Parks and Conservation Reserves: Victorian Land Management Areas

Areas under the National Parks Act 1975, conservation reserves, and metropolitan open space parks under the policy control of the Land Management Branch. This dataset replaced PK_PARKRES in April 2013 and is provided by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action.

Use Cases

• Map protected area boundaries based on the described park and reserve categories.
• Analyze land management policy coverage based on the dataset's scope under the National Parks Act 1975.
• Integrate conservation reserve data into environmental impact assessments based on the described land categories.
• Plan metropolitan open space networks based on the included park classifications.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats (DWG, WMS, GDB, SHP, WFS, MIF, DXF, EXTENDED TAB, TAB) for interoperability.
• Dataset has a clear version history, having replaced PK_PARKRES in April 2013.
• License is clearly defined as CC-BY-4.0.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official land management records and policy boundaries.

Time Range

Data reflects status as of the last update; historical coverage since at least April 2013 is implied.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 08:39:04.378334; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Covers areas within Victoria, Australia, under the specified acts and policies.