00:00Today was about raising awareness of why it's important that producers should be checking
00:04their property vegetation maps at least on a manual basis. This is one thing that they
00:09may have locked in a PMAV many, many years ago, but since the PMAV's been locked in,
00:14which can't change, there's potential that some of the regulated mapping at the time
00:18could have changed to now include more Category X mapping on them.
00:24Yeah, I think people were a bit surprised by that.
00:26Yeah, and it was good to put examples up on the screen this morning to demonstrate what
00:31they're looking at. So no doubt, we provided a map pack for each property here today. They
00:37took home, so again, they prepared and checked it. Yes, I've got a PMAV, but potentially,
00:42has there been any changes to the regulated mapping since that PMAV was not there?
00:46Why are there changes? What's bringing the changes about?
00:50Yeah, good question. The government, most times on a monthly basis, will release new vegetation
00:59mapping. There will only be an incremental change, but effectively, on average, about
01:05every 12 months to two years, they'll release a major update. It's been two years since that
01:12last major update, and apart from the vegetation management mapping, there's also the protected
01:17plants mapping under the Nature Conservation Act. So, there's a couple of trigger maps
01:21there, so it's important that they're aware of that the currently the mapping is dated,
01:25it could be two years old, and then, who knows, in the next week or two, or next month or two,
01:31who knows that the government may release brand new mapping for both protected plants
01:35and vegetation mapping.
01:37So, is it that people's vegetation is changing, or is it just that their maps aren't accurate,
01:43or something else?
01:45Look, there's probably a few variables in this, but certainly, what has improved over
01:50the years is no doubt satellite imagery. The government's using far better, higher resolution
01:56imagery now to refine the mapping process, and then also the techniques, and getting out
02:03in the ground as well. Unfortunately, for a lot of, no matter what it is, veg mapping, Queensland's
02:08a big state, and take a lot of money and a lot of effort, resources, to get on the ground
02:14and actually improve the accuracy of that mapping to the level that it expects, and we
02:19have to rely on computer technology to do a lot of the work, and then have some ground-proof
02:24locations around the state to check on that accuracy.
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