Web mapping services

We make our environmental data available as web services.

You can access these datasets using geospatial software. Find out how to access this data.

Open data is available for download on our Find Environmental Data catalogue. Select a link to show the metadata record from which you can choose to download the data.

To access other forms of accessible data as ESRI shapefiles, Rasters or File geodatabases, search in FED for ‘downloadable data’ under Additional Options > Content Type.

Available data

Dataset Type URL
Australian Marine Parks WMS https://www.environment.gov.au/mapping/services/ogc_services/Australian_Marine_Parks/MapServer/WMSServer
Australia, World Heritage Areas WMS https://www.environment.gov.au/mapping/services/ogc_services/World_Heritage_Areas/MapServer/WMSServer
Australia, World Heritage Areas including labels WMS https://www.environment.gov.au/mapping/services/ogc_services/World_Heritage_Areas_label/MapServer/WMSServer
Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD) - Marine WMS https://www.environment.gov.au/mapping/services/ogc_services/CAPAD_MARINE/MapServer/WMSServer
Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD) - terrestrial WMS https://www.environment.gov.au/mapping/services/ogc_services/capad/MapServer/WMSServer
Commonwealth Heritage List Spatial Database (CHL) WMS https://www.environment.gov.au/mapping/services/ogc_services/Commonwealth_Heritage_List/MapServer/WMSServer
Commonwealth Marine Regions WMS https://www.environment.gov.au/mapping/services/ogc_services/Commonwealth_Marine_Regions/MapServer/WMSServer
Commonwealth Marine Reserves symbolised on IUCN Zone WMS https://www.environment.gov.au/mapping/services/ogc_services/Commonwealth_Marine_Reserves_IUCN/MapServer/WMSServer
Conservation Management Zones of Australia WMS https://www.environment.gov.au/mapping/services/ogc_services/Conservation_Management_Zones/MapServer/WMSServer
Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia (DIWA) Spatial Database WMS https://www.environment.gov.au/mapping/services/ogc_services/Important_Wetlands/MapServer/WMSServer
EPBC Referrals Spatial Database WMS https://www.environment.gov.au/mapping/services/ogc_services/EPBC_Referrals/MapServer/WMSServer
IMCRA Mesoscale WMS https://www.environment.gov.au/mapping/services/ogc_services/IMCRA_Mesoscale/MapServer/WMSServer
IMCRA Provincial WMS https://www.environment.gov.au/mapping/services/ogc_services/IMCRA_Provincial/MapServer/WMSServer
Indigenous Protected Areas - Dedicated WMS https://www.environment.gov.au/mapping/services/ogc_services/Indigenous_Protected_Areas/MapServer/WMSServer
Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA), Version 7 (Regions) WMS https://www.environment.gov.au/mapping/services/ogc_services/IBRA7_Regions/MapServer/WMSServer
Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA), Version 7 (Subregions) WMS https://www.environment.gov.au/mapping/services/ogc_services/IBRA7_Subregions/MapServer/WMSServer
Marine Key Ecological Features WMS https://www.environment.gov.au/mapping/services/ogc_services/Key_Ecological_Features/MapServer/WMSServer
Marine Key Ecological Features with names WMS https://www.environment.gov.au/mapping/services/ogc_services/Key_Ecological_Features_named/MapServer/WMSServer
National Heritage List Spatial Database (NHL) - public WMS https://www.environment.gov.au/mapping/services/ogc_services/National_Heritage_List/MapServer/WMSServer
National Vegetation Information System (NVIS) Major Vegetation Groups – Extant Vegetation WMS https://www.environment.gov.au/mapping/services/ogc_services/NVIS_ext_mvg/MapServer/WMSServer
National Vegetation Information System (NVIS) Major Vegetation Groups – Estimated Pre- 1750 Vegetation WMS https://www.environment.gov.au/mapping/services/ogc_services/NVIS_pre_mvg/MapServer/WMSServer
National Vegetation Information System (NVIS) Major Vegetation Subgroups – Extant Vegetation WMS https://www.environment.gov.au/mapping/services/ogc_services/NVIS_ext_mvs/MapServer/WMSServer
National Vegetation Information System (NVIS) Major Vegetation Subgroups – Estimated Pre- 1750 Vegetation WMS https://www.environment.gov.au/mapping/services/ogc_services/NVIS_pre_mvs/MapServer/WMSServer
Natural Resource Management Regions WMS https://www.environment.gov.au/mapping/services/ogc_services/Natural_Resource_Management_Regions/MapServer/WMSServer
Ramsar Upstream Catchments WMS https://www.environment.gov.au/mapping/services/ogc_services/Ramsar_Upstream_Catchments/MapServer/WMSServer
Rangelands WMS https://www.environment.gov.au/mapping/services/ogc_services/Rangelands/MapServer/WMSServer
Strategic Assessment areas WMS https://www.environment.gov.au/mapping/services/ogc_services/Strategic_Assessment_Areas/MapServer/WMSServer
Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar) WMS https://www.environment.gov.au/mapping/services/ogc_services/Ramsar_Wetlands/MapServer/WMSServer