5 Public and private efforts will deliver these objectives in providing the core areas of land that underpin landscape-scale conservation.

Implementation and review

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources will implement Conserving Nature in partnership with other agencies, non-government organisations, private landholders and industry. The Department will work with stakeholders to identify and pursue opportunities to add land to the protected area system, using Conserving Nature to guide decision-making.

Conserving Nature will be reviewed regularly to ensure it aligns with national priorities for establishing protected areas. The Department will also implement this strategy through its own policies to guide the establishment of protected areas on public land. It is important to emphasise that the effective management of protected areas to maintain or improve their values is a critical, but separate, process from the establishment of protected areas.

Three processes are integral to the success of this Conserving Nature:

(i) Building strategic partnerships: Government cannot deliver an effective protected area system on its own. The key to success will be strategic partnerships and increased collaboration between the Government, non-government organisations, private landholders, native title holders, and industry groups. All parties will need to work closely together to ensure that protected areas are established in the right places and they are managed sustainably in the long-term. In particular, promoting Aboriginal participation and building relationships, based on respect and understanding, for protected areas on public and private land is a necessary and progressive outcome.

(ii) Ensuring effective governance mechanisms: Creating contemporary governance mechanisms for establishing and managing protected areas on public and private land that encompass effective legal and policy mechanisms will ensure consistency, inclusiveness and accountability.

(iii) Involving the community: Involving local and Aboriginal communities, private landholders, volunteer organisations and other interest groups in setting priorities will ensure that South ’s protected area system continues to reflect community values.

Conserving Nature ’s Protected Area Strategy 23 References

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24 Conserving Nature South Australia’s Protected Area Strategy Appendix 1. South Australia’s Protected Area System

Type Legislation Primary purpose Number Area (hectares)

National Park National Parks and Land that is of national significance by reason of 21 4, 5 37,172 Wildlife Act 1972 its wildlife or natural features

Conservation National Parks and Land that is protected or preserved for 256 3,679,260 Park Wildlife Act 1972 conserving wildlife or natural or historic features

Recreation Park National Parks and Land that is conserved and managed for public 14 3,192 Wildlife Act 1972 recreation and enjoyment

Game Reserve National Parks and Land that is preserved for the conservation of 10 25,890 Wildlife Act 1972 wildlife and management of game

Regional National Parks and Land that is protected or preserved for 7 9,691,707 Reserve Wildlife Act 1972 conserving wildlife or natural or historic features while, at the same time, permitting the utilisation of natural resources PUBLIC Wilderness Wilderness Protection Act Land that is protected to conserve ecosystems 13 949,220 Protection Area 1992 that have not been affected, or have been affected to only a minor extent, by modern technology; and ecosystems that have not been seriously affected by modern exotic animals or plants or other exotic organisms

Conservation Crown Land Crown land that is specifically managed 21 47, 8 5 5 Reserve Management Act 2009 for conservation by the Government

Native Forest Forestry Act 1950 Managed for native flora and fauna 61 16,050 Reserve conservation

SUB-TOTAL PUBLIC 403 18,950,346

Vegetation Native Vegetation Act Legally binding agreements between the Crown 1,450 632,368 Heritage 1991 and individual landholders to have privately owned Agreement native vegetation of high conservation value managed to maintain or improve those values

Co-managed park National Parks and National Park or Conservation Park established 1 2,128,945 on Aboriginal- Wildlife Act 1972 over Aboriginal-owned land owned land

Sanctuary National Parks and Land that is dedicated to conserve animals or 80 117, 016 Wildlife Act 1972 plants – note that sanctuaries currently do not PRIVATE meet NRS criteria for a protected area, however they are included in the protected area system

Indigenous No legislative framework. An area of indigenous-owned land or sea where 8 6,187, 4 8 5 Protected Area Managed under traditional owners have entered into an agreement between the agreement with the Australian Government indigenous owners and to promote biodiversity and cultural resource the Australian Government conservation

Arkaroola Arkaroola Protection Act A unique protected area conserving biodiversity, 1 58,958 Protection Area 2012 landforms and landscapes of significance of Arkaroola

SUB-TOTAL PRIVATE 1,540 9,124,772

TOTAL 1,943 28,075,118

* There is one co-managed park on Aboriginal-owned land (Mamungari Conservation Park); there are four co-managed parks on Crown-owned National Parks or Conservation Parks which are public protected areas and are part of the “public” reserve statistics above. The figures for Conservation Reserves include one property that is not “public” (Bunkers Conservation Reserve, which is under the control of the Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby Preservation Association Inc).

