SoE2017: Queensland Marine Protected Areas and Wetlands Coverage

About 17% of Queensland's marine wetlands, or 1.8 million hectares, are within highly protected marine park zones or declared fish habitat areas. This dataset, provided by the Queensland Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, quantifies the spatial extent of these protected marine environments. It was last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze the proportion of marine wetlands under protection based on the stated 17% coverage figure.
• Map the spatial distribution of highly protected marine park zones and fish habitat areas.
• Assess conservation status and management categories for Queensland's coastal ecosystems.
• Model habitat connectivity or ecosystem services within the 1.8 million hectares of protected wetlands.

Strengths

• Quantifies a specific area of protected wetlands: 1.8 million hectares.
• Provides a clear percentage metric: 17% of Queensland's total marine wetlands.
• Sourced from a government environmental department, suggesting authoritative data collection.
• Has a specific last update timestamp: 2026-05-27 14:08:15.290116.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description metadata is limited; actual data quality and spatial resolution require manual inspection.

Provenance

Source

[email protected], Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation.

Time Range

Likely reflects a 2017 State of the Environment (SoE) assessment.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-27 14:08:15.290116; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Queensland, Australia.