296,000 hectares per year of woody vegetation was cleared in Queensland during the 2014-2015 period. The dataset was published by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation. It was last updated on the platform in May 2026.
Use Cases
- Estimate annual deforestation rates based on the reported statewide clearing figure.
- Model habitat loss for native species based on the scale of woody vegetation removal.
- Assess policy effectiveness on land management based on the reported clearing data.
Strengths
- Provides a specific, quantified figure for annual land clearing (296,000 hectares).
- Has a clear authoritative source (Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation).
- Uses an open license (CC-BY-4.0) permitting reuse.
Limitations
- Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- The description metadata is limited; actual data quality and granularity require manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- [email protected], Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
- Time Range
- 2014-2015
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-27 14:02:37.063738; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Queensland, Australia