NESP MB C1: Marine Environmental Pressure Trends in Australia, 1991-2015

A project from the NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub, managed by the Australian Ocean Data Network, provides data and analyses on anthropogenic pressures on Australia's marine environment. The research aims to inform decision-making under the EPBC Act and management of Commonwealth Marine Reserves. Planned outputs include summaries of pressure trends from 1991 to 2015 for offshore and inshore areas, including Key Ecological Features and marine reserves.

Use Cases

• Assessing cumulative anthropogenic impact on marine conservation values based on spatial pressure mapping.
• Informing management strategies for Commonwealth Marine Reserves based on pressure profiles.
• Supporting State of the Environment reporting with updated pressure trend analyses from 1991 to 2015.
• Evaluating the effectiveness of mitigation measures under the EPBC Act using pressure distribution data.

Strengths

• Project outputs are designed to inform specific government frameworks, including the EPBC Act and Marine Bioregional Plans.
• Planned analyses cover a multi-decade time range from 1991 to 2015.
• Focus includes both offshore and inshore marine environments, as well as specific features like Key Ecological Features.

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

NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub project, aggregated by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Collection Method

Re-examination and improvement of pressure analyses from prior marine bioregional planning and State of the Environment reporting.

Time Range

1991 to 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-05 05:45:35.694089; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australian Commonwealth marine environment, including offshore and inshore areas.