Water Quality Improvement Plan area 2021/pre-clear wetland extent percentages

Definition of Water Quality Improvement Plan area

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

2021/pre-clear wetland extent percentage by Water Quality Improvement Plan area
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WQIP area	Wetland extent percentage 2021/pre-clear by system					Total percentage
	intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural)	lacustrine (natural)	lacustrine (unknown degree of modification)	palustrine (natural)	riverine
All	87.7%	94.9%	-	66.9%	87.2%	88.1%
Burnett Mary	96.1%	100.0%	-	62.0%	65.5%	70.3%
Eastern Cape York	99.9%	98.9%	-	99.8%	99.6%	99.8%
Fitzroy	76.4%	89.0%	-	70.6%	89.2%	94.4%
Burdekin	84.4%	98.3%	-	82.4%	93.5%	95.6%
Mackay Whitsunday	96.0%	815.6%	-	31.0%	76.8%	67.6%
Wet Tropics	94.4%	103.5%	-	47.4%	74.7%	69.2%

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.