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MAPPPD (Mapping Application for Penguin Populations and Projected Dynamics) is an open access decision support tool created and curated by Oceanites, an NGO dedicated to counting penguins in Antarctica. It links directly to the Antarctic Penguin Biogeography Project database and allows Antarctic enthusiasts and stakeholders to explore and download the most up-to-date publicly available penguin census records for the entirety of the white continent.

We are proud to announce that the Antarctic Penguin Biogeography Project (APBP) was awarded a 2024 Geo For Good award from Google!

Who are we?

MAPPPD is the product of an international collaboration of Antarctic researchers collecting data to study how this fragile polar ecosystem is changing through time.

Dr Heather Lynch
Co-lead APBP

Dr Christian Che-Castaldo
Co-lead APBP

Dr Grant Humphries
MAPPPD lead

Ron Naveen
Founder Oceanites

Antarctic Site Inventory partners

The Antarctic Site Inventory is an Oceanites led research program supported by partners from all over the world and collects census data for penguin populations throughout the Antarctic peninsula.

Penguin Watch

Black Bawks data science

The Lynch Lab

Oceanites

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Relevant publications

Since its launch in 2016, MAPPPD has been widely used by the scientific and management community to help drive specific conservation objectives. The following manuscripts are the more relevant papers to MAPPPD and its usage.

Che-Castaldo et al. 2017

Humphries et al. 2017

State of Antarctic Penguins

Contribute

Would you like to contribute to MAPPPD? Click the button to find out how you can be a penguin detective and help build and maintain the database.

Become a penguin detective

Endorsements and funding

MAPPPD is proudly endorsed by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research and the Expert Group on Birds and Marine Mammals

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Initial funding for MAPPPD was provided through an award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA award nnx14ac32g) with further support from Oceanites Inc. and Black Bawks Data Science Ltd.