CAPAD 2024 Marine

Brief description

Summary
Information on protected marine areas from state and territory governments and other protected area managers, from the Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW).



Abstract
Web Service for the Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD) 2024. CAPAD provides both spatial and textual information about government, Indigenous and privately protected areas for Australia, in both the marine and terrestrial environments.

This dataset is the marine component of the CAPAD only. Marine CAPAD provides information about off-shore protected areas in both state and Commonwealth waters. State and Territory conservation agencies supplied data current to 30 June 2024. This is the ninth version of the marine database, with previous versions released in 1997, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020 and 2022.

The Department also publishes protected areas data for the terrestrial environment. The terrestrial component of the database has been previously released in 1997, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020 and 2022.

CAPAD provides a snapshot of protected areas that meet the IUCN definition of a protected area: "A protected area is a clearly defined geographical space, recognised, dedicated and managed, through legal or other effective means, to achieve the long term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values." (IUCN Definition 2008).

The department publishes a summary of the CAPAD data biennially on its website http://www.environment.gov.au/capad/.

Currency
Date modified: 30 June 2024

Modification frequency: Every 2 years

Data extent
Spatial extent
North: -8.881893°
South: -58.449470°
East: 170.366667°
West: 70.717024°

Source information
This dataset is provided by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Notes

Source: Digital Atlas of Australia / DCCEEW