Nature conservation

Protected areas

New parks, additions and revocations to existing reserves

New reserves
Provides a list of all the reserves created since July 2008.

Recent additions to reserves
Shows which reserves have increased in size since July 2008, and provides details of the number of hectares added to them.

Recent revocations to reserves
The National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 allows for the revocation of reservation or dedication of certain land. The affected reserves are listed in Schedule 2 (Revocation of reservation or dedication of certain land).

Acquiring land for conservation reserves
Reveals which types of land are poorly represented in the State's reserve network - and what properties we're interested in buying.

New reserves for the Lower Hunter
A regional conservation plan, which sets out the conservation priorities for the Lower Hunter over the next 25 years, was finalised in 2009. Stage 1 has been implemented through the transfer of approximately 20,000 hectares of high conservation value Government lands to the National Parks and Wildlife Service. These lands form the backbone of major new conservation corridors.

Page last updated: 09 October 2012