diff --git a/api/apps/api/src/modules/projects/project.api.entity.ts b/api/apps/api/src/modules/projects/project.api.entity.ts
index d1010128b2..d5adcfcac0 100644
--- a/api/apps/api/src/modules/projects/project.api.entity.ts
+++ b/api/apps/api/src/modules/projects/project.api.entity.ts
@@ -161,6 +161,11 @@ export class Project extends TimeUserEntityMetadata {
     description: "Display name of Country / Gid1 / Gid2 of project's area",
   })
   planningAreaName?: string;
+
+  @ApiPropertyOptional({
+    isArray: true,
+  })
+  customProtectedAreas?: string[];
 }
 
 export class JSONAPIProjectData {
diff --git a/api/apps/api/src/modules/projects/projects-crud.service.ts b/api/apps/api/src/modules/projects/projects-crud.service.ts
index 1eb6e728ed..461d6c8ff9 100644
--- a/api/apps/api/src/modules/projects/projects-crud.service.ts
+++ b/api/apps/api/src/modules/projects/projects-crud.service.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import {
 import { UsersProjectsApiEntity } from './control-level/users-projects.api.entity';
 import { Roles } from '@marxan-api/modules/users/role.api.entity';
 import { AppInfoDTO } from '@marxan-api/dto/info.dto';
+import { DbConnections } from '@marxan-api/ormconfig.connections';
+import { ProtectedArea } from '@marxan/protected-areas';
 
 const projectFilterKeyNames = [
   'name',
@@ -67,6 +69,8 @@ export class ProjectsCrudService extends AppBaseService<
     private readonly planningAreasService: PlanningAreasService,
     @InjectRepository(UsersProjectsApiEntity)
     private readonly userProjects: Repository<UsersProjectsApiEntity>,
+    @InjectRepository(ProtectedArea, DbConnections.geoprocessingDB)
+    private readonly protectedAreas: Repository<ProtectedArea>,
   ) {
     super(repository, 'project', 'projects', {
       logging: { muteAll: AppConfig.get<boolean>('logging.muteAll', false) },
@@ -90,6 +94,7 @@ export class ProjectsCrudService extends AppBaseService<
         'planningAreaId',
         'planningAreaName',
         'bbox',
+        'customProtectedAreas',
       ],
       keyForAttribute: 'camelCase',
       users: {
diff --git a/api/apps/api/src/modules/projects/projects.module.ts b/api/apps/api/src/modules/projects/projects.module.ts
index af6ca39dee..211d58dff1 100644
--- a/api/apps/api/src/modules/projects/projects.module.ts
+++ b/api/apps/api/src/modules/projects/projects.module.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import { UsersProjectsApiEntity } from './control-level/users-projects.api.entit
 import { ProjectsListingController } from './projects-listing.controller';
 import { ProjectDetailsController } from './project-details.controller';
 import { ShapefilesModule } from '@marxan/shapefile-converter';
+import { ProtectedArea } from '@marxan/protected-areas';
+import { apiConnections } from '@marxan-api/ormconfig';
 
 @Module({
   imports: [
@@ -36,6 +38,10 @@ import { ShapefilesModule } from '@marxan/shapefile-converter';
       ScenarioJobStatus,
       UsersProjectsApiEntity,
     ]),
+    TypeOrmModule.forFeature(
+      [ProtectedArea],
+      apiConnections.geoprocessingDB.name,
+    ),
     UsersModule,
     PlanningUnitsModule,
     ProtectedAreasModule,
diff --git a/api/apps/api/src/modules/protected-areas/dto/iucn-protected-area-category.dto.ts b/api/apps/api/src/modules/protected-areas/dto/iucn-protected-area-category.dto.ts
index 3515346db0..e30f87fe28 100644
--- a/api/apps/api/src/modules/protected-areas/dto/iucn-protected-area-category.dto.ts
+++ b/api/apps/api/src/modules/protected-areas/dto/iucn-protected-area-category.dto.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { ApiProperty, PickType } from '@nestjs/swagger';
-import { ProtectedArea } from '../protected-area.geo.entity';
 import { IUCNCategory } from '@marxan/iucn';
+import { ProtectedArea } from '@marxan/protected-areas';
 
