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Habitat critical to the survival of marine turtles in Australian waters

Created 20/09/2025

Updated 20/09/2025

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In Australia, all six species of marine turtles that occur in our waters are protected under the Australian Government's Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) and various State and Northern Territory legislation. Flatback Turtle (Natator depressus)Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas)Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)Loggerhead Turtle (Caretta caretta)Olive Ridley Turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) Under section 270(2)(d) of the EPBC Act, 'Habitat critical to the survival of the listed threatened species' must be identified in the Recovery Plan for Marine Turtles.

The criteria for describing habitat critical to the survival of a species for marine turtles was determined in accordance with the EPBC Act Significant Impact Guidelines 1.1 - Matters of National Environmental Significance.

The guidelines define 'habitat critical to the survival of a species' as areas necessary: activities such as foraging, breeding or dispersalfor the long-term maintenance of the species (including the maintenance of species essential to the survival of the species)to maintain genetic diversity and long term evolutionary developmentfor the reintroduction of populations or recovery of the species. The mapped areas were identified by consensus of a panel of experts in marine turtle biology.

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Title Habitat critical to the survival of marine turtles in Australian waters
Language English
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/c631e9a1-2df2-43d2-86ae-d3388a511944
Remote Last Updated
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DCCEEW's Find Environmental Data (FED)
geospatial@dcceew.gov.au
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        96.6334,
        -27.1007
      ],
      [
        96.6334,
        -8.9604
      ],
      [
        153.3825,
        -8.9604
      ],
      [
        153.3825,
        -27.1007
      ],
      [
        96.6334,
        -27.1007
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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This dataset was originally found on DCCEEW "Habitat critical to the survival of marine turtles in Australian waters". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://fed.dcceew.gov.au/datasets/erin::habitat-critical-to-the-survival-of-marine-turtles-in-australian-waters