Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD)
Australian Government DCCEEW
- License
- Attribution
- Commercial
- Yes
- Format
- Shapefile, CSV
- Coverage
- Australia (terrestrial and marine)
- Projection
- EPSG:4283
- Last updated
- Added to findgis 29 Oct 2026 · Update frequency Irregular
Tags
Protected-area boundaries and descriptions for Australia on land and at sea, published every two years and current through 30 June 2024.

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Source and attribution
- Publisher
- Australian Government DCCEEW
- License
- Attribution
- Commercial use
- Yes
- Attribution required
- Yes
- Modification allowed
- See publisher
- Redistribution allowed
- See publisher
- Share-alike
- No
- Region
- AustraliaAU
- Type
- Vector
- Time
- through 2024-06-30
- Service
- ArcGIShttps://gis.environment.gov.au/gispubmap/rest/services/ogc_services/CAPAD/FeatureServerWMShttps://gis.environment.gov.au/gispubmap/services/ogc_services/CAPAD/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS
- Extent
- 96.8-55.1168-9.1West, south, east, north. Data extent.
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