Dungrove, Tasmania Nick Rains
CAPAD (Collaborative Australian Protected Area Database) contains information on all protected areas in Australia, including their IUCN management categories.
The current version of CAPAD is CAPAD 2014. The data below has been superceded, but is still available for historic purposes.
During early-2013 state and territory nature conservation agencies provided information on their terrestrial and marine protected areas. This information was compiled into CAPAD 2012.
CAPAD 2012 figures include interim protected areas. These are land parcels purchased or identified to become protected areas with binding agreements. Most are properties purchased through the National Reserve System Program which have an agreement to establish a protected area and are now in the process of getting formal recognition as a protected area.
GIS data is available via the Discover Information Geographically (DIG) website and access to the data is via the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) licence model. The information is available in ArcGIS format. Terrestrial data is available from the Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD) 2012 and Marine data is available from the Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD) 2012- Marine.
Terrestrial protected area data
Download CAPAD 2012 data for the following areas:
- CAPAD 2012 National summary (XLSX - 142.12 KB)
a consolidated data set for all terrestrial protected areas in Australia - CAPAD 2012 Commonwealth summary (XLSX - 58.03 KB)
protected areas managed by the Australian Government - CAPAD 2012 ACT summary (XLSX - 49.42 KB)
protected areas under all forms of ownership - CAPAD 2012 New South Wales summary (XLSX - 154.17 KB)
protected areas under all forms of ownership excluding some protected areas on private land - CAPAD 2012 Northern Territory summary (XLSX - 71.61 KB)
protected areas under all forms of ownership - CAPAD 2012 Queensland summary (XLSX - 175.56 KB)
protected areas under all forms of ownership - CAPAD 2012 South Australia summary (XLSX - 238.2 KB)
protected areas under all forms of ownership - CAPAD 2012 Tasmania summary (XLSX - 185.17 KB)
protected areas under all forms of ownership - CAPAD 2012 Victoria summary (XLSX - 386.1 KB)
protected areas under all forms of ownership excluding some protected areas on private land - CAPAD 2012 Western Australia summary (XLSX - 223.97 KB)
protected areas under all forms of ownership excluding some protected areas on private land
Marine protected area data
Download CAPAD 2012 data for the following marine areas:
- Marine CAPAD 2012 National summary (XLSX - 20.36 KB)
a consolidated data set for all marine protected areas in Australian State and Commonwealth waters - Marine CAPAD 2012 Commonwealth summary (XLSX - 202.22 KB)
Marine protected areas managed by the Australian Government - Marine CAPAD 2012 New South Wales summary (XLSX - 108.2 KB)
Marine Protected Areas in coastal waters of New South Wales - Marine CAPAD 2012 Northern Territory summary (XLSX - 55.87 KB)
Marine Protected Areas in coastal waters of Northern Territory - Marine CAPAD 2012 Queensland summary (XLSX - 583.43 KB)
Marine Protected Areas in coastal waters of Queensland - Marine CAPAD 2012 South Australia summary (XLSX - 53.05 KB)
Marine Protected Areas in coastal waters of South Australia - Marine CAPAD 2012 Tasmania summary (XLSX - 51.38 KB)
Marine Protected Areas in coastal waters of Tasmania - Marine CAPAD 2012 Victoria summary (XLSX - 27.53 KB)
Marine Protected Areas in coastal waters of Victoria - Marine CAPAD 2012 Western Australia summary (XLSX - 53.11 KB)
Marine Protected Areas in coastal waters of Western Australia