 export class IUCNProtectedAreaCategoryDTO extends PickType(ProtectedArea, [
   'iucnCategory',
diff --git a/api/apps/api/src/modules/protected-areas/protected-area.geo.entity.ts b/api/apps/api/src/modules/protected-areas/protected-area.geo.entity.ts
index eda9f911f7..d7dc0795e8 100644
--- a/api/apps/api/src/modules/protected-areas/protected-area.geo.entity.ts
+++ b/api/apps/api/src/modules/protected-areas/protected-area.geo.entity.ts
@@ -1,84 +1,5 @@
-import { IUCNCategory } from '@marxan/iucn';
-import { ApiProperty, ApiPropertyOptional } from '@nestjs/swagger';
-import { Column, Entity, PrimaryGeneratedColumn } from 'typeorm';
-
-@Entity('wdpa')
-export class ProtectedArea {
-  @ApiProperty()
-  @PrimaryGeneratedColumn('uuid')
-  id!: string;
-
-  /**
-   * WDPA id.
-   */
-  @ApiProperty()
-  @Column('double precision', { name: 'wdpaid' })
-  wdpaId?: number;
-
-  /**
-   * Full name of the protected area.
-   */
-  @ApiPropertyOptional()
-  @Column('character varying', { name: 'full_name' })
-  fullName?: string;
-
-  /**
-   * IUCN category.
-   *
-   * Only applies to IUCN-defined protected areas.
-   */
-  @ApiPropertyOptional()
-  @Column('character varying', { name: 'iucn_cat' })
-  iucnCategory?: IUCNCategory;
-
-  /**
-   * Total length of the protected area's shape.
-   */
-  @ApiPropertyOptional()
-  @Column('double precision', { name: 'shape_leng' })
-  shapeLength?: number;
-
-  /**
-   * Total area of the protected area's shape.
-   */
-  @ApiPropertyOptional()
-  @Column('double precision', { name: 'shape_area' })
-  shapeArea?: number;
-
-  /**
-   * Country where the protected area is located.
-   *
-   * This references the admin_regions.gid_0 column.
-   */
-  @ApiPropertyOptional()
-  @Column('character varying', { name: 'iso3' })
-  countryId?: string;
-
-  /**
-   * Protection status of the area.
-   *
-   * For example: "Inscribed", or "Designated".
-   */
-  @ApiPropertyOptional()
-  @Column('text')
-  status?: string;
-
-  /**
-   * Protection designation.
-   */
-  @ApiPropertyOptional()
-  @Column('text', { name: 'desig' })
-  designation?: string;
-
-  /**
-   * Geometry for the protected area.
-   *
-   * GeoJSON representation when retrieved from db.
-   */
-  @ApiPropertyOptional()
-  @Column('geometry', { name: 'the_geom' })
-  theGeom?: Record<string, unknown>;
-}
+import { ApiProperty } from '@nestjs/swagger';
+import { ProtectedArea } from '@marxan/protected-areas';
 
 export class JSONAPIProtectedAreaData {
   @ApiProperty()
diff --git a/api/apps/api/src/modules/protected-areas/protected-areas.module.ts b/api/apps/api/src/modules/protected-areas/protected-areas.module.ts
index d2ec4cfa8a..022564edd0 100644
--- a/api/apps/api/src/modules/protected-areas/protected-areas.module.ts
+++ b/api/apps/api/src/modules/protected-areas/protected-areas.module.ts
@@ -2,17 +2,14 @@ import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { TypeOrmModule } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
 
 import { ProtectedAreasController } from './protected-areas.controller';
-import { ProtectedArea } from './protected-area.geo.entity';
+import { ProtectedArea } from '@marxan/protected-areas';
 import { ProtectedAreasService } from './protected-areas.service';
-import { apiConnections } from '../../ormconfig';
 import { ProxyService } from '@marxan-api/modules/proxy/proxy.service';
+import { DbConnections } from '@marxan-api/ormconfig.connections';
 
