SoE2020: Freshwater Wetlands in Queensland Protected Areas

Almost 10% of natural or low-modified freshwater wetlands in Queensland are within protected areas. The dataset, published by the Queensland Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, focuses on palustrine wetland systems, with the majority located within national parks. It was last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Assess the proportion of natural freshwater wetlands under protection based on the described 10% statistic.
• Map the distribution of palustrine wetland systems within national parks as mentioned in the description.
• Analyze the coverage of 'low modified' wetland types within Queensland's protected area network.
• Support conservation prioritization by identifying wetland systems outside of protected areas.

Strengths

• Provides a specific statistic (almost 10%) for wetland coverage within protected areas.
• Identifies a primary wetland type (palustrine systems) and location (national parks).
• Has a clear license (CC-BY-4.0) and authoritative source (Queensland government).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update timestamp is in the future (2026-05-27).

Provenance

Source

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-27 14:40:41.570337

Geography

Queensland, Australia