European House Borer Restricted Movement Zones in Australia

2026 data from the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development delineates zones restricting pinewood movement to contain the destructive timber pest Hylotrupes bajulus. The dataset, maintained by the Pest and Disease Information Service, provides geospatial boundaries for biosecurity management.

Use Cases

• Map Restricted Movement Zones (RMZ) boundaries to enforce pinewood transport regulations for biosecurity
• Analyze spatial distribution of European House Borer (EHB) detections using zone polygons to model infestation spread
• Integrate RMZ geospatial data with property or forestry datasets to assess structural pest risk

Strengths

• Updated to March 2026, ensuring current regulatory boundaries
• Published under a CC-BY license allowing flexible reuse and adaptation
• Provides multiple geospatial formats (GeoJSON, SHP, GeoPackage) for diverse GIS workflows

Limitations

• Unknown spatial resolution or precision of the zone boundaries
• Lacks temporal history, showing only current zones without past changes
• No attribute columns or sample data are provided to describe zone properties

Provenance

Source

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Pest and Disease Information Service (PaDIS)

Collection Method

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Time Range

Current as of 2026

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-24.

Geography

Australia (areas where European House Borer has been found)