Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD) 2010 (Not current release)

## **Abstract** 

This dataset and its metadata statement were supplied to the Bioregional Assessment Programme by a third party and are presented here as originally supplied.



The Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD) 2010 provides both spatial and text information about government, Indigenous and privately protected areas for continental Australia. State and Territory conservation agencies supplied data current for various dates between June 2010 and January 2011. This is the eighth version of the database, with previous versions released in 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008. 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 http://www.environment.gov.au/capad 



CAPAD 2010 spatial data is available for download from the Find Environmental Data (FED) website: http://intspat01.ris.environment.gov.au/fed/catalog/main/home.page 



Main attributes in the database include:



PA_ID: The protected area ID code. Created from RES_NUMBER if unique, otherwise it is a DSEWPaC 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 Area

ACCP Conservation Covenant

ASMA Antarctic Specially Managed Areas

ASPA Antarctic Specially Protected Areas

BG Botanic Gardens (Commonwealth)

CA Conservation Area

CCA Coordinated Conservation Area

CCAZ1 CCA Zone 1 National Park

CCAZ2 CCA Zone 2 Aboriginal Area

CCAZ3 CCA Zone 3 State Conservation Area

COR Coastal Reserve

CP Conservation Park

CR Conservation Reserve

FLR Flora Reserve

FR Forest Reserve

GR Game Reserve

HA Heritage Agreement

HIR Historical Reserve

HR Heritage River

HS Historic Site

HTR Hunting Reserve

IPA Indigenous Protected Area

KCR Karst Conservation Reserve

MAA Management Agreement

MCP National Parks Act Schedule 4 park or reserve

MNP Marine National Park

MR Commonwealth Land Managed for Conservation

MS Marine Sanctuary

NAP Nature Park

NAPA Nature Park (Aboriginal)

NCA Natural Catchment Area

NCR Nature Conservation Reserve

NFR Natural Features Reserve

NP National Park

NPA National Park Aboriginal

NPC National Park (Commonwealth)

NPR National Park (Recovery)

NR Nature Reserve

NRA Nature Recreation Area

NREF Nature Refuge

NRS NRS Addition - Gazettal in Progress

NS National Park (Scientific)

OCA Other Conservation Area

OCA/NP Other Conservation Area / Nature Park

OP Other

PA Protected Area

PNPA Proposed National Parks Act park or park addition

PNR Private Nature Reserve

PPP Permanent Park Preserve

PS Private Sanctuary

RA Reference Area

RNA Remote and Natural Area

RP Recreation Park

RR Regional Reserve

S5G 5(1)(g) Reserve

S5H 5(1)(h) Reserve

SCA State Conservation Area

SP State Park

SR State Reserve

TR Timber Reserve

WA Wilderness Protection Area

WP Wilderness Park

WZ Wilderness Zone



IUCN: 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).

## **Purpose** 

This dataset and its metadata statement were supplied to the Bioregional Assessment Programme by a third party and are presented here as originally supplied.



 Credit:  

ACT Department of Territory and Municipal Services; Australian Government Department of the Environment; NT Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport; NSW Office of Environment and Heritage; NSW Department of Primary Industries - Forests NSW; Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management; SA Department of Environment and Natural Resources; Department of Primary Industries and Resources South Australia - Forestry; Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment; Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment; WA Department of Environment and Conservation

## **Dataset History** 

This dataset and its metadata statement were supplied to the Bioregional Assessment Programme by a third party and are presented here as originally supplied. 



The Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD) 2010 provides both spatial and text information about government, Indigenous, private and jointly managed protected areas for continental Australia. State and Territory conservation agencies supplied data current for various dates between July 2010 and January 2011. This is the seventh version of the database, with previous versions released in 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008. CAPAD provides a snapshot of protected areas that meet the IUCN definition of a protected area.



 External accuracy:



Variable from < 1m to 500m.



Data provided were compiled at scales ranging from 1:1,000 (ACT) to 1:500,000 (northern WA). Some data was generated directly from the legal descriptions of the boundaries.



Non Quantitative accuracy:



Where appropriate attribute information (as per CAPAD technical specifications) were not provided in the spatial data layers, the textual data describing the spatial data provided by the contributors was matched to CAPAD attributes such as 'NAME','TYPE' or 'RES_NO' where applicable. Comparisons were made between data supplied and previous CAPAD. All anomalies were corrected by data suppliers or confirmed to be correct. Corrections were made by the Australian Government, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities.



Conceptual consistency:



Attribute data conform to the nationally agreed CAPAD specifications. All source datasets which were not consistent with the CAPAD standards were corrected as required.



Spatial data of source datasets were checked and corrected for mismatches across jurisdictional boundaries (see lineage for further details).



All polygons were given visual checks for spatial errors and for appropriate attribute information.



Completeness omission:



The currency of the data provided varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.

## **Dataset Citation** 

Department of the Environment (2010) Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD) 2010 (Not current release). Bioregional Assessment Source Dataset. Viewed 13 March 2019, http://data.bioregionalassessments.gov.au/dataset/7b649c6d-fdbf-40e3-b002-db521665af53.

Tags: Australia, BOUNDARIES, Cooper subregion, Galilee subregion, Gloucester subregion, Hunter subregion, Namoi subregion, Sydney Basin bioregion, boundaries, environment
Organization: Bioregional Assessment Program