November 2020 - Please note this dataset has been re-released to exclude Conservation Covenant data for Victoria.The Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD) 2018 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 for terrestrial data only. State, Territory and the large NGO conservation agencies supplied data current for 30 June 2018. This is the eleventh version of the terrestrial database, with previous versions released in 1997, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016.The Department also publishes protected areas data for the marine environment. "CAPAD 2018 - Marine" contains spatial and text information about offshore protected areas, for both State and Commonwealth waters. Previous versions of CAPAD marine information have been published in 1997, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016.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 at https://www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/land/nrs/science/capad.CAPAD 2018 is available for use through the CC-BY 4.0 licencing model.The main attributes of Terrestrial CAPAD 2018 are described below. For more information please refer to the CAPAD Technical Specification document.CAPAD 2018 Attributes:PA_ID: A unique code for the protected area that should persist between versions of CAPAD. In most cases this number will be generated by the DoEE, and is generally based on the RES_NUMBER provided by the data custodian.PA_PID: A unique code for a parcel or zone within a protected area that should persist between versions of CAPAD. For example, a protected area with two zones share the same PA_ID and are assigned PA_PID values of PA_ID_a and PA_ID_b. If a protected area does not have multiple parts/zones then the PA_PID is by default the same as the PA_ID.NAME: The official (gazetted) name of a protected area. Gazetted PAs with no name are flagged as "Unnamed" with a reserve number. e.g. Unnamed HA1207.TYPE: The type of protected area according to the establishment mechanism. eg. National Park, Nature Refuge, Indigenous Protected AreaTYPE_ABBR: The abbreviation of the protected area TYPE.AA - Aboriginal AreaACCP - Conservation Covenant [Approved Conservation Covenant Program]ASMA - Antarctic Specially Managed AreasASPA - Antarctic Specially Protected AreasBG - Botanic GardensBG_COM - Botanic Gardens (Commonwealth)CA - Conservation AreaCCA - Coordinated Conservation AreaCCAZ1 - CCA Zone 1 National ParkCCAZ3 - CCA Zone 3 State Conservation AreaCOR - Coastal ReserveCP - Conservation ParkCR - Conservation ReserveFLR - Flora ReserveFR - Forest ReserveGR - Game ReserveHA - Heritage AgreementHIR - Historical ReserveHR - Heritage RiverHS - Historic SiteHTR - Hunting ReserveIPA - Indigenous Protected AreaKCR - Karst Conservation ReserveMA - Management AreaMAA - Management Agreement AreaNAP - Nature ParkNCA - Natural Catchment AreaNCR - Nature Conservation ReserveNFR - Natural Features ReserveNP - National ParkNPA - National Park AboriginalNPC - National Park (Commonwealth)NPS4 - National Parks Act Schedule 4 park or reserveNR - Nature ReserveNRA - Nature Recreation AreaNREF - Nature RefugeNRS - NRS Addition - Gazettal in ProgressNS - National Park (Scientific)OCA - Other Conservation AreaOCA_NAP - Other Conservation Area or Nature ParkOP - OtherPA - Protected AreaPNPA - Proposed National Parks Act park or park additionPNR - Private Nature ReservePPP - Permanent Park PreservePS - Private SanctuaryRA - Reference AreaRCP - Recreation ParkREP - Regional

The water-dependent vegetation dataset comprises observations obtained from various regions within New South Wales (NSW), Australia. This dataset is structured as a point-based inventory, providing detailed information on the condition of water-dependent vegetation communities. The dataset encompasses two main components: Vegetation Community Condition: This component focuses on assessing the health, composition, and structure of water-dependent vegetation communities. It includes information on species composition and cover. Tree Stand Condition: This component involves evaluating the condition of individual trees within water-dependent vegetation stands. It includes data on tree health, canopy structure, crown density, and tree size distribution. Each record in the water-dependent vegetation dataset provides spatially explicit information, including the geographic coordinates of observation points and the survey methodology employed.

The geographical extent of this catchment encompasses the Namoi Catchment (specifically, Vegetation Monitoring data 2021 to 2023). The water-dependent vegetation dataset comprises observations obtained from the Namoi catchment within New South Wales (NSW), Australia. This dataset is structured as a point-based inventory, providing detailed information on the condition of water-dependent vegetation communities. The dataset encompasses two main components: Vegetation Community Condition: This component focuses on assessing the condition of the vegetation community based on the species composition and structure of water-dependent vegetation communities. It includes information on species composition and cover. Tree Stand Condition: This component involves evaluating the condition of individual trees within water-dependent vegetation stands. It includes data on tree health, canopy structure, crown density, and tree size distribution. Each record in the water-dependent vegetation dataset provides spatially explicit information, detailing the geographic coordinates of the vegetation survey plots. Note: If you would like to ask a question, make any suggestions, or tell us how you are using this dataset, please visit the NSW Water Hub which has an online forum you can join.

