Curlew Sandpiper Data Inventory for Gippsland Offshore Energy Area

Gippsland declaration area and adjacent Bass Strait regions are the focus of this data inventory for the Curlew Sandpiper, a critically endangered bird. The inventory was created by the Australian Ocean Data Network as part of a project exploring information for 15 priority species. It identifies relevant datasets, their sources, accessibility, and utility for environmental assessments related to offshore renewable energy.

Use Cases

• Identify data sources for environmental impact statements based on the inventory of species occurrence data.
• Assess data accessibility for regulatory processes based on the project's evaluation of dataset utility.
• Plan data improvement activities for species monitoring based on identified gaps in accessible formats.

Strengths

• Focuses on 15 priority species identified by Australian government departments DCCEEW and NOPSEMA.
• Project methodology involved a four-step process to identify and evaluate datasets.
• Last updated metadata indicates a recent review date of 2026-06-05.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• The inventory's utility is specific to the Gippsland declaration area and may not generalize.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Rapid exploration and inventory of publicly-available occurrence data.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-05 05:22:43.820919; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Gippsland Offshore Renewable Energy declaration area and adjacent Bass Strait, Australia.