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Victoria is the smallest mainland state in Australia. As of 2008 it contained 2,850 separate protected areas with a total land area of 39,273 square kilometres (15,163 sq mi) (17.26% of the state's area). Of these, 45 were national parks, totalling 28,023 square kilometres (10,820 sq mi) (11.32% of the state's area).
Contents
- Coastal and marine parks
- Historic and heritage areas and parks
- Indigenous protected areas
- National parks
- Wilderness parks
- Nature conservation reserves
- Natural feature reserves
- References
The parks are managed by Parks Victoria, a state government agency. There are also many smaller state areas which are subject to commercial activity such as logging.
Coastal and marine parks
The state of Victoria has protected approximately 5.3% of coastal waters. In June 2002, legislation was passed to establish 13 marine national parks and 11 marine sanctuaries. Victoria is the first jurisdiction in the world to create an entire system of highly protected marine national parks at the same time.
Historic and heritage areas and parks
Indigenous protected areas
National parks
As of 2011 there are 45 national parks in Victoria.
Wilderness parks
Nature conservation reserves
There are 328 nature conservation reserves including:
Natural feature reserves
There are 1522 natural feature reserves