Cockburn Ecological Protection Levels Spatial Boundaries 2010

Three levels of ecological protection—high, moderate, and low—are defined for the Cockburn area in Western Australia. The dataset represents spatial boundaries updated in 2010, with the percentage of moderate protection areas classified as low ecological protection calculated at 4.39%. It is maintained by the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation.

Use Cases

• Analyze the spatial distribution of high, moderate, and low ecological protection levels to inform land-use planning.
• Monitor compliance with the policy target that moderate protection areas with low ecological protection should not exceed 5%.
• Integrate protection level boundaries with other environmental datasets using spatial formats like SHP or GeoJSON for regional analysis.

Strengths

• Data is based on the most recent recalculations by the Office of the EPA, providing an authoritative source.
• Includes three clearly defined protection levels (high, moderate, low) for ecological assessment.
• Offers multiple spatial file formats including GeoJSON, SHP, and FGDB for interoperability.

Limitations

• The underlying data was updated in 2010, which may not reflect current land conditions or recent developments.
• Specific quantitative details like row counts or column structures are not provided, limiting initial assessment of data scale.

Provenance

Source

Department of Water and Environmental Regulation, Government of Western Australia.

Collection Method

Spatial boundaries defined and updated by the Environmental Protection Authority.

Time Range

Policy and boundaries updated in 2010.

Freshness

Metadata was last updated in March 2026, but the core spatial data reflects a 2010 update.

Geography

Cockburn area, Western Australia.