Protected areas of the Northern Territory
The protected areas of the Northern Territory consists of protected areas managed by the governments of the Northern Territory and Australia and private organisations with a reported total area of 335,527 square kilometres (129,548 sq mi) being 24.8% of the total area of the Northern Territory of Australia.[1] As of June 2018, the Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory managed 86 ‘parks and reserves’ including 22 that have not been declared with a total reported area of 50,603 square kilometres (19,538 sq mi).[2] As of 2016, the protected areas within the Australian government jurisdiction included two national parks with a total area of 20,444 square kilometres (7,893 sq mi) and 15 Indigenous Protected Areas with a total area of 260,662 square kilometres (100,642 sq mi).[1] As of August 2016, there were three private protected areas declared under the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act with a total area of 1,405 square kilometres (542 sq mi)[3] while in late 2016, another three private protected areas were listed under the National Reserve System with a total area of 1,405 square kilometres (542 sq mi) were listed by the Australian government.[1] The following Indigenous Protected Areas have been established in the Northern Territory:[9] The following national parks are managed by the Director of National Parks on the behalf of the Australian government and indigenous land owners:[10] See Conservation Covenants above Australian Wildlife Conservancy owns and operates the following private protected areas in the Northern Territory:[11]
Ewaninga Rock Carvings Conservation Reserveprotected areasNorthern TerritoryAustraliaNorthern Territory of AustraliaParks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern TerritoryIndigenous Protected Areasprivate protected areasNational Reserve SystemCasuarinaChannel PointShoal BayLake WoodsLongreach WaterholeAnna's ReservoirBlack Jungle/Lambells LagoonBlackmore RiverBullwaddyCaranbiriniConnells LagoonCorroboree RockFogg DamHenbury MeteoritesIllamurta SpringsKarlu Karlu / Devils MarblesKintore CavesKnuckey LagoonsKuyunbaMac Clark (Acacia peuce)Napwerte/Ewaninga Rock CarvingsNative GapRainbow ValleyTnorala (Gosse Bluff)Vernon IslandsWoodgreenAlice Springs Telegraph StationArltungaAttack CreekBarrow Creek Telegraph StationCentral Mount StuartChambers PillarGregory's TreeHeavitree Gap Police StationJohn FlynnJohn Flynn's GraveRyan WellTennant Creek Telegraph StationHoward SpringsArafuraLarapinta TrailTjoritja / West MacDonnell National ParkBarranyi (North Island)Charles DarwinDjukbinjDulcie RangeFinke GorgeGarig Gunak BarluIytwelepenty / Davenport RangeJudbarra / GregoryKeep RiverLimmenLitchfieldMary RiverNitmilukTjoritja / West MacDonnellWatarrkaCutta Cutta CavesHolmes JungleN'Dhala GorgeRuby GapTrephina GorgeUmbrawarra GorgeAlice Springs Desert ParkGeorge Brown Darwin Botanic GardensOwen Springs ReserveTerritory Wildlife ParkKakadu National ParkAngas DownsAnindilyakwaCrocodile Islands MaringaDhimurruGanaIanga-MindibirrinaKatiti PetermannLaynhapuyMarri-JabinMarthakalNorthern TanamiSouthern TanamiNational parks of the Northern TerritoryDirector of National ParksKakaduUluru-Kata TjutaAustralian Wildlife ConservancyFish River StationHenbury StationNewhavenPungalina-Seven EmuWongalaraProtected areas of AustraliaProtected areas managed by the Australian government Black Jungle/Lambells Lagoon Knuckey Lagoons Napwerte/Ewaninga Rock CarvingsWest MacDonnell