2016 SoE Biodiversity Global biodiversity hotspots and world heritage sites

Created 24/01/2017

Updated 09/08/2023

Map of biodiversity hot spots and World Heritage sites across Australia (those inscribed for natural values), using data sourced from the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund and the Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy, World Heritage List database, viewed June 2016. Further information can be found at: http://www.cepf.net/resources/hotspots/Pages/default.aspx and http://www.environment.gov.au/fed/catalog/search/resource/details.page?uuid={6C54FE6C-2773-47C6-8CBC-4722F29081EF

Map prepared by the Department of Environment and Energy in order to produce Figure BIO1 in the Biodiversity theme of the 2016 State of the Environment Report, available at http://www.soe.environment.gov.au

The map service can be viewed at http://soe.terria.io/#share=s-vfesQbu8lyaDgWm6xZY0MnOvJY8

Downloadable spatial data also available below.

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Title 2016 SoE Biodiversity Global biodiversity hotspots and world heritage sites
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/ee1f6324-4c6e-4c4b-b6b4-e0cd7f4785f1
Contact Point
State of the Environment
soe@environment.gov.au
Reference Period 24/01/2017
Geospatial Coverage Australia
Data Portal Data.gov.au