Ramsar internationally important wetland 2021/pre-clear wetland extent percentages

Definition of Ramsar internationally important wetland

based on a comparison of 2021 and pre-clear wetland mapping

2021/pre-clear wetland extent percentage by Ramsar internationally important wetland
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Ramsar wetland	Wetland extent percentage 2021/pre-clear by system				Total percentage
	intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural)	lacustrine (natural)	palustrine (natural)	riverine
All	99.1%	100.0%	99.0%	99.6%	99.5%
Bowling Green Bay	98.6%	-	123.2%	99.0%	99.8%
Currawinya Lakes	-	100.0%	98.7%	99.9%	99.9%
Great Sandy Strait	99.8%	99.3%	97.9%	100.0%	99.6%
Moreton Bay	98.2%	100.0%	98.8%	87.2%	98.4%
Shoalwater and Corio Bays Area	99.9%	-	99.9%	99.8%	99.9%

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.