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Management
Complete National Parks and Reserves Listings
Reserves under the Nature Conservation Act 2002
Map of the location of the various land tenures managed
by the Parks and Wildlife Service
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(as at May 2007)
Areas in this list are grouped according to their statutory class: National Park,
State Reserve, Nature Reserve, Game Reserve, Conservation Area, Nature Recreation
Area, Regional Reserve, Historic Site, Private Nature Reserve or Private Sanctuary,
in accordance with the Nature
Conservation Act 2002.
Reserves are declared under the Nature Conservation Act 2002 that
sets out the values and purposes of each reserve class and managed under the National
Parks and Reserves Management Act 2002 according to management
objectives for each class.
Together the Nature Conservation Act 2002 and the National Parks
and Reserves Management Act 2002 replace the National
Parks and Wildlife Act 1970.
In total, the Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service manages 423
reserves covering
2,508,297 hectares, or about 36.83% of
the area of the State.
Details of each reserve classification, including their size, are available online:
The Parks and Wildlife Service also assists in the protection of private
land that is declared as Private Nature Reserves, Private Sanctuaries and
Areas Covenanted for Conservation in Perpetuity. Details of these reserves
are available on the complete listing PDF below, and on the Protected
Areas on Private Land web site.
The complete
listing of reserves (as of May 2007) is available as a PDF (116
Kb).
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