Queensland, Australia, covers 172.8 million hectares. In 2013, 80% of the state contained remnant regional ecosystems, with 1% classified as 'endangered', 10% as 'of concern', and 69% as 'no concern at present'. This dataset was published by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation under a CC-BY-4.0 license.
Use Cases
- Assessing conservation status distribution based on the 'endangered', 'of concern', and 'no concern' classifications.
- Modeling land-use change impacts on remnant regional ecosystems.
- Prioritizing areas for ecological restoration based on the extent of endangered ecosystems.
Strengths
- Provides a specific total area for Queensland (172.8 million hectares).
- Includes precise percentages for ecosystem conservation classifications from 2013 (1% endangered, 10% of concern, 69% no concern).
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
- [email protected], Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
- Time Range
- 2013
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-27 14:29:50.157019; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Queensland, Australia