Ngaanyatjarra Lands Indigenous Protected Area - fact sheet
Australian Government Department of the Environment and Water Resources, February 2007
© Commonwealth of Australia
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The Ngaanyatjarra Lands cover a total area of 250,000 square kilometres - of which 98,000 square kilometres forms the IPA. Close to the size of Tasmania, the IPA encompasses the entire West Australian section of the Central Ranges Bioregion, which until declaration was unprotected by any other reserve system. The IPA also covers parts of the Gibson, Great Victoria and Great Sandy deserts.
IPA funding helps to monitor threatened species, and manage the weeds and feral animals which are taking over their habitats. Warru numbers are increasing as a result of fox-baiting work by Warburton community members in cooperation with the South Australian Department of Environment and Conservation.
The declaration of the Ngaanyatjarra Lands IPA in August 2002 was made under World Conservation Union (IUCN) Category VI - Managed Resource Protected Area: Protected Area managed mainly for the sustainable use of natural ecosystems. Several smaller zones within the IPA are managed under Category III - Natural Monument: Protected Area managed for the conservation of specific natural features and Category IV - Habitat/ Species Management Area: Protected Area managed mainly for conservation through management intervention.
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