 @Module({
   imports: [
-    TypeOrmModule.forFeature(
-      [ProtectedArea],
-      apiConnections.geoprocessingDB.name,
-    ),
+    TypeOrmModule.forFeature([ProtectedArea], DbConnections.geoprocessingDB),
   ],
   providers: [ProtectedAreasService, ProxyService],
   controllers: [ProtectedAreasController],
diff --git a/api/apps/api/src/modules/protected-areas/protected-areas.service.ts b/api/apps/api/src/modules/protected-areas/protected-areas.service.ts
index 5b531c675a..ffeeeae378 100644
--- a/api/apps/api/src/modules/protected-areas/protected-areas.service.ts
+++ b/api/apps/api/src/modules/protected-areas/protected-areas.service.ts
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@ import { AppInfoDTO } from '@marxan-api/dto/info.dto';
 import { Repository, SelectQueryBuilder } from 'typeorm';
 import { CreateProtectedAreaDTO } from './dto/create.protected-area.dto';
 import { UpdateProtectedAreaDTO } from './dto/update.protected-area.dto';
-import { ProtectedArea } from './protected-area.geo.entity';
+import { ProtectedArea } from '@marxan/protected-areas';
 import * as JSONAPISerializer from 'jsonapi-serializer';
 
 import {
   AppBaseService,
   JSONAPISerializerConfig,
 } from '@marxan-api/utils/app-base.service';
-import { isNil } from 'lodash';
 import { FetchSpecification } from 'nestjs-base-service';
 import {
   IUCNProtectedAreaCategoryDTO,
@@ -24,6 +23,7 @@ import { IsBoolean, IsOptional, IsUUID } from 'class-validator';
 import { apiConnections } from '../../ormconfig';
 import { AppConfig } from '@marxan-api/utils/config.utils';
 import { IUCNCategory } from '@marxan/iucn';
+import { isDefined } from '@marxan/utils';
 
 const protectedAreaFilterKeyNames = [
   'fullName',
@@ -164,16 +164,13 @@ export class ProtectedAreasService extends AppBaseService<
   /**
    * List IUCN categories of protected areas.
    */
-  async listProtectedAreaCategories(): Promise<Array<string | undefined>> {
-    const results = await this.repository
+  async listProtectedAreaCategories(): Promise<Array<string>> {
+    return await this.repository
       .createQueryBuilder(this.alias)
       .select(`${this.alias}.iucnCategory`, 'iucnCategory')
       .distinct(true)
       .getRawMany<ProtectedArea>()
-      .then((results) =>
-        results.map((i) => i.iucnCategory).filter((i) => !isNil(i)),
-      );
-    return results;
+      .then((results) => results.map((i) => i.iucnCategory).filter(isDefined));
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/api/apps/api/test/jest-e2e.json b/api/apps/api/test/jest-e2e.json
index bc2a265262..44e755322f 100644
--- a/api/apps/api/test/jest-e2e.json
+++ b/api/apps/api/test/jest-e2e.json
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@
     "@marxan/iucn/(.*)": "<rootDir>/../../../libs/iucn/src/$1",
     "@marxan/iucn": "<rootDir>/../../../libs/iucn/src",
     "@marxan/shapefile-converter/(.*)": "<rootDir>/../../../libs/shapefile-converter/src/$1",
-    "@marxan/shapefile-converter": "<rootDir>/../../../libs/shapefile-converter/src"
+    "@marxan/shapefile-converter": "<rootDir>/../../../libs/shapefile-converter/src",
+    "@marxan/protected-areas/(.*)": "<rootDir>/../../../libs/protected-areas/src/$1",
+    "@marxan/protected-areas": "<rootDir>/../../../libs/protected-areas/src"
   }
 }
diff --git a/api/apps/geoprocessing/src/modules/protected-areas/protected-areas.module.ts b/api/apps/geoprocessing/src/modules/protected-areas/protected-areas.module.ts
index 1725cbaf9d..2b229c2ebf 100644
--- a/api/apps/geoprocessing/src/modules/protected-areas/protected-areas.module.ts
+++ b/api/apps/geoprocessing/src/modules/protected-areas/protected-areas.module.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { CqrsModule } from '@nestjs/cqrs';
 import { ProtectedAreasController } from './protected-areas.controller';
 import { ProtectedAreasService } from './protected-areas.service';
 import { TileModule } from '@marxan-geoprocessing/modules/tile/tile.module';
-import { ProtectedArea } from '@marxan-geoprocessing/modules/protected-areas/protected-areas.geo.entity';
+import { ProtectedArea } from '@marxan/protected-areas/protected-areas.geo.entity';
 import { ProtectedAreaWorkerModule } from './worker/protected-area-worker.module';
 
