Protected areas of Queensland
Overview of protected areas in Queensland, Australia
Queensland is the second-largest state in Australia . As at 2020, it contained more than 1,000 protected areas .[ 1] In August 2023, it was estimated a total of 14.5 million hectares or 8.38% of Queensland's landmass was protected.[ 2]
List of terrestrial protected areas
Conservation Parks
Conservation Reserves
Feature Protection Areas
National Parks
* National park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) jointly managed park
Resources Reserves
Scientific Areas
List of marine protected areas
Marine protected areas within the Queensland jurisdiction consist of fish habitat areas declared under the Fisheries Act 1994 and marine parks declared under the Marine Parks Act 2004 .[ 108] [ 109] [ 110]
Fish habitat areas
Fish habitat areas are listed in two lists - 'A' and 'B'.[ 108]
List 'A'
Annan River
Baffle Creek
Beelbi
Bowling Green Bay
Broad Sound
Burrum
Cape Palmerston - Rocky Dam
Cawarral Creek
Cleveland Bay
Colosseum Inlet
Corio Bay
Dallachy Creek
Deception Bay
Edgecumbe Bay
Eight Mile Creek
Elliott River
Escape River
Eurimbula
Fitzroy River
Hay's Inlet
Hinchinbrook
Hull River
Jumpinpin-Broadwater
Kauri Creek
Kinkuna
Kippa-Ring
Maaroom
Margaret Bay "Wuthathi
Maroochy River
Meunga Creek
Moreton Banks
Morning Inlet - Bynoe River
Murray River
Myora - Amity Banks
Nassau River
Noosa River
Peel Island
Pine River Bay
Princess Charlotte Bay
Pumicestone Channel
Repulse
Rodds Harbour
Sand Bay
Seventeen Seventy-Round Hill
Silver Plains
Staaten-Gilbert
Starcke River (Ngulun)
Susan River
Temple Bay
Tin Can Inlet
Trinity Inlet
Tully River
West Hill
Wreck Creek
List 'B'
Annan River
Barr Creek
Bassett Basin
Beelbi
Bohle River
Burdekin
Burrum
Cape Palmerston - Rocky Dam
Cattle-Palm Creek
Colosseum Inlet
Coombabah
Coomera
Currumbin Creek
Deception Bay
Edgecumbe Bay
Fraser Island
Half Moon Creek
Halifax
Kolan River
Margaret Bay "Wuthathi"
Maroochy River
Midge
Noosa River
Pimpama
Pine River Bay
Pumicestone Channel
Rodds Harbour
Seventeen Seventy-Round Hill
Starcke River (Ngulun)
Tallebudgera Creek
Trinity Inlet
West Hill
Yorkeys Creek
Marine parks
The Queensland jurisdiction only included the following three marine parks as of 2016; the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is located within the Australian government's jurisdiction.[ 108]
See also
References
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^ Nature Conservation and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2019 (Qld) s11
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^ Nature Conservation Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 3) 2005 (Qld) s6
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^ "Mount Binga National Park Management Statement 2013" (PDF) . Queensland Department of National Parks, Sport and Racing. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2023 .
^ "Mount Chinghee National Park Management Statement 2013" (PDF) . Queensland Department of National Parks, Sport and Racing. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2023 .
^ "Bulburin Area Management Statement 2013" (PDF) . Queensland Department of National Parks, Sport and Racing. Retrieved 18 April 2023 .
^ "Mount Etna Caves National Park Management Statement 2013" (PDF) . Queensland Department of National Parks, Sport and Racing. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2023 .
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^ "Tuchekoi National Park and Tuchekoi Forest Reserve Management Statement 2013" (PDF) . Queensland Department of National Parks, Sport and Racing. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2023 .
^ "Tully Falls National Park Management Statement 2013" (PDF) . Queensland Department of National Parks, Sport and Racing. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2023 .
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^ Nature Conservation and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2014 (Qld) s62
^ "Wongi National Park Management Statement 2013" (PDF) . Queensland Department of National Parks, Sport and Racing. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2023 .
^ "Woocoo National Park Management Statement 2013" (PDF) . Queensland Department of National Parks, Sport and Racing. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2023 .
^ "Woondum National Park Management Statement 2013" (PDF) . Queensland Department of National Parks, Sport and Racing. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2023 .
^ "Woowoonga National Park Management Statement 2013" (PDF) . Queensland Department of National Parks, Sport and Racing. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2023 .
^ "Wrattens National Park (northern section), Wrattens Conservation Park and Wrattens Resources Reserve Management Statement 2013" (PDF) . Queensland Department of National Parks, Sport and Racing. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2023 .
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