Aquatic Conservation Assessment (AquaBAMM) and other 2019/pre-clear wetland extent percentages

Definition of Aquatic Conservation Assessment (AquaBAMM) and other

based on a comparison of 2019 and pre-clear wetland mapping

2019/pre-clear wetland extent percentage by Aquatic Conservation Assessment (AquaBAMM) and other
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Aquatic Conservation Assessment	Wetland extent percentage 2019/pre-clear by system				Total percentage
	intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural)	lacustrine (natural)	palustrine (natural)	riverine
All	94.8%	99.4%	93.1%	93.8%	95.8%
Baffle to Fitzroy coastal region	96.9%	99.9%	62.6%	97.9%	102.6%
Cape York catchments	99.7%	98.9%	99.6%	99.8%	99.8%
Eastern Gulf of Carpentaria	100.0%	98.7%	99.0%	99.1%	99.8%
Great Barrier Reef catchments	84.6%	95.7%	59.5%	90.1%	88.6%
Lake Eyre and Bulloo basins	-	99.9%	99.9%	99.2%	99.9%
Queensland Murray-Darling and Bulloo basins	-	95.8%	96.5%	88.6%	96.7%
South East Queensland catchments	85.2%	99.5%	52.0%	57.8%	61.6%
Southern Gulf catchments	100.0%	81.2%	99.3%	99.1%	100.2%
Wide Bay-Burnett catchments	94.0%	100.0%	67.5%	61.9%	68.4%

Disclaimer

All figures exclude artificial and highly modified wetlands.

The total percentage figure includes slightly modified wetlands.

Figures 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.

Figures may change over time as mapping approaches improve.