Editing Protected areas of Australia (section)

==Protection arising from Australian government policy and international obligations==

=== World Heritage listed areas ===
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{{further|List of World Heritage Sites in Oceania}}
{{as of|April 2020}}, the following sites are listed by [[UNESCO]] as [[World Heritage Sites]]:<ref>{{cite web | last=Centre | first=UNESCO World Heritage | title=World Heritage List | website=UNESCO World Heritage Centre | date=11 October 2017 | url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/?search=australia&order=country | access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref>
* Australian Fossil Mammal Sites ([[Riversleigh World Heritage Area|Riversleigh, Qld]] and [[Naracoorte Caves National Park|Naracoorte, SA]])
* [[Australian Convict Sites]], consisting of 11 remnant sites
*[[Budj Bim Cultural Landscape]], Vic
* [[Fraser Island]], Qld
* [[Gondwana Rainforests of Australia]], formerly Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves
* [[Great Barrier Reef]], Qld
* [[Greater Blue Mountains Area]], NSW
* [[Heard and McDonald Islands]], Antarctica
* [[Kakadu National Park]], NT
* [[Lord Howe Island]]
* [[Macquarie Island]]
* [[Ningaloo Coast]], WA
* [[Purnululu National Park]], WA
* [[Royal Exhibition Building]] and [[Carlton Gardens]]
* [[Shark Bay]], WA
* [[Sydney Opera House]]
* [[Tasmanian Wilderness]]
* [[Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park]], NT
* [[Wet Tropics of Queensland]]
* [[Willandra Lakes Region]], NSW

=== Indigenous protected areas===

{{main|Indigenous Protected Area}}
An [[Indigenous Protected Area]] (IPA) is a class of protected area formed by agreement with [[Indigenous Australians]] and formally recognised by the Australian government as being part of the National Reserve System.  {{as of|April 2020}} there are 75 IPAs occupying about {{convert|67,000,000|ha}} and comprising more than 44% of the National Reserve System.<ref>{{cite web | title=Indigenous Protected Areas| website=Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment  | date=18 February 2019 | url=https://www.environment.gov.au/land/indigenous-protected-areas| access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref>

===Biosphere reserves===
{{further|List of biosphere reserves in Australia}}
The following [[biosphere reserve]]s belonging to the [[Man and the Biosphere Programme|UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve program]] are located within Australia:<ref>{{cite web|title=Australia's Biosphere Reserves|url=http://www.environment.gov.au/node/20937|publisher=Parks Australia|access-date=3 November 2014}}</ref><ref name=unesco>{{Cite web |url= http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/ecological-sciences/biosphere-reserves/asia-and-the-pacific/australia/ |title= Australia|work=Man and the Biosphere Programme|publisher=UNESCO|access-date=5 November 2016}}</ref>

* [[Croajingolong National Park|Croajingolong]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] (1977)
* [[Riverland Biosphere Reserve|Riverland]], [[South Australia]] (1977)
* [[Kosciuszko National Park|Kosciuszko]], [[New South Wales]] (1977)
* [[Prince Regent National Park|Prince Regent River]], Western Australia (1977)
* [[Mamungari Conservation Park|Mamungari (formerly Unnamed)]], [[South Australia]] (1977)
* [[Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park|Uluru (Ayers Rock-Mount Olga)]], [[Northern Territory]] (1977)
* [[Yathong Nature Reserve|Yathong]] (1977)
* [[Fitzgerald River National Park|Fitzgerald River]], Western Australia (1978)
*[[Hattah-Kulkyne and Murray-Kulkyne Biosphere Reserve|Hattah-Kulkyne and Murray-Kulkyne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] (1981)
* [[Wilsons Promontory National Park|Wilsons Promontory]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] (1981)
* [[Mornington Peninsula and Western Port Biosphere Reserve|Mornington Peninsula and Western Port]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] (2002)
* [[Barkindji Biosphere Reserve|Barkindji]], [[New South Wales]] (2005)
* [[Noosa Biosphere Reserve|Noosa]], Queensland (2007)
* [[Great Sandy Biosphere Reserve|Great Sandy]], Queensland (2009)

===Ramsar sites===

{{further|List of Ramsar sites in Australia}}
As a contracting party to the [[Ramsar Convention|Convention on Wetlands of International Importance]] (known as the Ramsar Convention), Australia is encouraged "to nominate sites containing representative, rare or unique wetlands, or that are important for conserving biological diversity, to the [[List of Ramsar wetlands of international importance|List of Wetlands of International Importance]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=Australia's Ramsar Sites|url=http://www.environment.gov.au/resource/australias-ramsar-sites|publisher=Department of the Environment (Australia)|access-date=27 March 2014}}</ref>  As of March 2014, the Australian Government has nominated 65 Ramsar sites.<ref>{{cite web|title=Australia's Ramsar Sites|url=http://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/resources/0d08923b-a60d-4564-9af2-a7023b7aaf29/files/ramsar-sites_0.pdf|publisher=Department of the Environment (Australia)|access-date=27 March 2014}}</ref>