Ediacara Conservation Park

Ediacara Conservation Park South Australia
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
Ediacara Conservation Park
Nearest town or city	Leigh Creek
Coordinates	30°48′20.52″S 138°8′5.28″E / 30.8057000°S 138.1348000°ECoordinates: 30°48′20.52″S 138°8′5.28″E / 30.8057000°S 138.1348000°E
Established	11 November 1993[1]
Area	22.12 km^2 (8.5 sq mi)[1]
Visitation	"a small number of visitors each year" (in 2012)[2]
Managing authorities	Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources
Footnotes	Coordinates[3]
See also	Protected areas of South Australia

Ediacara Conservation Park is a protected area located in South Australia about 30 kilometres (19 mi) south west of the town of Leigh Creek in the state’s Far North.^[4] The conservation park was proclaimed under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 in 2007 over land previously declared as a conservation reserve under the Crown Lands Act 1929 in 1993 and as a fossil reserve in 1958.^{[1][5][6][7][8]} The conservation park protects and conserves an "assemblage of fossilised Ediacaran soft- bodied marine organisms of international importance," "places of significance" to the Adnyamathanha people, "remnants of mining history associated with the Ediacara mineral field," and an "important chenopod habitat."^[9] The name of the conservation park is derived from the Adnyamathanha language name "Ithiaka-na-danha, where Ithi means ‘Zebra Finch’ and aka – na-danha means ‘to come out’" which is used as the name for the area in which the conservation park is located.^[10] The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category VI protected area.^[3] The fossil reserve is also listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.^[11]

See also

• Protected areas of South Australia
• List of fossil parks
• Australian National Heritage List

Citations and references

Citations

1. DEWNR, 2015
2. DEWNR, 2012, page 7
3. DoE, 2014
4. DEWNR, 2012, page 5
5. DPTI, 2009
6. DPTI, 2009a
7. DEWNR, 2012, page ii
8. DoE, 1980
9. DEWNR, 2012, page 4
10. DEWNR, 2012, page 2
11. "Ediacara Fossil Reserve Palaeontological Site, Ediacara Conservation Reserve [Note that National Heritage Place 24300 Ediacara Fossil Site - Nilpena is 20km to the south]". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 12 February 2016.

References

• "Ediacara Conservation Park Management Plan 2012" (PDF). The Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR). 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
• "Search result for Ediacara Conservation Park (record id no SA0021938)". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI). 2009. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
• "Search result for Ediacara Conservation Reserve (record id no SA0021939)". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI). 2009a. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
• "Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 16 July 2015)" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR). Retrieved 3 August 2015.
• "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (see 'DETAIL' tab)". CAPAD 2014. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
• "Ediacara Reserve, Ediacara Station via Beltana, SA, Australia". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). 1980. Retrieved 16 September 2015.

External links

• Entry for Ediacara Conservation Park on Protected Planet