Land Conservation Council Study Area Boundaries from 1989 Statewide Assessment

Land Conservation Council Study Areas as applied in 1989 contains line and polygon features depicting the boundaries of study areas according to the 1989 Statewide Assessment Report. The dataset is provided by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action and was last updated in April 2026. It does not include boundaries for Special Investigations.

Use Cases

• Mapping historical land conservation planning zones based on the 1989 Statewide Assessment Report boundaries.
• Conducting spatial analysis of designated study areas for environmental impact assessments.
• Comparing historical conservation study areas with current land use or protected area maps.

Strengths

• Dataset is provided by the authoritative government department, the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action.
• Data is available in multiple geospatial file formats (TAB, MIF, GDB, SHP, DWG, DXF) for compatibility.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• 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

Time Range

1989 (as applied)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 01:47:22.706772; freshness should be verified.

Geography

State of Victoria, Australia (inferred from platform and organization)