Description: This dataset is the spatial representation of reserves, protected for the conservation of natural and cultural values and areas managed for the production of forest resources.
Copyright Text: Not to be used as a definitive absolute location of reserve boundaries. This dataset is derived from the Digital Cadastre Database (DCDB). The accuracy of the spatial representation is determined by the accuracy of records in the version of the DCDB from which this dataset was derived.
Description: Lot/s on plan gazetted through voluntary conservation agreement between QLD govt and private land owner/s. Based in statute, a recognised class of Private Protected Area (defined by the Nature Conservation Act 1992).
Copyright Text: Tenure Services Unit, Spatial Services & Regional Nature Refuge Officers. (Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation (DETSI))
Description: The Wet Tropics World Heritage Area lies between Townsville and Cooktown on the north-east coast of Queensland and covers an area of approximately 8940m^2. The area is composed of mostly public land, the majority of which is held in national park tenure. This dataset contains all of the sections that make up the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area.
Description: There are currently twenty (20) Australian properties inscribed on the World Heritage List.A single Australian World Heritage Areas database has been created by combining data which was historically stored as a separate data for each property. World Heritage Area buffer zones are also included in this dataset where they exist for some properties and are distinguished from the Declared Property boundary in the data. Four properties (Kakadu National Park, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Willandra Lakes Region and the Tasmanian Wilderness) are inscribed for both natural and cultural criteria.The Great Barrier Reef, the Tasmanian Wilderness, the Wet Tropics of Queensland and Shark Bay meet all four World Heritage criteria for natural heritage see (http://whc.unesco.org/en/criteria or http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/about/world/world-heritage-criteria).16 properties are listed under the World Heritage criteria for natural heritage: the Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Naracoorte/Riversleigh), Lord Howe Island Group, Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, Fraser Island, Macquarie Island, Heard and McDonald Islands, the Greater Blue Mountains Area and Purnululu National Park, Shark Bay and the Ningaloo Coast.8 properties are inscribed for cultural values: Kakadu National Park, Tasmanian Wilderness, Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park, Willandra Lakes Region, Australian Convict Sites, Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens, Sydney Opera House and the Budj Bim Cultural Landscape.4 properties are considered serial listing where the properties comprise more than one distinct geographical areas. There are 11 sites that constitute the Australian Convict Sites. The Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Naracoorte/Riversleigh), Gondwana Rainforests of Australia comprise multiple parts and the Budj Bim Cultural Landscape.
Copyright Text: World Heritage Areas: Australia are copyright (c) Commonwealth of Australia, Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment 2020.
Description: This dataset represents the zones defined in the Marine Parks (Great Barrier Reef Coast) Zoning Plan 2004, the Marine Parks (Great Sandy) Zoning Plan 2024 and the Marine Parks (Moreton Bay) Zoning Plan 2019.