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Marine park zone (Queensland) pre-clear wetland system extents

Definition of marine park zone (Queensland)

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

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Pre-clear wetland system extent by marine park zone (Queensland) metadata
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Marine park zone (Queensland) Total area
(ha)
Wetland area by system Total
wetland area
(ha)
intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) lacustrine (natural) palustrine (natural) riverine
Total 7,233,317 159,927 < 1 2,474 * n/a * n/a
Buffer Zone (Great Barrier Reef Coast) 3,910 4 4
Conservation Park Zone (Great Barrier Reef Coast) 404,790 1,712 80 73 1,864
Conservation Park Zone (Great Sandy) 97,123 14,021 < 1 463 * n/a * n/a
Conservation Park Zone (Moreton Bay) 26,050 2,967 194 21 3,181
Estuarine Conservation Zone (Great Barrier Reef Coast) 11,770 6,978 399 43 7,420
General Use Zone (Great Barrier Reef Coast) 2,520,883 68,259 458 144 68,861
General Use Zone (Great Sandy) 377,642 560 2 10 572
General Use Zone (Moreton Bay) 158,238 281 6 287
Habitat Protection Zone (Great Barrier Reef Coast) 1,722,358 48,322 82 68 48,473
Habitat Protection Zone (Great Sandy) 63,401 71 1 73
Habitat Protection Zone (Moreton Bay) 104,124 8,588 191 8,779
Marine National Park Zone (Great Barrier Reef Coast) 1,568,253 2,630 411 7 3,048
Marine National Park Zone (Great Sandy) 79,294 1,911 85 3 1,998
Marine National Park Zone (Moreton Bay) 54,331 3,617 103 3,720
Preservation Zone (Great Barrier Reef Coast) 29,389 0
Scientific Research Zone (Great Barrier Reef Coast) 11,763 5 < 1 < 1 5

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of marine park zones (Queensland).

* Pre-clear riverine wetland statistics are not available in this area. A comprehensive evaluation is currently underway of the effect of identified limitations on the statistical analysis process used to monitor wetland extent change. During this time, selected riverine wetland statistics will be temporarily unavailable as they may be disproportionately impacted. It is expected that this evaluation will be completed in late 2024.

Disclaimer

Areas do not include marine or estuarine waters but do include estuarine wetland vegetation
(e.g. mangroves and tidal flats).

All statistics are approximate and generated based on data transformed to a customised Albers equal-area projection, thus allowing wetland extent change for different regions of Queensland to be comparable.

Areas may change over time as mapping approaches improve.

Totals may not match the sum of individually displayed figures due to the rounding of displayed figures.


This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2022) Marine park zone (Queensland) pre-clear wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-pre-clear/marine-park-zone.html

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