 @Module({
diff --git a/api/apps/geoprocessing/src/modules/protected-areas/protected-areas.service.ts b/api/apps/geoprocessing/src/modules/protected-areas/protected-areas.service.ts
index 88518d7e62..50702c1450 100644
--- a/api/apps/geoprocessing/src/modules/protected-areas/protected-areas.service.ts
+++ b/api/apps/geoprocessing/src/modules/protected-areas/protected-areas.service.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { InjectRepository } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
 import { Repository } from 'typeorm';
 import { IsNumber, IsOptional, IsString } from 'class-validator';
 
-import { ProtectedArea } from '@marxan-geoprocessing/modules/protected-areas/protected-areas.geo.entity';
+import { ProtectedArea } from '@marxan/protected-areas/protected-areas.geo.entity';
 import { BBox } from 'geojson';
 import { Transform } from 'class-transformer';
 import { nominatim2bbox } from '@marxan-geoprocessing/utils/bbox.utils';
diff --git a/api/apps/geoprocessing/src/modules/protected-areas/worker/protected-area-processor.ts b/api/apps/geoprocessing/src/modules/protected-areas/worker/protected-area-processor.ts
index 67ddfb3ed4..d683ff125a 100644
--- a/api/apps/geoprocessing/src/modules/protected-areas/worker/protected-area-processor.ts
+++ b/api/apps/geoprocessing/src/modules/protected-areas/worker/protected-area-processor.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { ShapefileService } from '@marxan/shapefile-converter';
 
 import { WorkerProcessor } from '../../worker';
 import { ProtectedAreasJobInput } from './worker-input';
-import { ProtectedArea } from '../protected-areas.geo.entity';
+import { ProtectedArea } from '@marxan/protected-areas/protected-areas.geo.entity';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class ProtectedAreaProcessor
diff --git a/api/apps/geoprocessing/src/modules/protected-areas/worker/protected-area-worker.module.ts b/api/apps/geoprocessing/src/modules/protected-areas/worker/protected-area-worker.module.ts
index 96894d3507..4fc47ec6af 100644
--- a/api/apps/geoprocessing/src/modules/protected-areas/worker/protected-area-worker.module.ts
+++ b/api/apps/geoprocessing/src/modules/protected-areas/worker/protected-area-worker.module.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { TypeOrmModule } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
 import { CqrsModule } from '@nestjs/cqrs';
 import { WorkerModule } from '../../worker';
 import { ShapefilesModule } from '@marxan/shapefile-converter';
-import { ProtectedArea } from '../protected-areas.geo.entity';
+import { ProtectedArea } from '@marxan/protected-areas/protected-areas.geo.entity';
 
 import { ProtectedAreaProcessor } from './protected-area-processor';
 import { ProtectedAreaWorkerService } from './protected-area-worker.service';
diff --git a/api/apps/geoprocessing/test/integration/protected-areas/steps/shapefile-for-wdpa-world.ts b/api/apps/geoprocessing/test/integration/protected-areas/steps/shapefile-for-wdpa-world.ts
index fd5435a609..e05f7d0bfe 100644
--- a/api/apps/geoprocessing/test/integration/protected-areas/steps/shapefile-for-wdpa-world.ts
+++ b/api/apps/geoprocessing/test/integration/protected-areas/steps/shapefile-for-wdpa-world.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { v4 } from 'uuid';
 import { Job } from 'bullmq';
 
 import { ProtectedAreasJobInput } from '../../../../src/modules/protected-areas/worker/worker-input';
-import { ProtectedArea } from '../../../../src/modules/protected-areas/protected-areas.geo.entity';
+import { ProtectedArea } from '@marxan/protected-areas/protected-areas.geo.entity';
 
