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GBR - Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Zoning 2003 (GBRMPA)

Posted on 23 June 2010

This dataset corresponds to the zoning within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park effective 1st July 2004. It is derived from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Zoning Plan 2003.

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is a multiple-use area. Zoning helps to manage and protect the values of the Marine Park that users enjoy. Zoning Plans define what activities occur in which locations both to protect the marine environment and to separate potentially conflicting activities. Revised zoning of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park was introduced in July 2004 as part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority's Representative Areas Programme.

Official maps derived from this dataset can be downloaded from the GBRMPA Zoning Maps page.

To obtain this dataset go to the GBRMPA spatial information services page, download the appropriate license and send it to gis@gbrmpa.gov.au

  • Data Administrator
Custodian(s)
  • Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Owner Institution(s)

ZONING.shp (4MB, 758 polygons, Datum: GDA94):

This shapefile contains the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park zoning with attributes corresponding to the Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database standard.

NAME: (Examples: HP-23-5365, MNP-23-1168, CP-23-4109, Acheron Island (18066100), Bramble Rock (19001100)). Official name of the protected area.

IUCN: (IA, II, IV, VI). The IUCN protected area category.

  • IA: Strict Nature Reserve: protected area managed mainly for science.

  • II: National Park: protected area managed mainly for ecosystem protection,

  • IV: Habitat / Species Management Area: protected area managed mainly for conservation through management intervention.

  • VI: Managed Resource Protected Area: protected area managed mainly for the sustainable use of natural ecosystems

NRS_PA: ???? (Y)

GAZ_AREA: (0 - 3683323). The declared area of a reserve, as opposed to a machine calculated area. It is recorded to the nearest hectare.

GIS_AREA: (0 - 3683323) The spatial area of a reserve (in hectares) calculated by GIS software, derived from Albers Equal Area projection.

RES_NO: (Examples: 101001, 101002, 10321100, 105001, 241173, 99000100). The reserve number  used by the controlling authority.

GAZ_DATE: (date '2004-04-21'). Date of the original proclamation

LATEST_GAZ: (date '2004-04-21') The date of the most recent gazetted amendment
or verification by the relevant State authority.

STATE: (QLD) The CODE for the State or Terriory of the protected are.

AUTHORITY: (GBRMPA) The authority with administers the Protected Area

ENVIRON: (M) To delineate the components of CAPAD. (M) Marine

CODE: (6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 32, 66)

X_COORD: (142.63029 to 153.41822). Longitude coordinate of polygon centroid in decimal degrees.

Y_COORD: (-24.46754 to -10.69216). Latitude coordinate of polygon centroid in decimal degrees.

ALT_ZONE: (Commonwealth Island Zone, Dark Blue Zone, Green Zone, Light Blue Zone, Olive Green Zone, Orange Zone, Pink Zone, Yellow Zone)

TYPE: (Buffer, Commonwealth Island, Conservation Park, General Use, Habitat Protection, Marine National Park, Preservation, Scientific Research, Scientific Research (closed to public access)

AREA_TYPE: (GBRMP Zoning)

LOC_NAME_S: (Buffer Zone, Commonwealth Island Zone, Conservation Park Zone, General Use Zone, Habitat Protection Zone, Marine National Park Zone, Preservation Zone, Scientific Research Zone

PERMIT_DES: Examples: 'Bowling Green Bay - west', 'Bylund Cay Reef (21-519)', 'Captain Billy Landing', 'Edgell Bank (22-159) and Moresby Bank (22-158)'

GROUP_ID: (BUZ, CIZ, CPZ, GUZ, HPZ, MPZ, PZ, SRZ)

STD_PERMIT: (' ')

SHAPE_Leng: (0.00197015191562 to 30.4633914997)

SHAPE_Area: (2.64677669276E-07 to 3.24954635378)

Data Units
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
Region & Spatial Extent
2003 - 2004
Data Collection
Completed
Maintenance & Update Frequency
The Data is subject to Copyright. Usage must comply with signed data usage agreement. Appropriate acknowledgement of the custodian must be created in all outputs. No third party usage is permitted without prior written consent of the custodian. See the GBRMPA spatial information services pages for obtaining access to this data.
Resource Constraints

Official GBRMPA zoning website

Environmental Resources Information Section, Department of the Environment and Heritage, Technical Specifications for the Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database CAPAD

References
GBR_GBRMPA_Zoning-2003
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