NSW Koala Prioritisation Project: Areas of Regional Koala Significance

New South Wales Areas of Regional Koala Significance (ARKS) mapping provides state-wide spatial priorities for koala conservation analysis. The dataset, produced by the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, is based on koala occupancy information and was last updated in May 2026. It is designed to be viewed at a 1:100,000 scale or coarser to focus on landscape-level values and threats.

Use Cases

• Prioritizing conservation actions based on state-wide koala occupancy data.
• Profiling landscape values and threats for koala populations at a regional scale.
• Informing data-driven decision-making for koala conservation strategies.
• Identifying areas where survey effort for koala occupancy may be limited.

Strengths

• Provides a state-wide spatial analysis for koala conservation priorities.
• Funded under the Saving our Species Iconic Koala Project, indicating official conservation support.
• Available under a CC-BY-4.0 license for open use and sharing.

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.
• The analysis is dependent on survey effort, potentially under-representing areas with limited active surveys.

Provenance

Source

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Collection Method

Spatial analysis based on koala occupancy information, part of the Koala Prioritisation Project NSW.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-13 07:31:10.868185; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New South Wales, Australia