Protected areas of Tasmania consist of protected areas located within Tasmania and its immediate onshore waters, including Macquarie Island. It includes areas of crown land (withheld land) managed by Tasmanian Government agencies as well as private reserves. As of 2016, 52% of Tasmania's land area has some form of reservation classification, the majority is managed by the Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service (about 42% of total Tasmanian land area). Marine protected areas cover about 7.9% of state waters.

Within each classification of reserve there may be a variation of IUCN categories Australia is a signatory to the Convention of Biological Diversity and as such has obligations to report the status of its National Reserve System.IUCN provides on its website a prescription for activities consistent with the categorisation system. Changes made to the Nature Conservation Act 2002 in 2014 permit timber harvesting. These changes made in addition to the already established right to access minerals means that many of the IUCN categorisations assigned to individual reserves in Tasmania are no longer fit for purpose. In addition many reserves have had their reserve status downgraded from a class excluding timber harvesting and mineral extraction to ones where these activities are now permitted. This mis-application of the IUCN protected area categories needs to be remedied or the reserves protected land class under the Nature Conservation Act 2002 should be adjusted to reflect its currently assigned IUCN category.

Legislation and management Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service manages crown land reserved under the Nature Conservation Act 2002. The 10 classes of protected land are: conservation area, historic site, game reserve, national park, nature recreation area, nature reserve, regional reserve and state reserve. The National Parks and Reserves Management act 2002 determines the management objectives for each class. 'Permanent timber production zone land' is crown land managed by Sustainable Timber Tasmania under the Forest Management Act 2013. It contains areas of informal reserves (e.g. landscape connectivity, streamside buffers, etc.) The Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (DPIPWE) administers "future potential production forest" crown land (formerly "future reserve land") as defined in The Forestry (Rebuilding the Forest Industry) Act 2014. The Wellington Park Management Trust is outlined in the Wellington Park Act 1993.

Summary of area totals At 30 June 2016, Tasmania's terrestrial reserves cover (about 50.1% of the area of Tasmania), of which Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service manages 823 reserves (about , or over 42% of the area of Tasmania).

The following table demonstrates the distribution of terrestrial protected areas as of June 2016, any marine areas are excluded. All protected areas not managed by Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service or Sustainable Timber Tasmania is grouped into "other", including: formal and informal reserves on public land, reserves on private land, and Wellington Park.

Operator Class or category Number Total area*(ha) Percentage of all reserved area TPWS Conservation area 438 622,000 18.2% Game reserve 12 13,000 0.4% Historic site 30 9,000 0.3% National park 19 1,463,000 42.9% Nature recreation area 25 67,000 2.0% Nature reserves 86 35,000 1.0% Regional reserves 148 454,000 13.3% State reserves 65 46,000 1.4% Totalmanaged by TPWS 823 2,709,000 79.3% STT Informal reserve 121,000 3.6% DPIPWE Future potential production forest 392,000 11.5% Other Othernot managed by TPWS or STT 192,000 5.6% Totalof all Tasmanian reserved area 3,415,000 100%*rounding to nearest 1,000 hectaresDepartment of Primary Industries, Water and Environment is denoted by DPIPWE,Sustainable Timber Tasmania by STT and Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service by TPWS

Marine Commonwealth marine reserves

There are several Commonwealth marine reserves in the vicinity of Tasmania, these reserves are not within state waters and are managed by the Australian government. All of the reserves are part of the South-east Commonwealth Marine Reserve Network which contains an additional 4 reserves.

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Tasmanian marine protected areas Marine protected areas (MPAs) in Tasmanian state waters are classed as either conservation area, national park or nature reserve. Only the nature reserve or national park class have either restricted fishing or no take zones. Of the approximately of marine protected areas, about is restricted fishing or no take, Macquarie Island (~) is a wholly no-take zone.

In total 7.9% of Tasmania's State coastal waters is reserved, however only 4.2% is in no-take areas and the majority of this is concentrated around subantarctic Macquarie Island. Only 1.1% of Tasmania's immediate coastal waters are fully protected in no-take areas.

Private reserves Reserves on private land is about 4% of the terrestrial protected areas in Tasmania.

Conservation Covenant

Landowners may protect some areas of their land by entering into a Conservation Covenant which is legally binding under the Nature Conservation Act (2002) and is registered on the land title. Although usually in perpetuity, about 7% of the covenant area in Tasmania is fixed-term. In December 2016, there were 819 covenants covering an area of about .

Indigenous Protected Areas There are 8 Indigenous Protected Area in Tasmania, covering an area of about .

IUCN V

Babel Island Badger Island Great Dog Island lungatalanana Mt Chappell Island Putalina Risdon Cove

IUCN VI

Preminghana

Private sanctuaries Land reserved for the significant natural or cultural values while permitting the carrying out of agricultural or other activities consistent on preserving the values of the land.

Wellington Park Wellington Park is the protected area which encompasses Mount Wellington and surrounds near Hobart. It is IUCN protected area category II and covers an area of about . It is managed by the Wellington Park Management Trust established in 1993 whose members include: Hobart and Glenorchy City Councils, Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service, DPIPWE, TasWater and Tourism Tasmania.

State forest Future potential production forest 'Future potential production forest land' (FPPF or FPPFL) is crown land administered by the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (DPIPWE) where, except in some circumstances for "special species timbers", no native forest harvesting can be undertaken. It was formally classified as "future reserve land" (FRL) under the Tasmanian Forests Agreement. FPPF may be converted to "permanent timber production zone land" (PTPZ or PTPZL) after 2020.

