Parks Australia
Appearance
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Parks Australia is an agency that manages national parks and conservation areas in Australia. The parks are governed by the Director of National Parks, which is a division of the federal government's Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Populations and Communities. Parks Australia looks after parks in the federal territories; those in the six states are managed by their own state-government agencies. Parks Australia provides some support to each state in managing their parklands. It also supports indigenous landholders to establish Indigenous Protected Areas.[1]
Parks Australia manages six national parks and two botanical gardens:
- Booderee National Park and Botanic Gardens, Jervis Bay Territory
- Christmas Island National Park, Christmas Island
- Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory
- Norfolk Island National Park, Norfolk Island
- Pulu Keeling National Park, Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park, Northern Territory
Booderee, Kakadu and Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa are managed jointly with their traditional owners.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Parks Australia". Director of National Parks; Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Populations and Communities. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
- ↑ "The Director of National Parks and Parks Australia". Director of National Parks; Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Populations and Communities. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Official website
- Official blog Archived 2013-04-10 at the Wayback Machine
- Parks Australia on Twitter
- Parks Australia on Facebook
- National Parks Australia Council