Protected areas of the Northern Territory

The Protected areas of the Northern Territory contains 95 separate protected areas with a total area of 53,505 km² (land area: 51,269 km² – 3.81% of the territory’s area). Ten of these are National parks, totalling 19,622 km² (1.46% of the territory’s area). Four are Aboriginal National Parks, totalling 5,315 km² (0.39% of the territory’s area). Another four are Commonwealth National Parks (managed by the Australian National Parks & Wildlife Service – Commonwealth Government), totalling 21,143 km² (1.57% of the territory’s area).

Northern Territory government

Coastal Reserves

Conservation Covenants

Conservation Reserves

Historical Reserves

Historical Shipwrecks

Hunting Reserves

Management Agreement Areas

Marine Parks

Marine Reserves

National Parks

Nature Parks

Holmes Jungle Nature Park

Protected Areas

Other Conservation Areas

Australian government

Indigenous Protected Areas

The following Indigenous Protected Areas have been established in the Northern Territory:[1]

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:[2]

Private protected areas

Australian Wildlife Conservancy sanctuaries

Australian Wildlife Conservancy owns and operates the following private protected areas in the Northern Territory:[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Declared Indigenous Protected Areas in the Northern Territory". Department of the Environment. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "National Parks". Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Sanctuaries". Australian Wildlife Conservancy. Retrieved 18 September 2015.

External links

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