 export const createWorld = (
   app: INestApplication,
diff --git a/api/apps/geoprocessing/test/jest-e2e.json b/api/apps/geoprocessing/test/jest-e2e.json
index cecb9bbce9..fbc6327f80 100644
--- a/api/apps/geoprocessing/test/jest-e2e.json
+++ b/api/apps/geoprocessing/test/jest-e2e.json
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
     "@marxan/iucn/(.*)": "<rootDir>/../../libs/iucn/src/$1",
     "@marxan/iucn": "<rootDir>/../../libs/iucn/src",
     "@marxan/shapefile-converter/(.*)": "<rootDir>/../../libs/shapefile-converter/src/$1",
-    "@marxan/shapefile-converter": "<rootDir>/../../libs/shapefile-converter/src"
+    "@marxan/shapefile-converter": "<rootDir>/../../libs/shapefile-converter/src",
+    "@marxan/protected-areas/(.*)": "<rootDir>/../../libs/protected-areas/src/$1",
+    "@marxan/protected-areas": "<rootDir>/../../libs/protected-areas/src"
   }
 }
diff --git a/api/libs/protected-areas/src/index.ts b/api/libs/protected-areas/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8bc647d69e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/libs/protected-areas/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { ProtectedArea } from './protected-areas.geo.entity';
diff --git a/api/apps/geoprocessing/src/modules/protected-areas/protected-areas.geo.entity.ts b/api/libs/protected-areas/src/protected-areas.geo.entity.ts
similarity index 82%
rename from api/apps/geoprocessing/src/modules/protected-areas/protected-areas.geo.entity.ts
rename to api/libs/protected-areas/src/protected-areas.geo.entity.ts
index 4b6011b810..0c7f8096f9 100644
--- a/api/apps/geoprocessing/src/modules/protected-areas/protected-areas.geo.entity.ts
+++ b/api/libs/protected-areas/src/protected-areas.geo.entity.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
-/**
- * @todo We are replicating the same code that we have in the api. If we update something here we should also replicate it in the api side.
- */
-import { ApiProperty } from '@nestjs/swagger';
+import { ApiProperty, ApiPropertyOptional } from '@nestjs/swagger';
 import { Check, Column, Entity, Index, PrimaryGeneratedColumn } from 'typeorm';
 import { MultiPolygon } from 'geojson';
 import { defaultSrid } from '@marxan/utils/geo';
 import { IUCNCategory } from '@marxan/iucn';
-import { TimeUserEntityMetadata } from '../../types/time-user-entity-metadata';
+import { TimeUserEntityMetadata } from '@marxan/utils';
 
 @Entity('wdpa')
 export class ProtectedArea extends TimeUserEntityMetadata {
@@ -24,7 +21,7 @@ export class ProtectedArea extends TimeUserEntityMetadata {
   /**
    * geometry column.
    */
-  @ApiProperty()
+  @ApiPropertyOptional()
   @Index(`wdpa_geom_idx`, {
     spatial: true,
   })
@@ -38,6 +35,7 @@ export class ProtectedArea extends TimeUserEntityMetadata {
   })
   theGeom?: MultiPolygon | null;
 
+  @ApiPropertyOptional()
   @Column({
     type: 'float8',
     name: 'wdpaid',
@@ -45,6 +43,7 @@ export class ProtectedArea extends TimeUserEntityMetadata {
   })
   wdpaId?: number | null;
 
+  @ApiPropertyOptional()
   @Column({
     name: 'full_name',
     type: 'varchar',
@@ -52,6 +51,7 @@ export class ProtectedArea extends TimeUserEntityMetadata {
   })
   fullName?: string | null;
 
+  @ApiPropertyOptional()
   @Column({
     type: 'varchar',
     name: 'iucn_cat',
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ export class ProtectedArea extends TimeUserEntityMetadata {
   })
   iucnCategory?: IUCNCategory | null;
 
+  @ApiPropertyOptional()
   @Column({
     type: 'float8',
     name: 'shape_leng',
@@ -66,6 +67,9 @@ export class ProtectedArea extends TimeUserEntityMetadata {
   })
   shapeLength?: number | null;
 
+  @ApiPropertyOptional({
+    description: `Total area of the protected area's shape.`,
+  })
   @Column({
     type: 'float8',
     name: 'shape_area',
@@ -73,6 +77,7 @@ export class ProtectedArea extends TimeUserEntityMetadata {
   })
   shapeArea?: number | null;
 