Download ServicesThe density of indicative threatened ecological community distributions is derived from the Department's ecological communities of national environmental significance data. Threatened Ecological Communities (TEC) distributions contain three categories to indicate where their habitat is known, likely or may occur across Australia. The spatial input data was filtered using the following criteria:1. Distributions for EPBC Act (1999) listed TECs that are Matters of National Environmental Significance (critically endangered or endangered).2. Contains ‘known’ and/or ‘likely to occur’ habitat categories.3. Marine TECs are includedThe number of overlaps for each distribution in the selected feature set were counted and gridded to a 0.01 decimal degree (~1km) cell size. Note projecting the data will alter the cell size. The source distribution for each TEC is determined independently of others and is indicative in nature. As such, a count higher than one may indicate:• TECs have been mapped in the same habitat or• TECs are mapped adjacent within the same 1km grid cell or• TECs distributions have been mapped at different scales or levels of detailGiven the indicative nature of the source data which includes data of a range of quality and currency, this output should be used as a guide to the location of TECs across the country.The selection of TEC distributions for inclusion in the count is based on the EPBC Act list of TECs and spatial data in the Department enterprise GIS as at the revision date in the metadata. Current EPBC Act listed TECs are described in the Species Profiles and Threats application (SPRAT: https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/sprat.pl).

The Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD) provides spatial and attribute information about government-vested protected areas (PAs)- both continental and off-shore PA's - for biodiversity conservation in different jurisdictions in Australia. Data were contributed by State/Territory nature and conservation agencies."A protected area is an area of land and/or sea especially dedicated to the protection and maintenance of biological diversity, and of natural and associated cultural resources, and managed through legal or other effective means" (IUCN 1994).The CAPAD spatial data is reported in the biennial publication "Terrestrial and Marine Protected Areas In Australia", located on The Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DEW) website athttps://www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/land/nrs/science/capad.Main attributes in the database include:NAME: official (gazetted) name of a PA or unofficial name. Gazetted PAs with no name are flagged as "Unnamed".TYPE: official gazetted designation of the PA.GAZ_AREA: area of PA described in the nomination document (eg. parliamentary gazettal), to the nearest hectare.IUCN: the IUCN protected area category ascribed by the Managing authority, as outlined in the publication: CNPPA/WCMC "Guidelines for Protected Area management categories". Gland: IUCN, 1994. (ISBN: 2-8317-0201-1).Definitions include:IA Strict Nature Reserve: PA managed mainly for science;IB Wilderness Area: PA managed mainly for wilderness protection;II National Park: PA managed mainly for ecosystem protection;III Natural Monument: PA managed mainly for conservation of specific natural features;IV Habitat / Species Management Area: PA managed mainly for conservation through management intervention;V Protected Landscape / Seascape: PA managed mainly for landscape/seascape conservation and recreation;VI Managed Resource Protected Area: PA managed mainly for the sustainable use of natural ecosystems.GAZ_DATE - original gazettal/ proclamation date.LATEST_GAZ - Date of most recent gazetted amendment or verification.Other attributes include: STATE (eg.NSW), AUTHORITY (eg.DEH), COMMENTS (ancillary information, such as data source) and ENVIRON (terrestrial 'T' and marine 'M').Credit:The data is supplied to the Commonwealth for compilation by States and Territories of Australia, as well as a number of large environmental NGOs. Custodianship rests with the source agencies.

The Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD) provides spatial and attribute information about government-vested protected areas (PAs) for nature conservation in different jurisdictions in Australia. The data were contributed by State and Territory nature conservation agencies."A protected area is an area of land and/or sea especially dedicated to the protection and maintenance of biological diversity, and of natural and associated cultural resources, and managed through legal or other effective means" (IUCN 1994).The CAPAD spatial data is reported in the biennial publication "Terrestrial and Marine Protected Areas In Australia", located on The Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DEW) website at https://www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/land/nrs/science/capad.Main attributes in the database include:NAME: official (gazetted) name of a PA or its unofficial name if one exists. Gazetted PAs with no name are flagged as "Unnamed".TYPE: official gazetted designation of the PA.GAZ_AREA: area of PA described in the nomination document (eg. parliamentary gazettal), to the nearest hectare.IUCN: the IUCN protected area category ascribed by the Managing authority, as outlined in the publication: CNPPA/WCMC "Guidelines for Protected Area management categories". Gland: IUCN, 1994. (ISBN: 2-8317-0201-1). Definitions include:IA Strict Nature Reserve: PA managed mainly for science;IB Wilderness Area: PA managed mainly for wilderness protection;II National Park: PA managed mainly for ecosystem protection;III Natural Monument: PA managed mainly for conservation of specific natural features;IV Habitat / Species Management Area: PA managed mainly for conservation through management intervention;V Protected Landscape / Seascape: PA managed mainly for landscape/seascape conservation and recreation;VI Managed Resource Protected Area: PA managed mainly for the sustainable use of natural ecosystems.GAZ_DATE - original gazettal/ proclamation date.LTST_GAZ - Date of most recent gazetted amendment or verification.Other attributes include: STATE (eg. NSW), AUTHORITY (eg. ANPWS), DESC (ancillary information, such as data source)and LAND (terrestrial 'T' or marine 'M').Credit:The data is supplied to the Commonwealth for compilation by States and Territories of Australia, as well as a number of large environmental NGOs. Custodianship rests with the source agencies.

The Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD) 2016 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 for terrestrial data only. State, Territory and the large NGO conservation agencies supply data current for 30 June 2016. This is the tenth version of the terrestrial database, with previous versions released in 1997, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014.The Department also publishes protected areas data for the marine environment. "CAPAD 2016-marine" contains spatial and text information about offshore protected areas, for both State and Commonwealth waters. Previous versions of CAPAD marine information have been published in 1997, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014.CAPAD provides a snapshot of protected areas that meet the IUCN definition of a protected area:" A protected area is an area of land and/or sea especially dedicated to the protection and maintenance of biological diversity, and of natural and associated cultural resources, and managed through legal or other effective means" (IUCN 1994).The department publishes a summary of the CAPAD data biennially on its website at https://www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/land/nrs/science/capad. This version of CAPAD 2016 is a public and downloadable version of CAPAD 2016 data, available for use through the CC-BY licencing model.Main attributes in the full version of CAPAD 2016 include:PA_ID: The protected area ID code. Created from RES_NUMBER if unique, otherwise it is a DoEE generated number.NAME: the name of the protected area. Gazetted PAs with no name are flagged as "Unnamed" with a reserve number.TYPE: the type of protected area according to the protected area establishment mechanism.TYPE_ABBR: the abbreviation of the TYPE.AA Aboriginal AreaACCP Conservation Covenant [Approved Conservation Covenant Program]ASMA Antarctic Specially Managed AreasASPA Antarctic Specially Protected AreasBG Botanic GardensBG_COM Botanic Gardens (Commonwealth)CA Conservation AreaCCA Coordinated Conservation AreaCCAZ1 CCA Zone 1 National ParkCCAZ3 CCA Zone 3 State Conservation AreaCOR Coastal ReserveCP Conservation ParkCR Conservation ReserveFLR Flora ReserveFR Forest ReserveGR Game ReserveHA Heritage AgreementHIR Historical ReserveHR Heritage RiverHS Historic SiteHTR Hunting ReserveIPA Indigenous Protected AreaKCR Karst Conservation ReserveMA Management AreaMAA Management Agreement AreaMR Miscellaneous ReserveNAP Nature ParkNCA Natural Catchment AreaNCR Nature Conservation ReserveNFR Natural Features ReserveNP National ParkNPA National Park AboriginalNPC National Park (Commonwealth)NPS4 National Parks Act Schedule 4 park or reserveNR Nature ReserveNRA Nature Recreation AreaNREF Nature RefugeNRS NRS Addition - Gazettal in ProgressNS National Park (Scientific)OCA Other Conservation AreaOCA_NAP Other Conservation Area or Nature ParkOP OtherPA Protected AreaPNPA Proposed National Parks Act park or park additionPNR Private Nature ReservePPP Permanent Park PreservePS Private SanctuaryRA Reference AreaRCP Recreation ParkREP Regional ParkRNA Remote and Natural Area - not scheduled under National Parks ActRNAS6 Remote and Natural Area - Schedule 6, National Parks ActRP Recreation ParkRR Regional ReserveRSR Resources ReserveS5G 5(1)(g) ReserveS5H 5(1)(h) ReserveSCA State Conservation AreaSP State ParkSR State ReserveWP Wilderness ParkWPA Wilderness Protection AreaWZ Wilderness Zone - Schedule 5, National Parks ActIUCN: the IUCN protected area management category ascribed by the Managing authority, as outlined in the publication: CNPPA/WCMC "Guidelines for Protected Area management categories". Gland: IUCN, 1994. (ISBN: 2-8317-0201-1).Definitions include:IA Strict Nature Reserve: managed mainly for science;IB Wilderness Area: managed mainly for wilderness protection;II National Park: managed mainly for ecosystem protection;III Natural Monument: