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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]
Summary by type and jurisdiction
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]
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Northern Territory Government
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
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]
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Australian government
Indigenous Protected Areas
The following Indigenous Protected Areas have been established in the Northern Territory:[9]
- Angas Downs
- Anindilyakwa
- Crocodile Islands Maringa
- Dhimurru
- Djelk
- GanaIanga-Mindibirrina
- Katiti Petermann
- Laynhapuy
- Marri-Jabin
- Marthakal
- Northern Tanami
- South-East Arnhem Land
- Southern Tanami
- Wardaman
- 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]
Private protected areas
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]
See also
References
External links
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