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Australia

11265
Total Protected Areas
1495 With management effectiveness evaluations
Terrestrial and Inland Waters Protected Areas
Marine Protected Areas
Other effective area-based conservation measures
0
Total Other effective area-based conservation measures
Polygons/Points ratio
Polygons 100%
Points 0%
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• Dotted line represents approximately the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir agreed upon by India and Pakistan. The final status of Jammu and Kashmir has not yet been agreed upon by the parties.
• Final boundary between the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan has not yet been determined.
• Final status of the Abyei area is not yet determined.
• A dispute exists between the Governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas).

Terrestrial and inland waters protected area coverage

22.03% Coverage

1,692,884km2 Land area covered

7,684,596km2 Total land area

16.25% 5th National Report coverage

PAME

3.95% With management effectiveness evaluations

303,213km2 Areas assessed

Marine protected area Coverage

45.39% Coverage

3,337,122km2 Marine and coastal area covered

7,351,434km2 Total marine and coastal area

36.20% 5th National Report coverage

PAME

5.17% With management effectiveness evaluations

380,026km2 Areas assessed

Disclaimer: These statistics might differ from those reported officially by countries due to difference in methodologies and datasets used to assess protected area coverage and differences in the base maps used to measure terrestrial and marine area of a country or territory.

IUCN Management Categories

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Governance types

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Sources 2

  1. Protected Areas of Australia Updated: 2024 Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
  2. UNESCO World Heritage Sites Updated: 2024 IUCN World Heritage Programme

Designations

  • 99.26%
  • 0.74%

National designations

11182
  • 5(1)(g) Reserve 45
  • 5(1)(h) Reserve 130
  • Aboriginal Area 4
  • Aquatic Reserve 12
  • Australia Marine Park 1
  • Australian Marine Park 56
  • Botanic Gardens 2
  • Botanic Gardens (Commonwealth) 2
  • CCA Zone 1 National Park 34
  • CCA Zone 3 State Conservation Area 23
  • Coastal Reserve 1
  • Conservation Area 425
  • Conservation Covenant 880
  • Conservation Park 592
  • Conservation Reserve 66
  • Coordinated Conservation Area 2
  • Fish Habitat Area (A) 55
  • Fish Habitat Area (B) 36
  • Flora Reserve 88
  • Forest Reserve 92
  • Game Reserve 22
  • Heritage Agreement 1583
  • Heritage River 18
  • Historical Reserve 4
  • Historic Site 31
  • Hunting Reserve 1
  • Indigenous Protected Area 84
  • Karst Conservation Reserve 4
  • Management Area 6
  • Marine Conservation Area 14
  • Marine Management Area 2
  • Marine National Park 14
  • Marine Nature Reserve 4
  • Marine Park 51
  • Marine Sanctuary 11
  • National Park 704
  • National Park Aboriginal 32
  • National Park (Commonwealth) 4
  • National Parks Act Schedule 4 park or reserve 7
  • National Park (Scientific) 9
  • Natural Catchment Area 25
  • Natural Features Reserve 2501
  • Nature Conservation Reserve 259
  • Nature Park 10
  • Nature Recreation Area 25
  • Nature Refuge 552
  • Nature Reserve 1809
  • NRS Addition - Gazettal in Progress 74
  • Other 3
  • Other Conservation Area 5
  • Other Conservation Area or Nature Park 1
  • Permanent Park Preserve 1
  • Private Nature Reserve 92
  • Private Sanctuary 11
  • Proposed National Parks Act park or park addition 6
  • Recreation Park 14
  • Reference Area 144
  • Regional Park 21
  • Regional Reserve 153
  • Remote and Natural Area - not scheduled under Nat Parks Act 2
  • Remote and Natural Area - Schedule 6, National Parks Act 22
  • Resources Reserve 45
  • State Conservation Area 127
  • State Park 26
  • State Reserve 66
  • Wilderness Park 3
  • Wilderness Protection Area 14
  • Wilderness Zone 20

Regional designations

0

    International designations

    83
    • Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 63
    • UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 5
    • World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) 15

    Other designations

    0

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      citation

      UNEP-WCMC (2025). Protected Area Profile for Australia from the World Database on Protected Areas, March 2025. Available at: www.protectedplanet.net

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      UNEP-WCMC and IUCN (2025), Protected Planet: The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) and World Database on Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (WD-OECM) [Online], March 2025, Cambridge, UK: UNEP-WCMC and IUCN. Available at: www.protectedplanet.net.