Wattleridge Indigenous Protected Area - fact sheet
Australian Government Department of the Environment and Water Resources, February 2007
© Commonwealth of Australia
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Situated about 35 kilometres north-east of the New England township of Guyra, Wattleridge Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) covers 480 hectares (almost five square kilometres) of botanically diverse bushland growing on outcropping granite country. Bounded by the Sara River flowing to the north, the land's rocky ridges and rolling landscape are separated by forested valley flats, picturesque creeks and tumbling waterfalls.
The Banbai community hopes to make the Wattleridge property self-sufficient. Through the Indigenous Protected Area, small business enterprises are being developed to help provide employment and extra funds for environmental management. The construction of walking tracks, viewing platforms and interpretative signage is building ecotourism. The community is also developing a native plant propagation business, with work underway on replanting the land, training people in horticulture and setting up seed banks.
Several sites of cultural significance, including an ancient rock art site, scarred trees and axegrinding grooves on granite boulders, are also being protected by IPA activities.
The declaration of Wattleridge IPA in June 2001 was made under World Conservation Union (IUCN) Category VI - Managed Resource Protected Area: Protected Area managed mainly for the sustainable use of natural ecosystems.
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