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 |
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Designation - Protected Area Type |
Number |
Area (ha) |
Jurisdiction |
% Australia |
|
Botanic Gardens (Commonwealth) |
2 |
152 |
ACT, NSW |
0.00 |
|
Coastal Reserve |
2 |
13,660 |
NT |
0.00 |
|
Conservation Area |
178 |
551,445 |
TAS |
0.07 |
|
Conservation Covenant |
174 |
21,603 |
TAS |
0.00 |
|
Conservation Park |
419 |
6,753,473 |
QLD, SA, WA |
0.88 |
|
Conservation Reserve |
65 |
302,627 |
NT, SA |
0.04 |
|
Forest Reserve |
404 |
1,335,946 |
QLD, SA, TAS |
0.17 |
|
Game Reserve |
22 |
45,312 |
SA, TAS |
0.01 |
|
Heritage Agreement |
1203 |
567,173 |
SA |
0.07 |
|
Heritage River |
15 |
138,732 |
VIC |
0.02 |
|
Historic Site |
1 |
15,300 |
TAS |
0.00 |
|
Historical Reserve |
3 |
7,841 |
NT |
0.00 |
|
Hunting Reserve |
1 |
1,605 |
NT |
0.00 |
|
Karst Conservation Reserve |
4 |
4,408 |
NSW |
0.00 |
|
Management Agreement Area |
5 |
26,249 |
NT |
0.00 |
|
Miscellaneous Conservation Reserve |
76 |
300,131 |
WA |
0.04 |
|
National Park |
544 |
28,718,187 |
All |
3.74 |
|
National Park (Aboriginal) |
4 |
575,814 |
NT |
0.07 |
|
National Park (Commonwealth) |
3 |
2,119,278 |
NSW, NT |
0.28 |
|
National Park (Scientific) |
7 |
52,181 |
QLD |
0.01 |
|
Natural Catchment Area |
5 |
8,170 |
VIC |
0.00 |
|
Natural Features And Scenic Reserve |
26 |
24,868 |
VIC |
0.00 |
|
Natural Features Reserve |
33 |
448 |
VIC |
0.00 |
|
Natural Features Reserve - Bushland Reserve |
1471 |
45,762 |
VIC |
0.01 |
|
Natural Features Reserve - Cave Reserve |
7 |
378 |
VIC |
0.00 |
|
Natural Features Reserve - Geological Reserve |
15 |
464 |
VIC |
0.00 |
|
Natural Features Reserve - Gippsland Lakes Reserve |
34 |
6,714 |
VIC |
0.00 |
|
Natural Features Reserve - River Murray Reserve |
1 |
20,883 |
VIC |
0.00 |
|
Natural Features Reserve - Scenic Reserve |
58 |
9,646 |
VIC |
0.00 |
|
Natural Features Reserve - Streamside Reserve |
258 |
6,489 |
VIC |
0.00 |
|
Natural Features Reserve - Wildlife Reserve (Hunting) |
208 |
75,252 |
VIC |
0.01 |
|
Nature Conservation Reserve |
160 |
71,221 |
VIC |
0.01 |
|
Nature Conservation Reserve - Flora And Fauna Reserve |
89 |
126,993 |
VIC |
0.02 |
|
Nature Conservation Reserve - Flora Reserve |
133 |
22,876 |
VIC |
0.00 |
|
Nature Conservation Reserve - Wildlife Reserve (No Hunting) |
77 |
14,179 |
VIC |
0.00 |
|
Nature Park |
12 |
25,585 |
NT, VIC |
0.00 |
|
Nature Park (Aboriginal) |
1 |
3,108 |
NT |
0.00 |
|
Nature Recreation Area |
22 |
64,682 |
TAS |
0.01 |
|
Nature Reserve |
1603 |
11,718,288 |
ACT, NSW, TAS, WA |
1.52 |
|
Other Conservation Area |
19 |
245,200 |
NSW, NT, TAS |
0.03 |
|
Other Conservation Area (Commonwealth) |
1 |
92,600 |
SA |
0.01 |
|
Other Park |
9 |
57,128 |
VIC |
0.01 |
|
Other Private Protected Area |
31 |
898,183 |
NSW, NT, QLD, |
0.12 |
|
Private Nature Reserve |
5 |
1,091 |
TAS |
0.00 |
|
Protected Area |
3 |
12,125 |
NT |
0.00 |
|
Recreation Park |
13 |
3,152 |
SA |
0.00 |
|
Reference Area |
31 |
18,948 |
VIC |
0.00 |
|
Regional Reserve |
28 |
10,830,357 |
SA, TAS |
1.41 |
|
Remote And Natural Area |
2 |
22,410 |
VIC |
0.00 |
|
Resources Reserve |
36 |
347,858 |
QLD |
0.05 |
|
State Conservation Area |
78 |
268,037 |
NSW |
0.03 |
|
State Park |
30 |
185,160 |
VIC |
0.02 |
|
State Reserve |
62 |
44,495 |
TAS |
0.01 |
|
Wilderness Park |
3 |
202,050 |
VIC |
0.03 |
|
Wilderness Protection Area |
5 |
70,069 |
SA |
0.01 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
7,701 |
67,095,985 |
|
8.73 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Indigenous Protected Area |
19 |
13,799,114 |
NSW, NT, QLD, |
1.79 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Terrestrial Protected Areas |
7,720 |
80,895,099 |
|
10.52 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional Types |
|
|
|
|
|
Heritage River |
16 |
133,086 |
VIC |
0.02 |
|
Natural Catchment Area |
19 |
104,950 |
VIC |
0.01 |
|
Reference Area |
111 |
92,520 |
VIC |
0.01 |
|
Remote and Natural Area |
23 |
279,186 |
VIC |
0.04 |
|
Wilderness Zone |
19 |
640,000 |
VIC |
0.08 |
|
|
|
|
|
0.00 |
|
Total |
188 |
1,249,742 |
|
0.16 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total land area of Australia |
|
768,826,956 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
% Land Protected on the Australian mainland |
|
|
|
10.52 |
Source: www.deh.gov.au/parks/nrs/capad/2004/national/nat-type04.html
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