More than 94% of pre-European settlement freshwater wetland extent in Queensland remained in 2017. The dataset monitors changes in lacustrine, palustrine, and riverine wetland systems from 2001 onward, showing loss rates varying from 0.02% to 0.13% per period. It was published by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation.
Use Cases
- Model wetland loss trends based on reported annual change rates.
- Compare degradation rates between riverine, palustrine, and lacustrine systems.
- Assess the impact of agricultural expansion and infrastructure development on wetland extent.
- Track conservation effectiveness in the Gulf and North East Coast Drainage divisions.
Strengths
- Provides a specific baseline: over 94% of pre-European wetland extent remained in 2017.
- Contains long-term monitoring data starting from 2001.
- Reports precise loss rates for different time periods, such as 0.13% between 2013 and 2017.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, focusing solely on Queensland.
Provenance
- Collection Method
- Monitoring of wetland extent changes.
- Time Range
- Monitoring from 2001, with specific rates reported for periods up to 2017.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-27 14:44:50.376599; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Queensland, Australia, with specific mention of Gulf and North East Coast Drainage divisions.