Protected Areas of Queensland with Conservation and Resource Management Boundaries

Protected areas of Queensland represent those areas protected for the conservation of natural and cultural values and those areas managed for production of forest resources, including timber and quarry material. The dataset is provided by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation and was last updated on 2026-04 -08. These areas are defined spatially using lot on plan parcels and are captured as parcels or as a single record for each protected area.

Use Cases

• Map conservation zones based on the described natural and cultural value protection.
• Analyze forest resource production areas for timber and quarry material as mentioned in the description.
• Conduct spatial planning and impact assessments using the lot on plan parcel boundaries.
• Monitor protected area coverage and management categories across Queensland.

Strengths

• Spatially defined using lot on plan parcels, providing precise geographic boundaries.
• Covers both conservation areas and areas managed for forest resource production.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including SHP, FGDB, and GPKG.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

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

Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation (Queensland Government)

Collection Method

Spatially defined using lot on plan parcels.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-08 20:38:56.311828; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Queensland, Australia