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NESP A12: Northern Australia Pressures mapping

Created 13/03/2025

Updated 13/03/2025

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Relevant spatial datasets for mapping pressures were identified and collated. Pressures were categorised as resource extraction and use, pollution, habitat modification, climate, and ‘other’. Pressures included Commonwealth trawl fisheries effort, aquaculture infrastructure, location of oil and gas infrastructure, historical shipping and pollution data, location of historical seismic operations, cyclone intensity, spoil dumping, sewage outfalls, location of ports, and tourism operations. Two main pressure maps were derived i) an additive pressure hotspots map, which gives higher weight to areas with multiple pressures of high risk; and, ii) a multiplicative hotspot pressure map, which gives lower weighting to areas with multiple low risk pressures. Areas of high risk were identified, and thus possibly high benefit for management versus low risk or low associated benefit for mitigation. The information generated needs to be considered alongside robust species distribution data and interaction matrices for effective decision-making.

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Title NESP A12: Northern Australia Pressures mapping
Language eng
Licence notspecified
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/26f52ec9-e4a6-4dd2-aca6-109b30d5aac6
Contact Point
CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere
viv.mcshane@mq.edu.au
Reference Period 01/01/2018 - 01/01/2018
Geospatial Coverage {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[128.957, -17.963], [142.712, -17.963], [142.712, -9.65], [128.957, -9.65], [128.957, -17.963]]]}
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