State planning region Baseline Near future Far future Near future change Far future change
(t.ha-1.year-1) Value (%) Value (%)
Far West 0.1116 0.1238 0.1441 0.0122 10.92 0.0325 29.10
Murray Murrumbidgee 0.1725 0.1749 0.1960 0.0024 1.40 0.0235 13.63
South East and Tablelands 1.0519 1.0627 1.2041 0.0107 1.02 0.1522 14.46
Illawarra 2.2276 2.3080 2.4894 0.0804 3.61 0.2618 11.75
Central West and Orana 0.4662 0.4877 0.5593 0.0215 4.62 0.0931 19.97
New England and North West 0.9082 0.9475 1.0663 0.0393 4.32 0.1581 17.41
North Coast 4.0393 4.2359 4.6319 0.1966 4.87 0.5926 14.67
Hunter 3.7431 4.1678 4.5011 0.4247 11.35 0.7581 20.25
Central Coast 4.4057 5.0379 5.2851 0.6323 14.35 0.8794 19.96
Metropolitan Sydney 3.0596 3.3887 3.7087 0.3290 10.75 0.6491 21.21
ACT 2.2684 2.2225 2.4562 -0.0459 -2.03 0.1877 8.28
NSW 2.0186 2.1935 2.3786 0.1749 6.72 0.3600 18.24
Table 3: Mean annual hillslope erosion values (t.ha-1.year-1) and their changes across NSW in the near future (2020-2039) and far future (2060-2079).