A Regional Reserve is a type of protected area used in the Australian states of South Australia and Tasmania that allows the use of natural resources in conjunction with the protected area’s conservation function.
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South Australia
In South Australia, a regional reserve is used where crown land being considered for protection where following needs and desires for the land exist:
the purpose of conserving any wildlife or the natural or historic features of that land while, at the same time, permitting the utilisation of the natural resources of that land.
As of 2014, the following regional reserves have been declared and with a total area of 9,340,161 hectares (23,080,040 acres) or 9.5% of the state’s land area:
Chowilla, Innamincka, Lake Frome, Nullarbor, Simpson Desert, Strzelecki and Yellabinna.
Tasmania
In Tasmania, a regional reserve is used where “an area of land” being considered for protection has “high mineral potential or prospectivity” and is “predominantly in a natural state,” and the purpose for the protection meets the following requirement:
Mineral exploration and the development of mineral deposits in the area of land, and the controlled use of other natural resources of that area of land, including special species timber harvesting, while protecting and maintaining the natural and cultural values of that area of land.
As of 2014, the following regional reserves have been declared and with a total area of 454,682 hectares (1,123,540 acres):
Andersons Creek, Apslawn, Arm River, Arthur River, Avenue River, Avoca, Badger River, Balfour Track, Barway Spur, Bells Marsh, Black Creek, Black Jack Hill, Blue Tier, Boco Creek, Bond Tier, Bonneys Tier, Borradaile, Break O'Day, Briggs, Burns Peak, Cameron, Caroline Creek, Castle Cary, Clear Hill, Coppermine Creek, Crayfish Creek, Crotty Ridge, Cygnet River, Deep Gully, Den Ranges, Derby, Dial Range, Dickies Ridge, Dip Falls, Dip Range, Dip River, Dismal Swamp, Doctors Peak, Dog Kennels, Dogs Head Hill, Dove River, Duck River, Emu Ground, Emu River, Evercreech, Florentine River, Flowerdale River, Fords Pinnacle, Four Mile Beach, Frome, German Town, Gog Range, Hardings Falls, Hatfield River, Henty, Humboldt Ridge, Huntsmans Cap, Huskisson River, John Lynch, Joy Creek, Julius River, Kohls Falls, Lady Binney, Lady Nelson, Lake Chisholm, Lake Pieman, Laurel Creek, Lefroy, Leven Canyon, Lizard Hill, Lobster Rivulet, Long Ridge, Lovells Creek, Lower Marsh Creek, Lukes Knob, Luncheon Hill, Lutregala Creek, Mackintosh, Maggs Mountain, Martins Hill, Mathinna Falls, Meredith Range, Mersey White Water, Milkshake Hills, Montagu River, Montagu Swamp, Mount Arthur, Mount Careless, Mount Dundas, Mount Farrell, Mount Heemskirk, Mount Horror, Mount Kershaw, Mount Maurice, Mount Murchison, Mount Puzzler, Mount Roland, Mount Stronach, Mount Victoria, Nicholas Range, North Esk, North Scottsdale, Nunamara, Old Park, Oxberry Plains, Paradise Plains, Parangana Sugarloaf, Parting Creek, Peaked Hill, Pepper Hill, Pipers River, Porcupine Hill , Promised Land, Prossers, Pruana, Rayners Hill, Renison Bell, Ringarooma River, Roaring Magg Hill, Royal George, Savage River Pipeline, Savage River, Sawmill Creek, Sawpit Ridge, Scamander, Shakespeare Hills, Snow Hill, Snowy River, South Esk, South Weld, St Pauls, Staverton, Styx River, Sumac, Swan River, Teds Flat, Teepookana, Tikkawoppa Plateau, Tombstone Creek, Trowutta,Tyndall, Waratah Creek, Warra Creek, Weavers Creek, Welcome Swamp, Weld River, West Coast Range and Winterbrook Falls.