Mapping of Marine Environmental and Anthropogenic Pressures in Northern Australia

Northern Australia marine pressures mapping project collates spatial data on fisheries, pollution, climate, and infrastructure. It includes derived pressure hotspot maps using additive and multiplicative risk models. The dataset was produced by the Australian Ocean Data Network and last updated in June 2026.

Use Cases

• Identify high-risk marine areas for conservation based on additive pressure hotspots.
• Prioritize management interventions using multiplicative hotspot maps that weight low-risk pressures.
• Assess cumulative impacts from resource extraction and climate pressures.
• Support marine spatial planning by integrating pressure maps with species distribution data.

Strengths

• Derived two distinct analytical map products: additive and multiplicative pressure hotspots.
• Collates multiple pressure categories including fisheries, pollution, habitat modification, and climate.
• Last updated in June 2026, suggesting recent maintenance.

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

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Relevant spatial datasets were identified and collated, then pressure maps were derived.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-17 01:37:18.184346

Geography

Northern Australia