List of protected areas of Western Australia

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The Valley of the Giants skywalk at Walpole-Nornalup National Park

Western Australia is the second largest country subdivision in the world.

As of 2022, based on the latest Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database report, it contains Script error: No such module "val". separate land-based protected areas with a total area of Script error: No such module "convert"., accounting for just over 30 percent of the state's land mass. By area, Indigenous Protected Areas account for the largest part of this, almost 67 percent while, by number, nature reserves hold the majority with two-third of all land-based protected areas being nature reserves.[1][2]

Marine-based protected areas in Western Australia, as of 2022, covered Script error: No such module "convert". or 41.05 percent of the state's waters. 41 individual Marine Protected Areas existed in the state of which the largest amount, 20, were Marine Parks, followed by Marine Reserves with 15. Marine Parks accounted for 92.25 percent of all Marine Protected Areas in the state.[3]

Protected areas of Western Australia

Conservation Parks

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Marine Nature Reserves

As of 2022, 15 Marine Nature Reserves exist in Western Australia.[3]

Marine Parks

As of 2022, 20 Marine parks exist in Western Australia, covering Script error: No such module "convert". or 37.88 percent of Western Australia's waters, and accounting for 92.25 percent of all marine protected areas in the state.[3]

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National Parks

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Overview

Western Australia has had national parks or protected areas under legislation since the early 20th century. National Parks (and the earlier forms of reserve) in Western Australia came under a range of agencies:[4]

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  • Department of Lands and Surveys: 1 January 1890 - (partly split) 31 December 1895
  • Wood and Forests Department: 1 January 1896 – 31 December 1918
  • Forests Department: 1 January 1919 – 21 March 1985
  • State Gardens Board: 15 December 1920 – 30 April 1957 (Parks and Reserves Act 1895)
  • National Parks Board: 1 May 1957 – 30 July 1977
  • Department of Fisheries and Fauna: 1 October 1964 – 31 December 1973
  • National Parks Authority: 1 August 1977 – 15 April 1985
    • The National Parks and Nature Conservation Authority replaced the National Parks Authority in 16 April 1985 ceased 30 October 2000. Then to the Conservation Commission.[5]
  • Wildlife section of the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife: 1 January 1974 – 21 March 1985
  • Department of Environment: 1 July 2004 - 30 June 2006
  • Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM): 22 March 1985 – 30 June 2006 (Conservation and Land Management Act 1984)
  • Department of Parks and Wildlife (2006 to 2017 ?)
  • The Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions was created on 1 July 2017

List

As of 2023, Western Australia has 112 national parks. At the time of the 2022 Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database report, the 110 then-registered national parks covered Script error: No such module "convert". or 2.58 percent of Western Australia's land mass, and accounting for 8.55 percent of all protected areas in the state.[1][2]

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Nature Reserves

As of 2022, the following 1,233 nature reserves exist in Western Australia, covering Script error: No such module "convert". or 3.99 percent of Western Australia's land mass, and accounting for 13.23 percent of all protected areas in the state.[1][2]

Named

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". As of 2022, 826 named nature reserves exist in Western Australia.

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Unnamed

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". As of 2022, 407 unnamed nature reserves exist in Western Australia.

Marine

As of 2022, an additional 15 nature reserves exist in Western Australia which are listed on the marine register, consisting exclusively of offshore islands, covering Script error: No such module "convert". or 0.09 percent of Western Australia's waters, and accounting for 0.21 percent of all marine protected areas in the state.[3]

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Regional parks

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Section 5(1)(g) and (h) Reserves

Under the CALM Act, land designated as 5(1)(g) Reserve and 5(1)(h) Reserve is land vested in the Conservation and Parks Commission of Western Australia that is not a National Park, Conservation Park, Nature Reserve, Marine Park or Marine Nature Reserve. Such land may have a wide variety of purposes, but are normally related to recreation, wildlife conservation, infrastructure and historical features.[6]

As of 2022, 44 5(1)(g) Reserves exist in Western Australia, covering Script error: No such module "convert". or 0.09 percent of Western Australia's land mass, and accounting for 0.29 percent of all protected areas in the state.[1][2]

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As of 2022, 129 5(1)(h) Reserves exist in Western Australia, covering Script error: No such module "convert". or 0.31 percent of Western Australia's land mass, and accounting for 1.03 percent of all protected areas in the state.[1][2]

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Indigenous Protected Areas

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Others

Additionally to the protected areas listed above, Western Australia, as of 2022, also has two Botanic Gardens (Kings Park and Bold Park), 172 Conservation Covenants, ten Conservation Reserves, six Management Areas, eight Private Nature Reserves, one State Reserve (Rottnest Island) and two unclassified areas (one of those being Perth Zoo). Additionally, another 50 protected areas existed in 2022 which were waiting to be gazetted.[1][2]

See also

References

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  7. ↑ UNEP-WCMC and IUCN (2022), Protected Planet: The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) and World Database on Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (WD-OECM) [Online], May 2022, Cambridge, UK: UNEP-WCMC and IUCN. Available at: www.protectedplanet.net.

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Further reading

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External links

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