+  @ApiPropertyOptional()
   @Column({
     type: 'text',
     name: 'desig',
@@ -85,6 +90,7 @@ export class ProtectedArea extends TimeUserEntityMetadata {
    *
    * This references the admin_regions.gid_0 column.
    */
+  @ApiPropertyOptional()
   @Column({
     type: 'character varying',
     name: 'iso3',
diff --git a/api/libs/protected-areas/tsconfig.lib.json b/api/libs/protected-areas/tsconfig.lib.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a6ef7f761c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/libs/protected-areas/tsconfig.lib.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "declaration": true,
+    "outDir": "../../dist/libs/protected-areas"
+  },
+  "include": ["src/**/*"],
+  "exclude": ["node_modules", "dist", "test", "**/*spec.ts"]
+}
diff --git a/api/libs/utils/src/index.ts b/api/libs/utils/src/index.ts
index e93a58eb4f..67ffdcf4f2 100644
--- a/api/libs/utils/src/index.ts
+++ b/api/libs/utils/src/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 export { isDefined } from './is-defined';
 export { assertDefined } from './assert-defined';
 export { FieldsOf } from './fields-of.type';
+export { TimeUserEntityMetadata } from './time-user-entity-metadata';
diff --git a/api/apps/geoprocessing/src/types/time-user-entity-metadata.ts b/api/libs/utils/src/time-user-entity-metadata.ts
similarity index 90%
rename from api/apps/geoprocessing/src/types/time-user-entity-metadata.ts
rename to api/libs/utils/src/time-user-entity-metadata.ts
index cc979db583..9d59966c13 100644
--- a/api/apps/geoprocessing/src/types/time-user-entity-metadata.ts
+++ b/api/libs/utils/src/time-user-entity-metadata.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 import { Column, CreateDateColumn, UpdateDateColumn } from 'typeorm';
 
-/**
- * duplicated in API - except the relations
- */
 export abstract class TimeUserEntityMetadata {
   @CreateDateColumn({
     name: 'created_at',
diff --git a/api/nest-cli.json b/api/nest-cli.json
index 5e6b8d4806..0ee594ef06 100644
--- a/api/nest-cli.json
+++ b/api/nest-cli.json
@@ -169,6 +169,15 @@
       "compilerOptions": {
         "tsConfigPath": "libs/shapefile-converter/tsconfig.lib.json"
       }
+    },
+    "protected-areas": {
+      "type": "library",
+      "root": "libs/protected-areas",
+      "entryFile": "index",
+      "sourceRoot": "libs/protected-areas/src",
+      "compilerOptions": {
+        "tsConfigPath": "libs/protected-areas/tsconfig.lib.json"
+      }
     }
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/package.json b/api/package.json
index 154a1fadb2..a5c029f081 100644
--- a/api/package.json
+++ b/api/package.json
@@ -201,7 +201,9 @@
       "@marxan/iucn/(.*)": "<rootDir>/libs/iucn/src/$1",
       "@marxan/iucn": "<rootDir>/libs/iucn/src",
       "@marxan/shapefile-converter/(.*)": "<rootDir>/libs/shapefile-converter/src/$1",
-      "@marxan/shapefile-converter": "<rootDir>/libs/shapefile-converter/src"
+      "@marxan/shapefile-converter": "<rootDir>/libs/shapefile-converter/src",
+      "@marxan/protected-areas/(.*)": "<rootDir>/libs/protected-areas/src/$1",
+      "@marxan/protected-areas": "<rootDir>/libs/protected-areas/src"
     }
   }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/tsconfig.json b/api/tsconfig.json
index 974011101f..e36755af97 100644
--- a/api/tsconfig.json
+++ b/api/tsconfig.json
@@ -114,6 +114,12 @@
       ],
       "@marxan/shapefile-converter/*": [
         "libs/shapefile-converter/src/*"
+      ],
+      "@marxan/protected-areas": [
+        "libs/protected-areas/src"
+      ],
+      "@marxan/protected-areas/*": [
+        "libs/protected-areas/src/*"
       ]
     }
   },