Pacific biodiversity data

The Nature Repair Act 2023 (the Act), which took effect on 15 December 2023, establishes a framework for a legislated, national biodiversity market. The Act provides clear rules to ensure transparency and integrity, fostering collaboration to address environmental decline. The Nature Repair Market is a government scheme designed to deliver high-integrity biodiversity outcomes and increase investment in nature. This scheme establishes a marketplace where individuals and organisations can undertake nature repair projects to generate a tradable certificates. This dataset represents the eligible regions, defined as a subset of IBRA subregions, where biodiversity projects can be established under the Nature Repair (Replanting Native Forest and Woodland Ecosystems) methodology determination. These subregions include landscapes with intensive historical land use, where native vegetation has often been cleared or thinned. Remaining vegetation in these areas is frequently degraded by forestry and agriculture, impacted by pests and weeds, and affected by low levels of ecological connectivity.