ACT Ecological Network Dashboard: Urban Habitat and Connectivity Mapping for Canberra

ACT Government's Urban Habitat and Connectivity Project maps wildlife habitat connectivity across Canberra. The dashboard presents a forward-looking Blue-Green Network vision and fragmentation mapping for seven species groups. Office of Nature Conservation developed this version 2 resource, last updated in November 2023.

Use Cases

• Identify priority urban areas for protection based on the described Blue-Green Network vision.
• Assess habitat fragmentation for seven different species groups using the UHCP Fragmentation Mapping.
• Plan urban development to enhance ecological connectivity based on the map of connected potential habitat areas.

Strengths

• Data is explicitly tied to a government-led conservation project involving wildlife experts from across Australia.
• Maps provide both a forward-looking vision and an assessment of existing conditions for seven species groups.
• Version 2 indicates iterative development and refinement of the underlying data.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

ACT Government, Office of Nature Conservation, City and Environment Directorate

Collection Method

Outputs from the Urban Habitat and Connectivity Project, which convened wildlife experts.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-27 15:17:52.798172; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory