Ecosystem Service Accounts - Flood Control Analysis 2025

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