Background The Tasmanian Forests Agreement which was passed in 2013 after almost 4 years of negotiations, categorised about of crown land native forest as FRL, which included areas of forests of the Styx, Weld, Upper Florentine, Great Western Tiers and Tarkine regions. The fate of FRL was dependent upon Tasmanian forest practices gaining Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification. In the recent 2014 audit, Forestry Tasmania (now Sustainable Timber Tasmania) complied with 193 indicators, but needed further action on 10 more.

In September 2014 the Tasmanian government passed legislation which reclassified the 400,000 hectares of FRL as FPPF. After the expiration of the memorandum in April 2020, areas of FPPF can be converted to PTPZ where native forest logging can occur, subject to parliamentary approval. Until 2020, only limited "special species timber" harvesting can be undertaken in FPPF.

Permanent timber production zone land Sustainable Timber Tasmania is a government business enterprise owned by the Tasmanian Government which manages and operates state forest on crown land (officially classified as "permanent timber production zone land"). Some of this land has informal protection and is managed for conservation as part of the Tasmanian CAR reserve system (e.g. habitat for threatened species, streamside protection, landscape connectivity). Informal reserves on the public production forest land cover about .

Forest reserves Forest reserves are located on "permanent timber production zone land" and may have recreation or other tourism facilities.

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Conservation areas A protected area of land predominantly in a natural state. The sustainable use of natural resources may be permitted, such as mining, special species timber harvesting or hunting. There are 438 conservation areas covering a terrestrial area of about . Mostly IUCN protected area categories IV, V or VI.

IUCN Ia or Ib

Picton River Unnamed (Sun Ridge)

IUCN II

Boyd Drys Bluff Liffey Meander Unnamed (Gillam Creek Road) Unnamed (Gunns Plains) Unnamed (Mayberry CA)

IUCN III

Big Tree Emu River Fossil Cove Gunns Plains Meetus Falls Roger River Road Styx Tall Trees Unnamed (Sassafras Creek)

IUCN IV

Alma Tier Arve Loop Big Sassy Creek Bligh Point Bluff River Boggy Creek Boot Bay Brother and Sister Brown Mountain Brushy Rivulet Buxton River Christmas Hills Cleveland Lagoon Coal Point Coxs Hill Deep Lagoons Den Hill Denison Ridge Dismal Range Duck River East Eastern Tiers Exe Rivulet Fisher Tier Flowerdale River Franklin Rivulet Gentle Annie Jackeys Creek Kenmere Creek Lake Binney Lake Mikany Lanes Tier Long Hill Lost Falls MacLaines Creek Marion Beach Mersey River Midday Hill Middle Arm Millers Bluff Montagu Island Mount Bruny Mount Dromedary Mount Hicks Road Mount Mangana Mount Midway Mount Morrison Mount Ponsonby Mount Thunderbolt Narrawa Road North Styx Ouse River Pelican Island Plains Creek Quamby Bluff Rebecca Creek Red Reef Reedy Marsh Remarkable Rock Rimons Hill River Hill Royal George Sand River Sandspit River Shannon River Shingle Hill Sisters Island Snake Bay Snaky Creek Table Mountain Shore Tanina Bluff Tarraleah Tippogoree Hills Tooms Lake Tungatinah Virginstow Warrawee Wayatinah Wentworth Creek Whalers Lookout Wild Bee Wyre Forest Creek Yellow Bluff Creek Unnamed (Badger Head Road) Unnamed (Clerkes Hill)

IUCN V

Alpha Pinnacle Anderson Islands Apex Point Arthur River Badger Spur Battery Island Bellettes Bay Big Bay Black River Black River Bridge Black River South Blyth Point Boxen Island Bridgenorth Bull Rock Bun Beetons Point Burnett Point Calder River Calverts Lagoon Cam River Cam River South Cape de la Sortie Cape Portland Carr Villa Cataraqui Point Champion Park Chasm Creek Cheeseberry Hill Chronicle Point City of Melbourne Bay Clarence River Clifton Beach Cone Islet Craggy Island Crooked Billet Bay Doctors Rocks Don Heads Doughboy Island Duck River Eaglehawk Bay-Flinders Bay East Cam River East Moncoeur Island Edgcumbe Beach Egg Beach Eldorado Elizabeth River Esperance Point Esperance River Fannys Bay Fingal Rivulet Five Mile Pinnacles Fletchers Hill West Forth Falls Creek Forwards Beach Fotheringate Bay Four Mile Creek Good Marsh Granite Point Great Lake Great Musselroe River Greens Beach Griggs Creek Harbour Islets Harcus Island Harry Walker Tier Hastings Bay Henderson Islets Holts Point Hunter Island Jones Rivulet Kangaroo Island Lackrana Lake Dulverton Lake River Lighthouse Point Little Island Little Pine Lagoon Little Swanport Little Trefoil Long Bay Long Reach Macquarie River Marriott Reef Marshall Beach McDonalds Point Middle Island Montagu Beach Morass Bay Mount Wedge Murkay Islets Nares Rocks Neds Reef Ninth Island Norfolk Bay North George River North Passage Point North West Bay North West Head North-East Park Ocean Beach Outer North Head Pasco Group Peter Murrell Plenty River Point Bailly Point du Ressac Port Cygnet Port Sorell Prosser River Punchbowl Ralphs Bay Ram Island Red Hut Point River Tyne Rocky Point Roydon Island Running Ground Ridge Salem Bay Sassafras Gully Seacrow Islet Seagull Islet