Ecosystem Service Accounts - Flood Control Analysis 2025
Extent of ecosystems capable of providing flood control1 – 3.1 million hectares
Grassland (40%)
Inland Wetland (31%)
Forest & Woodland (23%)
Other (7%)
Economic assets in floodplains benefitting from upstream ecosystems – 142,000 ha
64,800 ha (from upstream Inland Wetlands)
37,400 ha (from upstream Forest & Woodland)
31,200 ha (from upstream Grassland)
8,600 ha (from upstream other ecosystems)
1Ecosystems in upstream areas capable of providing the flood control ecosystem service to economic assets (e.g. buildings, roads, farmland) in floodplains
