Threatened Species Habitat Suitability Models for Victoria, Australia

Victorian government habitat distribution models predict suitable habitat for almost all of the state's terrestrial flora and fauna species. This collection includes models for species listed under the Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 and/or the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. The models are provided as 75x75 meter resolution GeoTIFF files projected in Vicgrid2020 and are periodically updated by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action.

Use Cases

• Prioritizing conservation areas based on predicted habitat suitability index values for threatened species.
• Assessing potential impacts of land development or climate change on threatened species habitats.
• Informing species recovery plans by identifying areas of high predicted habitat suitability.
• Conducting spatial analysis of habitat connectivity for multiple threatened species using the geospatial layers.

Strengths

• Models cover almost all of Victoria's terrestrial flora and fauna species, providing broad taxonomic coverage.
• Spatial data has a consistent and fine 75x75 meter cell resolution.
• Includes a metadata spreadsheet for version control and model information.
• Data is provided under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Some models are restricted and not included in this public dataset.
• Row count and total file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, Victorian Government

Collection Method

Models developed based on verified species observations and environmental data.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-27 18:28:25.024423; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Victoria, Australia