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Besides the land use map, the LENZ map and Protected area map are required as
input in the terrestrial biodiversity model.
 LENZ map: the Land Environments of New Zealand map shows information on land
environments that serve as surrogates for ecosystems and habitats
 Protected area map: Protected areas network of New Zealand map is a database of
legally protected areas.
You can upload a new LENZ map by clicking the browse button next to LENZ map and
double-clicking the new map.
You can add a protected area map for a specific year by clicking the Add time… button
and importing a new map for the added year. You can delete a protected area map for
a specific year from the list by selecting the map and clicking the Remove time button.
You can view the protected area map by selecting it and clicking the Show /Edit button
on the middle-right side of the Terrestrial biodiversity model dialog window.
In the Parameters part of the Terrestrial biodiversity model dialog window, you can
indicate whether a land use is a land use growing native vegetation by selecting the
check box next to this land use.
In the Output part of the Terrestrial biodiversity model dialog window, you can view the
output map by clicking on the Show threatened environments map… button at the
bottom of the window. The Threatened environments map window opens where 6
categories are assigned to each environment: acutely threatened, chronically
threatened, at risk, critically under protected, under protected and not threat category.
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