beach suitability grades at coastal and estuarine swimming sites in NSW, 2016–17

Groundwater

• Map 19.1: Extraction from NSW surface aquifers as a percentage of the long-term average annual extraction limit
• Map 19.2: Extraction from NSW buried aquifers as a percentage of the long-term average annual extraction limit