Brief description
This mapping identifies known beaches and surrounding rocky coastlines that are nesting areas for sea turtles that are listed as 'threatened' wildlife defined under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA).Nesting areas in this mapping are categorised as:- very significant - over 40% of the species or genetic stock rely on the nesting area- significant - over 1% of the species or genetic stock rely on the nesting area- present - below 1% of the species or genetic stock rely on the nesting areaFull description
Sea turtle nesting areas - This mapping identifies known beaches and surrounding rocky coastlines that are nesting areas for sea turtles that are listed as 'threatened' wildlife defined under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA).Nesting areas in this mapping are categorised as:- very significant - over 40% of the species or genetic stock rely on the nesting area- significant - over 1% of the species or genetic stock rely on the nesting area- present - below 1% of the species or genetic stock rely on the nesting areaSea turtle nesting areas metadata record - Full ISO 19115 metadata record
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- Local : sea-turtle-nesting-areas
- URI : data.qld.gov.au/{requires override}7323acc2-ca46-43c4-9f1a-d2a7e09ceb3b