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Kolan Paddock to Reef (P2R) report card

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Kolan Paddock to Reef (P2R) report card wetland area by system 2021
System Area (ha) % wetlands area % total area
Total 13,517 100.0% 4.7%
Total excluding riverine and artificial/highly modified riverine 8,475 62.7% 2.9%
Artificial and highly modified 6,436 47.6% 2.2%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) 1,437 10.6% 0.5%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Lacustrine (natural) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Lacustrine (slightly modified) 238 1.8% 0.1%
Lacustrine (unknown degree of modification) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Palustrine (natural) 364 2.7% 0.1%
Palustrine (slightly modified) 34 0.3% 0.0%
Riverine 5,008 37.1% 1.7%

For definitions of artificial, highly modified, modified, slightly modified and natural wetlands, see the Queensland Wetland Mapping Method - A Method to Provide Baseline Mapping of Wetland Extent and Changes in Wetland Extent in Queensland (PDF, 0.6 MB).

Kolan Paddock to Reef (P2R) report card wetland area by habitat 2021
Habitat Area (ha) % wetlands area % total area
Total 1,836 100.0% 0.6%
Mangroves - Casuarina 93 5.1% 0.0%
Mangroves - other 1,160 63.2% 0.4%
Salt marsh and salt flats 184 10.0% 0.1%
Arid and semi-arid saline lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid saline swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 183 10.0% 0.1%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 50 2.7% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 90 4.9% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp 75 4.1% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid 0 0.0% 0.0%
Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal 0 0.0% 0.0%

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.

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Wetland extent changes

Kolan Paddock to Reef (P2R) report card wetland extent change by system
System 2021 area
(ha)
2019 area
(ha)
2017 area
(ha)
2013 area
(ha)
2009 area
(ha)
2005 area
(ha)
2001 area
(ha)
pre-clear area
(ha)
2021/pre-clear
percentage
Total 13,517 13,524 13,534 13,542 13,552 13,548 13,549 13,156 * 53.8%
Artificial and highly modified 6,436 6,430 6,435 6,430 6,425 6,409 6,396 0 n/a
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) 1,437 1,437 1,437 1,440 1,441 1,441 1,441 1,740 82.6%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Lacustrine (natural) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Lacustrine (slightly modified) 238 238 238 235 235 235 235 0 n/a
Lacustrine (unknown degree of modification) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Palustrine (natural) 364 368 369 375 379 383 393 2,961 12.3%
Palustrine (slightly modified) 34 34 34 34 34 34 36 0 n/a
Riverine 5,008 5,017 5,021 5,028 5,038 5,046 5,049 8,455 59.2%

* Total 2021/pre-clear percentage excludes artificial and highly modified

Kolan Paddock to Reef (P2R) report card wetland extent change by habitat
Habitat 2021 area
(ha)
2019 area
(ha)
2017 area
(ha)
2013 area
(ha)
2009 area
(ha)
2005 area
(ha)
2001 area
(ha)
Total 1,836 1,839 1,840 1,849 1,854 1,858 1,870
Mangroves - Casuarina 93 93 93 93 93 93 93
Mangroves - other 1,160 1,160 1,160 1,163 1,164 1,164 1,164
Salt marsh and salt flats 184 184 184 184 184 184 184
Arid and semi-arid saline lake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated lake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid saline swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 183 185 185 186 186 188 190
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 50 51 51 51 51 53 53
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 90 91 91 91 91 91 91
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp 75 75 77 81 86 86 95
Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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.

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Australian Land Use and Management Classification (ALUMC) metadata

Kolan Paddock to Reef (P2R) report card land use
ALUMC code and description
Area (ha)
% total area
Total 289,005 100.0%
2.1 Grazing native vegetation 199,623 69.0%
2.2 Production native forests 20,447 7.1%
1.1 Nature conservation 16,083 5.6%
4.3 Irrigated cropping 11,127 3.8%
5.4 Residential and farm infrastructure 10,590 3.7%
6.2 Reservoir/dam 8,198 2.8%
1.2 Managed resource protection 5,336 1.8%
1.3 Other minimal use 3,855 1.3%
4.4 Irrigated perennial horticulture 3,432 1.2%
3.1 Plantation forests 3,103 1.1%
6.3 River 2,144 0.7%
4.5 Irrigated seasonal horticulture 1,714 0.6%
6.5 Marsh/wetland 1,135 0.4%
5.7 Transport and communication 763 0.3%
5.5 Services 662 0.2%
6.4 Channel/aqueduct 284 0.1%
4.6 Irrigated land in transition 170 0.1%
5.3 Manufacturing and industrial 90 0.0%
3.3 Cropping 61 0.0%
5.1 Intensive horticulture 39 0.0%
5.6 Utilities 38 0.0%
5.9 Waste treatment and disposal 36 0.0%
5.2 Intensive animal production 33 0.0%
5.8 Mining 20 0.0%
6.1 Lake 19 0.0%
3.4 Perennial horticulture 3 0.0%

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Wildlife

Kingdom
Class
Native Introduced Wetland
indicator
species
Rare or
threatened
species
All
TOTAL 1,903 242 270 66 2,145
Animals 585 22 147 45 607
Mammals 73 9 5 9 82
Birds 307 8 70 25 315
Reptiles 86 1 10 7 87
Amphibians 31 1 12 1 32
Lobe-finned fishes 1 0 1 1 1
Ray-finned fishes 44 2 46 1 46
Cartilaginous fishes 3 0 3 1 3
Insects 40 1 0 0 41
Bacteria 2 0 0 0 2
Chromists 1 0 0 0 1
Fungi 29 0 0 0 29
Plants 1,286 220 123 21 1,506

Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the DETSI WildNet database and converted to a 10km² grid. The grid information has been intersected with the mapping polygons to determine the species lists. Click here to view the species grid metadata.

Information from WildNet can also be accessed via Wildlife Online and WetlandMaps.

Rare or threatened includes species listed as extinct, extinct in the wild, critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable or conservation dependent under either the Nature Conservation Act or Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act

Disclaimer: While every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of this product, the Queensland Government and Australian Government make no representations or warranties about its accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability for any particular purpose and disclaim all responsibility and all liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses, losses, damages (including indirect or consequential damage) and costs which might be incurred as a consequence of reliance on the product, or as a result of the product being inaccurate or incomplete in any way and for any reason.

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This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) Kolan Paddock to Reef (P2R) report card — facts and maps, WetlandInfo website, accessed 6 July 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/paddock-to-reef-report-card-kolan/

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