Mongolian Lesser Sand Plover Data Inventory for Gippsland Offshore Energy Area

Fifteen priority species were identified for a rapid information exploration related to Australia's Gippsland offshore renewable energy zone. This record from the Australian Ocean Data Network describes a collated data inventory specifically for the Mongolian Lesser Sand Plover. The inventory was compiled to evaluate data utility for environmental assessments required by Australian regulatory bodies.

Use Cases

• Identify data sources for environmental impact assessments based on the described inventory of species occurrence data.
• Evaluate data accessibility and utility for regulatory processes based on the project's stated methodology.
• Plan activities to improve data formats for endangered species monitoring based on the project's gap analysis.

Strengths

• Focuses on 15 priority species identified by Australian government departments.
• Explicitly targets data for a specific geographic area: the Gippsland declaration area and adjacent Bass Strait.
• Project methodology followed a structured four-step process for data exploration and evaluation.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au sources.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Rapid exploration involving identification, sourcing, and evaluation of publicly-available occurrence datasets.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-16 19:57:09.667179; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Gippsland offshore renewable energy declaration area and adjacent Bass Strait, Australia.