Climate Change Corridors for Coastal Fauna in North East NSW

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water delineated wildlife corridors for coastal fauna adaptation to climate change. The data layer integrates best available information, including key habitats, vegetation mapping, wildlife atlas records, flora records, aerial photography, and Spatial Links tool outputs. It was last updated on 2026-05-12.

Use Cases

• Modeling species migration pathways based on integrated habitat and vegetation data.
• Assessing landscape connectivity for coastal fauna based on high conservation value areas.
• Prioritizing conservation investments based on corridor significance for climate adaptation.

Strengths

• Integrates multiple authoritative sources, including NSW Wildlife Atlas and VIS Flora records.
• Based on a defined methodology using the 'Spatial Links' tool and recent aerial photography.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified despite the 2026 update date.

Provenance

Source

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Collection Method

Integration of multiple spatial data layers and modeling via the Spatial Links tool.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-12 17:01:22.393058

Geography

North East New South Wales, Australia