Protected_areas_of_the_Northern_Territory
The protected areas of the Northern Territory consists of protected areas managed by the governments of the Northern Territory and Australia and private organisations with a reported total area of 335,527 square kilometres (129,548 sq mi) being 24.8% of the total area of the Northern Territory of Australia.[1]
As of June 2018, the Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory managed 86 ‘parks and reserves’ including 22 that have not been declared with a total reported area of 50,603 square kilometres (19,538 sq mi).[2]
As of 2016, the protected areas within the Australian government jurisdiction included two national parks with a total area of 20,444 square kilometres (7,893 sq mi) and 15 Indigenous Protected Areas with a total area of 260,662 square kilometres (100,642 sq mi).[1]
As of August 2016, there were three private protected areas declared under the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act with a total area of 1,405 square kilometres (542 sq mi)[3] while in late 2016, another three private protected areas were listed under the National Reserve System with a total area of 1,405 square kilometres (542 sq mi) were listed by the Australian government.[1]
Coastal Reserves
Conservation Areas
Conservation Covenants
- Lake Woods[1]
- Newry Station Gouldian Finch[1]
- Longreach Waterhole[1]
Conservation Reserves
- Anna's Reservoir[3]
- Black Jungle/Lambells Lagoon[3]
- Blackmore River[3]
- Bullwaddy[3]
- Channel Island[3]
- Caranbirini[3]
- Connells Lagoon[3]
- Corroboree Rock[3]
- Fogg Dam[3]
- Henbury Meteorites[3]
- Illamurta Springs[3]
- Karlu Karlu / Devils Marbles[3]
- Kintore Caves[3]
- Knuckey Lagoons[3]
- Kuyunba[3]
- Mac Clark (Acacia peuce)[3]
- Napwerte/Ewaninga Rock Carvings[3]
- Native Gap[3]
- Rainbow Valley[3]
- Tnorala (Gosse Bluff)[3]
- Vernon Islands[3]
- Woodgreen[3]
Historical Reserves
- Alice Springs Telegraph Station[3]
- Arltunga[3]
- Attack Creek[3]
- Barrow Creek Telegraph Station[3]
- Central Mount Stuart[3]
- Chambers Pillar[3]
- Gregory's Tree[3]
- Heavitree Gap Police Station[3]
- John Flynn[3]
- John Flynn's Grave[3]
- Ryan Well[3]
- Tennant Creek Telegraph Station[3]
- Victoria River Depot[3]
Hunting Reserves
Management Agreement Areas
- Buffalo Creek[citation needed]
- Channel Island[citation needed]
- Junction Reserve[citation needed]
Marine Parks
National Parks
Nature Parks
- Berry Springs[3]
- Butterfly Gorge[3]
- Cutta Cutta Caves[3]
- Giwining / Flora River[3]
- Holmes Jungle[3]
- Howard Springs[3]
- Katherine Low Level[3]
- Leaning Tree Lagoon[3]
- Mataranka Pool[clarification needed]
- N'Dhala Gorge[3]
- Ruby Gap[3]
- Trephina Gorge[3]
- Umbrawarra Gorge[3]
- Yeperenye/Emily and Jessie Gaps[3]
Protected Areas
- Ilparpa Swamp Wildlife[clarification needed]
- Joint Geological / Geophysical Research Station[clarification needed]
Other places
- Alice Springs Desert Park[3]
- George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens[3]
- Leanyer Recreation Park[3]
- Manton Dam Recreation Area[3]
- Owen Springs Reserve[3]
- Territory Wildlife Park[3]
- Wearyan River (Manangoora) Cycad Site[clarification needed]
- Windows on the Wetlands[3]
Indigenous Protected Areas
The following Indigenous Protected Areas have been established in the Northern Territory:[9]
- Angas Downs
- Anindilyakwa
- Dhimurru
- Djelk
- Laynhapuy
- Marri-Jabin (Thamurrurr)
- Northern Tanami
- Southern Tanami
- Warddeken
- Yanyuwa
National parks
The following national parks are managed by the Director of National Parks on the behalf of the Australian government and indigenous land owners:[10]
Northern Territory jurisdiction
See Conservation Covenants above
Australian Wildlife Conservancy sanctuaries
Australian Wildlife Conservancy owns and operates the following private protected areas in the Northern Territory:[11]
- "Terrestrial Protected Areas by Reserve Type in Northern Territory (2016)". CAPAD 2016. Australian government. 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- "NT Parks and Reserves Estate". Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory. 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- "Parks and Reserves" (PDF). Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory. 15 March 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- "Arafura Marine Park". Parks Australia: Australian Marine Parks. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- "Arnhem Marine Park". Parks Australia: Australian Marine Parks. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- "Marine Protected Areas in coastal waters of Northern Territory". CAPAD 2016. Australian government. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- "Limmen Marine Park". Parks Australia: Australian Marine Parks. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- "Wessel Marine Park". Parks Australia: Australian Marine Parks. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- "Declared Indigenous Protected Areas in the Northern Territory". Department of the Environment. Archived from the original on 15 February 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- "National Parks". Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- "Sanctuaries". Australian Wildlife Conservancy. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- "A landmark project at Fish River Station". The Nature Conservancy. THE NATURE CONSERVANCY AUSTRALIA. Retrieved 17 February 2018.