Annual land clearing data for woody native vegetation in Queensland, Australia, from 2016 to 2018. The dataset reports a statewide clearing rate of 356,000 hectares per year in 2016-2017, a 9% decrease from the previous year, and 392,000 hectares per year in 2017-2018, a 10% increase. It is provided by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation.
Use Cases
- Calculate year-over-year change in land clearing rates based on the reported hectare figures.
- Model the environmental impact of vegetation loss based on the annual clearing area.
- Assess the effectiveness of land management policies using the reported statewide trends.
- Benchmark regional land clearing data against the provided statewide annual totals.
Strengths
- Provides specific annual clearing figures: 356,000 ha/year for 2016-2017 and 392,000 ha/year for 2017-2018.
- Includes precise year-over-year percentage changes: a 9% decrease and a 10% increase.
- States a clear geographic scope: statewide data for Queensland, Australia.
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/temporal bias inherent to data_gov_au.
Provenance
- Time Range
- 2016-2018
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-27 14:05:14.630432; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Queensland, Australia