Correct as at 1 May 2012

Conserving Nature South Australia’s Protected Area Strategy 25 Appendix 2 IBRA bioregions and subregions – conservation status and location Figure A1 Conservation status of IBRA bioregions in South Australia

South Australian Protected Areas % of IBRA Bioregion Protected South Australian Protected Areas % of IBRA Bioregion Protected 1 3 0 5 0 ± - - 1 1 0 0 2 - - 1 4 1 - 0 200 1 6 1 1 3 0 5 0 K±ms - - 1 1 0 0 2 - - 1 4 1 - 0 200 1 6 1 Kms

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South Australian Protected Areas South Australian Protected Areas % of IBRA SubregiSoonutPhSrAoutstehtrcAatlueiasdntraPliraontePcrtoetdeActreedaAsreas % of IBRA Subregion Protected % of%Suobf rIeBgRiAonSPubroretegciotendProtected

1 3 0 5 0 - - 1 1 0 - - 1 ± 0 2 ± 4 - 0 150 1 311 0 5 0 - 1- 31 6 01 50 0 - 1- - 1 31- 0 11 5 0 0 0 ± 200 0 2 - - 1 1 0 0 24 -1 - -- - 1 1 0 1±50 0 241 16 - - Kms 4 11 1 6 0 150 1 1 6 1 Kms Kms Kms

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South Australian Protected Areas % of IBRA Subregion Protected

1 3 0 5 0 - - 1 1 0 - - 1 ± 0 2 4 1 - 0 150 1 6 1 Kms Figure A3 Under-represented IBRA bioregions in South Australia

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STP

BHC

FLB

NCP

VVP

BHC FIN Finke FLB Flinders Lofty Block NCP Naracoorte Coastal Plain STP VVP Victorian Volcanic Plain

SA IBRA Priorities with less than 10% represented in the protected area system 0 200

South Australian Protected Areas Kms

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D E H S ta n d a rd Figure A4 Under-represented IBRA subregions in South Australia

FIN3 CHC4 FIN4

CHC2

CHC2

STP4

STP2 SSD4

STP2 STP3

GAW4 GAW5

GAW4

GAW4 BHC4 BHC1 FLB4 GAW2 GAW4 GAW4 GAW4 FLB3 BHC4

FLB2 EYB2 Broken Hill Com plex Kanm antoo BHC1 Barrier Range KAN2 Fleurieu BHC4 Barrier Range Outw ash Naracoorte Coastal Plain EYB1 FLB1 MDD2 NCP1 Bridgew ater KAN2 CHC2 Sturt Stony Desert NCP2 Glenelg Plain CHC4 Diamantina-Eyre NCP3 Lucindale

Eyre Yorke Block Murray Darling Depression EYB1 Southern Yorke MDD2 Murray Mallee MDD5 EYB2 St Vincent MDD5 Wimmera NCP3MDD5 Finke Sim pson Strezlecki Dunefields NCP1 FIN3 Tieyon, Finke P3 SSD4 Warriner NCP2 FIN4 Pedirka VVP2 Stony Plains Flinders Lofty Block STP2 Oodnadatta FLB1 STP3 Murnpeow ie FLB2 Broughton STP4 Peake-Dennison Inlier FLB3 Olary Spur FLB4 Southern Flinders Victorian Volcanics VVP2 Mount Gambier Gaw ler GAW2 Gaw ler Volcanics GAW4 Arcoona Plateau GAW5 Kingoonya

SA IBRA Subregions with less than 10% represented in the protected area system 0 150 South Australian Protected Areas Kms

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