Western Swamp Tortoise Habitat Protection Boundaries

Western Australia's Department of Water and Environmental Regulation provides the gazetted boundaries for the Environmental Protection (Western Swamp Tortoise Habitat) Policy 2011. The policy, enacted on 14 February 2012, defines areas where management activities must protect the tortoise's habitat and its beneficial uses. Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GeoJSON, SHP, and Geopackage.

Use Cases

• Overlay habitat boundaries on land-use maps to assess compliance with the 2011 policy for development applications.
• Analyze spatial relationships between the gazetted policy area and other environmental datasets like wetlands or vegetation.
• Integrate boundary data into conservation planning systems to monitor impacts on the Western Swamp Tortoise habitat.

Strengths

• Boundaries are legally gazetted and enacted, providing authoritative spatial definitions.
• Data is offered in 10 different formats, including WFS, GeoJSON, and SHP, ensuring broad tool compatibility.
• Managed by the state's Department of Water and Environmental Regulation, the authoritative environmental agency.

Limitations

• The dataset contains only boundary geometry; it lacks tabular attributes like species population counts or habitat quality metrics.
• The policy area is static, representing a 2012 gazettal; habitat changes since then are not reflected.
• Sample data and record counts are unavailable, preventing assessment of data volume or complexity.

Provenance

Source

Department of Water and Environmental Regulation, Western Australia

Collection Method

Gazetted and enacted as part of the Environmental Protection (Western Swamp Tortoise Habitat) Policy 2011.

Time Range

Policy enacted 14 February 2012.

Freshness

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Geography

Western Australia, specific to the Western Swamp Tortoise habitat area.