Victorian Commercial Timber Harvesting Coupes by Financial Year, 2022-23

Updated to June 2023, this dataset is a polygon coverage of commercial timber harvesting events in Victorian State forests, organized by financial year. It records silvicultural operation type, forest type, and the start and end dates of each logging event. The data is provided by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action.

Use Cases

• Map the annual spatial footprint of logging activities based on the polygon coverage.
• Analyze trends in silvicultural practices over time based on the recorded operation types.
• Assess the distribution of logging events across different forest types.
• Calculate the duration and seasonality of harvesting events based on the start and end dates.

Strengths

• Contains polygon data for precise spatial analysis of logging areas.
• Includes temporal data with start and end dates for each event.
• Covers multiple financial years, with explicit update to the 2022-23 period.
• Provided in multiple geospatial file formats (SHP, GDB, etc.) for compatibility.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

Collection Method

Likely compiled from operational records of commercial timber harvesting events.

Time Range

By financial year, updated to include data through June 2023.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 00:15:29.365000; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Victoria, Australia (State forests).