Reserve Listing - Regional Reserves

• Introduction
• National Parks
• State Reserves
• Nature Reserves
• Game Reserves
• Conservation Areas
• Nature Recreation Areas
• Regional Reserves
• Historic Sites

Reserves under the Nature Conservation Act 2002

Regional Reserves

Under the terms of the National Parks and Reserves Management Act 2002, the name Regional Reserve is applied to an area of land with high mineral potential or prospectivity; and predominantly in a natural state.

Management Objectives

• to provide for mineral exploration activities and utilisation of mineral resources;
• to provide for the controlled use of other natural resources on a small scale;
• to conserve natural biological diversity;
• to conserve geological diversity;
• to preserve the quality of water and protect catchments;
• to conserve sites or areas of cultural significance;
• to encourage education based on the purposes of reservation and the natural or cultural values of the regional reserve, or both;
• to encourage research, particularly that which furthers the purposes of reservation;
• to protect the regional reserve against, and rehabilitate the regional reserve following, adverse impacts such as those of fire, introduced species, diseases and soil erosion on the regional reserve's natural and cultural values and on assets within and adjacent to the regional reserve;
• to encourage tourism, recreational use and enjoyment consistent with the conservation of the regional reserve's natural and cultural values;
• to encourage cooperative management programs with Aboriginal people in areas of significance to them in a manner consistent with the purposes of reservation and the other management objectives;
• to provide for the taking, on an ecologically sustainable basis and where appropriate, of designated game species for commercial or private purposes, or both.

Total area of the 21 Regional Reserves is 228 654 hectares, or about 3.36% of State area.