Protected areas of Australia
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Protected areas of Australia include Commonwealth and off-shore protected areas managed by the Australian government, as well as protected areas within each of the six states of Australia and two self-governing territories (Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory), which are managed by the eight state and territory governments.
Commonwealth and off-shore protected areas in the Australian Capital Territory, the Northern Territory, the Christmas Island Territory, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Territory, the Norfolk Island Territory and the Australian Antarctic Territory are managed by Parks Australia, a division of the Department of the Environment and Water Resources, with the exception of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, which is managed by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, a separate body within the department.
Protected areas cover 895,288 km² of Australia's land area, or about 11.5% of the total land Area. Of these, two-thirds are considered strictly protected (IUCN categories I to IV), and the rest is mostly managed resources protected area (IUCN category VI).
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[edit] Protected areas managed at state or territory level
- Protected areas of the Australian Capital Territory
- Protected areas of New South Wales (Australia)
- Protected areas of the Northern Territory (Australia)
- Protected areas of Queensland (Australia)
- Protected areas of South Australia
- Protected areas of Tasmania (Australia)
- Protected areas of Victoria (Australia)
- Protected areas of Western Australia
[edit] Protected areas managed by the Australian government
The following list shows only the Commonwealth and off-shore protected areas that are managed by the Australian government; a small portion of all the protected areas of Australia. Each state and territory is responsible for the management of the state and territory protected areas under its jurisdiction. This does not include the Commonwealth areas listed below, some of which (e.g. Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park) are inside state and territory boundaries. Most Australian "national" parks are managed by the state and territory governments.
[edit] Botanical Gardens
[edit] Historic Shipwrecks
- Aarhus
- Cato
- Clonmel
- Emden
- Foam
- SS Gothenburg
- HMS Pandora
- HMS Porpoise
- I-24
- Lady Darling
- Llewellyn
- SS Dunkenfeld
- SS Yongala
- VOC Zuytdorp
- Loch Vennachar
[edit] Marine National Nature Reserves
- Ashmore Reef
- Coringa-Herald (Coral Sea and Island territory)
- Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs (Coral Sea and Island territory)
- Lihou Reef (Coral Sea and Island territory)
- Mermaid Reef
[edit] Marine Parks
- Great Australian Bight
- Great Barrier Reef
- Lord Howe Island
- Macquarie Island
- Ningaloo
- Rowley Shoals
- Shark Bay
- Solitary Islands
[edit] Marine Reserves
[edit] National Parks
[edit] Specially Protected Areas (part of the Antarctic Treaty Areas)
[edit] Special Scientific Interest Sites (part of the Antarctic Treaty Areas)
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Department of the Environment and Water Resources (Australia)
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
- NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service
- Parks Victoria
- Parks & Recreation. NatureBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia. Retrieved on 2007-02-21.
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