The protected areas of the Northern Territory consists of protected areas managed by the governments of the Northern Territory and Australia and private organisations with a reported total area of being 24.8% of the total area of the Northern Territory of Australia.
Summary by type and jurisdiction As of June 2018, the Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory managed 86 ‘parks and reserves’ including 22 that have not been declared with a total reported area of .
As of 2016, the protected areas within the Australian government jurisdiction included two national parks with a total area of and 15 Indigenous Protected Areas with a total area of .
As of August 2016, there were three private protected areas declared under the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act with a total area of while in late 2016, another three private protected areas were listed under the National Reserve System with a total area of were listed by the Australian government.
Northern Territory Government Coastal Reserves Casuarina Channel Point Shoal Bay
Conservation Areas Adelaide River Foreshore Daly River (Mt Nancar) Douglas River / Daly River Esplanade Harrison Dam Melacca Swamp Oolloo Crossing Stray Creek Tree Point
Conservation Covenants Lake Woods Newry Station Gouldian Finch Longreach Waterhole
Conservation Reserves Anna's Reservoir Black Jungle/Lambells Lagoon Blackmore River Bullwaddy Channel Island Caranbirini Connells Lagoon Corroboree Rock Fogg Dam Henbury Meteorites Illamurta Springs Karlu Karlu / Devils Marbles Kintore Caves Knuckey Lagoons Kuyunba Mac Clark (Acacia peuce) Napwerte/Ewaninga Rock Carvings Native Gap Rainbow Valley Tnorala (Gosse Bluff) Vernon Islands Woodgreen
Historical Reserves Alice Springs Telegraph Station Arltunga Attack Creek Barrow Creek Telegraph Station Central Mount Stuart Chambers Pillar Gregory's Tree Heavitree Gap Police Station John Flynn John Flynn's Grave Ryan Well Tennant Creek Telegraph Station Victoria River Depot
Hunting Reserves Howard Springs
Management Agreement Areas Buffalo Creek Channel Island Junction Reserve
Marine Parks Arafura Arnhem Limmen Wessel
National Parks
Barranyi (North Island) Charles Darwin Djukbinj Dulcie Range Elsey Finke Gorge Garig Gunak Barlu Iytwelepenty / Davenport Range Judbarra / Gregory Keep River Limmen Litchfield Mary River Nitmiluk Tjoritja / West MacDonnell Watarrka
Nature Parks
Berry Springs Butterfly Gorge Cutta Cutta Caves Giwining / Flora River Holmes Jungle Howard Springs Katherine Low Level Leaning Tree Lagoon Mataranka Pool N'Dhala Gorge Ruby Gap Trephina Gorge Umbrawarra Gorge Yeperenye/Emily and Jessie Gaps
Protected Areas Ilparpa Swamp Wildlife Joint Geological / Geophysical Research Station
Other places Alice Springs Desert Park George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens Leanyer Recreation Park Manton Dam Recreation Area Owen Springs Reserve Territory Wildlife Park Wearyan River (Manangoora) Cycad Site Windows on the Wetlands
Australian government
Indigenous Protected Areas The following Indigenous Protected Areas have been established in the Northern Territory: Angas Downs Anindilyakwa Crocodile Islands Maringa Dhimurru Djelk GanaIanga-Mindibirrina Katiti Petermann Laynhapuy Marri-Jabin Marthakal Northern Tanami South-East Arnhem Land Southern Tanami Wardaman Warddeken Yanyuwa
National parks
The following national parks are managed by the Director of National Parks on the behalf of the Australian government and indigenous land owners: Kakadu Uluru-Kata Tjuta
Private protected areas Northern Territory jurisdiction See Conservation Covenants above
Australian Wildlife Conservancy sanctuaries Australian Wildlife Conservancy owns and operates the following private protected areas in the Northern Territory: Fish River Station Henbury Station (in progress) Newhaven Pungalina-Seven Emu Wongalara
See also Protected areas of Australia National parks of the Northern Territory Protected areas managed by the Australian government
References
External links Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory Find a park to visit webpage