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Baffle Paddock to Reef (P2R) report card

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Baffle Paddock to Reef (P2R) report card wetland area by system 2019
System Area (ha) % wetlands area % total area
Total 32,800 100.0% 8.0%
Total excluding riverine and artificial/highly modified riverine 25,994 79.3% 6.3%
Artificial and highly modified 1,017 3.1% 0.2%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) 14,024 42.8% 3.4%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Lacustrine (natural) 13 0.0% 0.0%
Lacustrine (slightly modified) 140 0.4% 0.0%
Palustrine (natural) 10,506 32.0% 2.6%
Palustrine (slightly modified) 294 0.9% 0.1%
Riverine 6,806 20.7% 1.7%
Baffle Paddock to Reef (P2R) report card wetland area by habitat 2019
Habitat Area (ha) % wetlands area % total area
Total 24,831 100.0% 6.1%
Mangroves - Casuarina 509 2.0% 0.1%
Mangroves - other 8,659 34.9% 2.1%
Salt marsh and salt flats 4,850 19.5% 1.2%
Arid and semi-arid saline lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain clay plan lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake 13 0.1% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid saline swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 3,456 13.9% 0.8%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp 466 1.9% 0.1%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 53 0.2% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 5,800 23.4% 1.4%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 325 1.3% 0.1%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp 699 2.8% 0.2%
Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid 0 0.0% 0.0%
Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal 0 0.0% 0.0%

Disclaimer

Areas do not include marine or estuarine waters but do include estuarine wetland vegetation
(e.g. mangroves and tidal flats).

All statistics are approximate and generated based on data transformed to a customised Albers equal-area projection, thus allowing wetland extent change for different regions of Queensland to be comparable.

Areas may change over time as mapping approaches improve.

Totals may not match the sum of individually displayed figures due to the rounding of displayed figures.

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Wetland extent changes

Baffle Paddock to Reef (P2R) report card wetland extent change by system
System 2019 area
(ha)
2017 area
(ha)
2013 area
(ha)
2009 area
(ha)
2005 area
(ha)
2001 area
(ha)
pre-clear area
(ha)
2019/pre-clear
percentage
Total 32,800 32,812 32,896 32,893 32,965 32,938 36,209 * 87.8%
Artificial and highly modified 1,017 1,019 1,002 973 951 883 0 n/a
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) 14,024 14,025 14,035 14,036 14,036 14,039 14,125 99.3%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Lacustrine (natural) 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 100.0%
Lacustrine (slightly modified) 140 140 139 139 139 123 0 n/a
Palustrine (natural) 10,506 10,515 10,598 10,616 10,683 10,737 13,402 78.4%
Palustrine (slightly modified) 294 294 294 294 294 268 0 n/a
Riverine 6,806 6,806 6,815 6,821 6,848 6,875 8,670 78.5%

* Total 2019/pre-clear percentage excludes artificial and highly modified

Baffle Paddock to Reef (P2R) report card wetland extent change by habitat
Habitat 2019 area
(ha)
2017 area
(ha)
2013 area
(ha)
2009 area
(ha)
2005 area
(ha)
2001 area
(ha)
Total 24,831 24,841 24,933 24,953 25,020 25,050
Mangroves - Casuarina 509 510 512 512 512 512
Mangroves - other 8,659 8,659 8,666 8,667 8,667 8,668
Salt marsh and salt flats 4,850 4,850 4,851 4,851 4,850 4,852
Arid and semi-arid saline lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain clay plan lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake 13 13 13 13 13 13
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid saline swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 3,456 3,456 3,486 3,495 3,539 3,552
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp 466 466 466 466 467 467
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 53 53 53 53 53 53
Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 5,800 5,808 5,861 5,870 5,880 5,894
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 325 325 325 325 331 331
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp 699 699 699 699 706 707
Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid 0 0 0 0 0 0
Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal 0 0 0 0 0 0

Disclaimer

Areas do not include marine or estuarine waters but do include estuarine wetland vegetation
(e.g. mangroves and tidal flats).

All statistics are approximate and generated based on data transformed to a customised Albers equal-area projection, thus allowing wetland extent change for different regions of Queensland to be comparable.

Areas may change over time as mapping approaches improve.

Totals may not match the sum of individually displayed figures due to the rounding of displayed figures.

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Australian Land Use and Management Classification (ALUMC) metadata

Baffle Paddock to Reef (P2R) report card land use
ALUMC code and description
Area (ha)
% total area
Total 409,226 99.8%
2.1 Grazing native vegetation 272,521 66.4%
1.1 Nature conservation 64,909 15.8%
1.3 Other minimal use 17,425 4.2%
6.5 Marsh/wetland 14,296 3.5%
3.1 Plantation forests 11,504 2.8%
2.2 Production native forests 9,362 2.3%
5.4 Residential and farm infrastructure 5,303 1.3%
1.2 Managed resource protection 2,970 0.7%
6.3 River 2,268 0.6%
4.4 Irrigated perennial horticulture 1,698 0.4%
4.3 Irrigated cropping 1,658 0.4%
5.7 Transport and communication 1,352 0.3%
6.2 Reservoir/dam 1,305 0.3%
5.5 Services 1,144 0.3%
3.2 Grazing modified pastures 425 0.1%
5.8 Mining 269 0.1%
3.3 Cropping 231 0.1%
5.2 Intensive animal production 198 0.0%
4.5 Irrigated seasonal horticulture 193 0.0%
6.1 Lake 123 0.0%
5.3 Manufacturing and industrial 40 0.0%
5.9 Waste treatment and disposal 20 0.0%
5.6 Utilities 10 0.0%
5.1 Intensive horticulture 3 0.0%

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Wildlife

Kingdom
Class
Native Introduced Wetland
indicator
species
Rare or
threatened
species
All
TOTAL 2,590 255 323 79 2,845
Animals 628 22 145 48 650
Mammals 79 11 6 10 90
Birds 349 7 80 27 356
Reptiles 96 1 10 7 97
Amphibians 34 1 15 2 35
Ray-finned fishes 32 1 33 1 33
Cartilaginous fishes 1 0 1 1 1
Insects 35 1 0 0 36
Malacostracans 2 0 0 0 2
Bacteria 1 0 0 0 1
Chromists 2 0 0 0 2
Fungi 123 0 0 0 123
Plants 1,836 233 178 31 2,069

Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the DETSI WildNet database and converted to a 10km² grid. The grid information has been intersected with the mapping polygons to determine the species lists. Click here to view the species grid metadata.

Information from WildNet can also be accessed via Wildlife Online and WetlandMaps.

Rare or threatened includes species listed as extinct, extinct in the wild, critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable or conservation dependent under either the Nature Conservation Act or Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act

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This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) Baffle Paddock to Reef (P2R) report card — facts and maps, WetlandInfo website, accessed 15 April 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/paddock-to-reef-report-card-baffle/

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