PADDDtracker.org is a platform led by World Wildlife Fund that (1) documents legal changes that temper restrictions, reduce the extent of, or eliminate protected areas and (2) increases awareness about global PADDD events.

In 2023, World Wildlife Fund assumed administration of PADDDTracker.org and its associated data from Conservation International. Before 2023, PADDD data and scientific analyses were collected, analyzed, and conducted in part by scientists employed by Conservation International Foundation. 

To cite the PADDDtracker website overall, please use the following citation:

World Wildlife Fund. (year). PADDDtracker.org. Retrieved (month, day, year), from https://www.padddtracker.org/

To cite the PADDD Web Map only, please use the following citation: 

Conservation International & World Wildlife Fund. (year). Resilience Atlas: PADDDtracker.org Retrieved (month, day, year), from https://paddd.resilienceatlas.org/map?center=lat%3D11.350796722383672%26lng%3D0.703125&layers=%5B%7B%22id%22%3A2094%2C%22opacity%22%3A1%2C%22order%22%3Anull%7D%2C%7B%22id%22%3A2097%2C%22opacity%22%3A1%2C%22order%22%3A1%7D%5D&tab=layers&zoom=3

To cite the PADDD data available for download through PADDDTracker.org and Zenodo, please use this citation:

Conservation International, & World Wildlife Fund. (2021). PADDDtracker Data Release Version 2.1 (2.1) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4974336

The protected area data layer used on PADDDtracker.org is a product of the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA).

UNEP-WCMC and IUCN (2021), Protected Planet: The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) [On-line], May 2021, Cambridge, UK: UNEP-WCMC and IUCN. Available at: www.protectedplanet.net.