Key Biodiversity Areas: 334 Globally Significant Conservation Sites in Victoria

334 Key Biodiversity Areas in Victoria meet strict international scientific criteria for global wildlife conservation significance. The dataset, updated as of March 2022, is maintained by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action and features clean, non-overlapping polygon boundaries. Each KBA is represented as a single feature, with data available in multiple GIS formats.

Use Cases

• Prioritizing land for conservation based on international scientific criteria for biodiversity significance.
• Analyzing spatial distribution of critical wildlife habitats across Victoria.
• Informing environmental impact assessments by identifying globally significant biodiversity areas.
• Supporting policy and planning decisions for protected area networks.

Strengths

• Contains 334 distinct Key Biodiversity Areas.
• Boundaries are clean of overlaps and slivers, ensuring topological integrity.
• Published under the permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
• Available in 9 different GIS file formats for broad tool compatibility.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (Victoria, Australia).

Collection Method

Likely compiled and validated against international Key Biodiversity Area criteria, with boundaries processed to remove topological errors.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 01:46:27.754698; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Victoria, Australia.