diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 14e91378f..f11e80be7 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -36,9 +36,7 @@ gem 'sprockets-vue', '~> 0.1.0'
 
 gem 'rails-controller-testing'
 
-# gem 'gdal', '~> 2.0'
-# TODO Stanley - Need to remove the below
-gem 'gdal', '~> 3.0'
+gem 'gdal', '>= 2.0'
 #
 group :production, :staging do
 #  gem 'unicorn'
diff --git a/lib/modules/stats/global.rb b/lib/modules/stats/global.rb
index aab9a267a..2b60a8275 100644
--- a/lib/modules/stats/global.rb
+++ b/lib/modules/stats/global.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 class Stats::Global
   IUCN_CATEGORIES = "'Ia', 'Ib', 'II', 'II', 'IV', 'V', 'VI'"
 
+  def self.pa_count
+    ProtectedArea.count
+  end
+
   def self.percentage_pa_cover
     RegionalStatistic.joins(:region)
                      .where('regions.iso' => 'GLOBAL')