Reports and publications

A variety of land use mapping reports and associated datasets are available. The most recent land use map of the Great Barrier Reef catchments is available by searching “Land use mapping - 2024 - Great Barrier Reef NRM regions” in the Queensland Spatial Catalogue (QSpatial). Complementary metadata for this dataset is also available in QSpatial. Previous reports are available via direct links below as well as in the Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation (DETSI) online library catalogue.

Land use summary reports by Natural Resource Management (NRM) region

• Mackay Whitsunday NRM Region (1999–2016)
• Desert Channels NRM Region (1999–2016)
• Northern Gulf NRM Region (1999–2015)
• Southern Gulf NRM Region (1999–2015)
• Wet Tropics NRM Region (1999–2015)
• Cape York NRM Region (1999–2013) and Torres Strait Islands NRM Region (2013)
• Southern Queensland NRM Region
  • Border Rivers and Moonie catchments (1999–2013)
  • Maranoa and Balonne River catchments (1999–2013)
  • Condamine catchment (1999-2012)
  • South West Queensland (1999–2015)
• South-East Queensland NRM Region
  • Bremer River sub-catchment (1999–2012)
  • Brisbane River sub-catchment (1999–2013)
  • Lockyer Creek sub-catchment (1999–2012)
  • Logan-Albert catchment (1999–2012)
  • Maroochy and Noosa catchments (1999–2011)
  • Moreton Bay Islands catchment (1999–2012)
  • Pine catchment (1999–2012)
  • South Coast catchment (1999–2012)
  • Stanley River sub-catchment (1999–2012)

Previous reports

The previous land use mapping reports listed below are available from the department's online library catalogue. To view a report go to the library catalogue and search for the title of the publication you’re interested in.

• Great Barrier Reef catchments (1999-2009)
• Land Use Summary 1999–2015 for the Atherton Tablelands (2017)
• Catchment scale land use mapping in Queensland (2002)
• Technical report on the 1999 land use map for Queensland (2006)