Western Australia, as of 2022, has 18 Indigenous Protected Areas. At the time of the last two-yearly Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database report in 2022, of land in Western Australia was covered by Indigenous Protected Areas, which is 66.87 percent of all protected areas in the state and 20.15 percent of the state overall. Overall, just over 30 percent of Western Australia is covered by protected areas.
Indigenous Protected Areas list
NameIUCNGazetted area(hectare)DeclaredCoordinatesIBRA Anangu Tjutaku VI 9,750,511 22 December 2021 GVD, NUL Balanggarra VI 1,090,905 7 August 2013 CEK, NOK, VIB Bardi Jawi IV 43,045 23 May 2013 DAL VI 83,939 23 May 2013 DAL, NOK Birriliburu III 557,199 23 April 2013 GAS, GID, LSD VI 6,110,154 23 April 2013 GAS, GID, LSD Dambimangari VI 617,211 13 June 2013 NOK Karajarri II 44,021 7 May 2014 DAL VI 2,436,545 7 May 2014 DAL, GSD Kiwirrkurra VI 4,267,664 1 September 2014 GID, GSD Matuwa and Kurrara-Kurrara III 7,954 30 June 2015 GAS IV 1,100 30 June 2015 GAS, MUR V 587,588 30 June 2015 GAS, MUR Ngaanyatjarra VI 9,973,606 10 October 2002 CER, GVD, GID, GSD Ngadju VI 4,399,301 11 September 2020 COO, MAL, NUL Ngururrpa VI 2,962,988 3 September 2020 GSD, TAN Ninghan III 609 14 October 2006 YAL VI 46,226 14 October 2006 AVW, YAL Nyangumarta Warrarn VI 2,826,369 23 April 2015 DAL, GSD, PIL Paruku II 54,403 13 September 2002 TAN VI 374,158 13 September 2002 GSD, TAN Uunguu VI 759,814 20 December 2010 NOK Warlu Jilajaa Jumu VI 1,616,606 9 November 2007 GSD Wilinggin V 1,675,896 12 June 2013 CEK, DAL, NOK, VIB VI 763,015 12 June 2013 CEK, NOK Yawuru IV 22,478 30 January 2017 DAL VI 105,446 30 January 2017 DAL
Key for IBRA Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia:
AVW: Avon Wheatbelt CAR: Carnarvon xeric shrublands CEK: Central Kimberley COO: Coolgardie bioregion DAL: Dampierland ESP: Esperance Plains GAS: Gascoyne bioregion GES: Geraldton Sandplains GID: Gibson Desert GSD: Great Sandy Desert GVD: Great Victoria Desert HAM: Hampton bioregion ITI: Indian Tropical Islands
JAF: Jarrah Forest LSD: Little Sandy Desert MAL: Mallee bioregion MUR: Murchison (Western Australia) NOK: Northern Kimberley NUL: Nullarbor Plain OVP: Ord Victoria Plain PIL: Pilbara shrublands SWA: Swan Coastal Plain TAN: Tanami bioregion VIB: Victoria Bonaparte WAR: Warren bioregion YAL: Yalgoo bioregion
See also List of national parks of Western Australia List of conservation parks of Western Australia List of named nature reserves of Western Australia List of unnamed nature reserves of Western Australia
References
External links Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD): protected area data Australian Protected Areas Dashboard