CAPAD 2020

During 2020 state and territory nature conservation agencies provided information on their terrestrial and marine protected areas. This information was compiled into CAPAD 2020.

CAPAD 2020 figures include interim protected areas. These are land parcels purchased or identified to become protected areas with binding agreements and are now in the process of getting formal recognition as a protected area.

GIS data is available via the Find Environmental Data (FED) website for the terrestrial data and the marine data. Access to the data is via the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) licence model. The information is available in ArcGIS format.

Terrestrial protected area data

Download CAPAD 2020 data for the following areas:

Terrestrial CAPAD 2020 National summary (XLSX - 109.45 KB)
a consolidated data set for all terrestrial protected areas in Australia

Terrestrial CAPAD 2020 Commonwealth summary (XLSX - 35.65 KB)
protected areas managed by the Australian Government

Terrestrial CAPAD 2020 ACT summary (XLSX - 35.3 KB)
protected areas under all forms of ownership

Terrestrial CAPAD 2020 NSW summary (XLSX - 154.35 KB)
protected areas under all forms of ownership excluding some protected areas on private land

Terrestrial CAPAD 2020 NT summary (XLSX - 71.5 KB)
protected areas under all forms of ownership

Terrestrial CAPAD 2020 Qld summary (XLSX - 186.54 KB)
protected areas under all forms of ownership

Terrestrial CAPAD 2020 SA summary (XLSX - 251.29 KB)
protected areas under all forms of ownership

Terrestrial CAPAD 2020 Tas summary (XLSX - 382.79 KB)
protected areas under all forms of ownership

Terrestrial CAPAD 2020 Vic summary (XLSX - 395.8 KB)
protected areas under all forms of ownership excluding some protected areas on private land

Terrestrial CAPAD 2020 WA summary (XLSX - 247.27 KB)
protected areas under all forms of ownership excluding some protected areas on private land

Technical Specifications for the CAPAD - Terrestrial 2020 (PDF - 334.56 KB)
Technical Specifications for the CAPAD - Terrestrial 2020 (DOCX - 79.66 KB)

Marine protected area data

Download CAPAD 2020 data for the following marine areas:

Marine CAPAD 2020 National summary (XLSX - 25.78 KB)
a consolidated data set for all marine protected areas in Australian State and Commonwealth waters

Marine CAPAD 2020 Commonwealth summary (XLSX - 115.63 KB)
Marine protected areas managed by the Australian Government

Marine CAPAD 2020 NSW summary (XLSX - 49.92 KB)
Marine Protected Areas in coastal waters of New South Wales

Marine CAPAD 2020 NT summary (XLSX - 22.5 KB)
Marine Protected Areas in coastal waters of Northern Territory

Marine CAPAD 2020 Qld summary (XLSX - 150.46 KB)
Marine Protected Areas in coastal waters of Queensland

Marine CAPAD 2020 SA summary (XLSX - 45.45 KB)
Marine Protected Areas in coastal waters of South Australia

Marine CAPAD 2020 Tas summary (XLSX - 60.14 KB)
Marine Protected Areas in coastal waters of Tasmania

Marine CAPAD 2020 Vic summary (XLSX - 26.3 KB)
Marine Protected Areas in coastal waters of Victoria

Marine CAPAD 2020 WA summary (XLSX - 52.31 KB)
Marine Protected Areas in coastal waters of Western Australia

Technical Specifications for the CAPAD - Marine 2020 (PDF - 291.62 KB)
Technical Specifications for the CAPAD - Marine 2020 (DOCX - 70.67 KB)