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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 335,527 square kilometres (129,548 sq mi) 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 50,603 square kilometres (19,538 sq mi).

As of 2016, the protected areas within the Australian government jurisdiction included two national parks with a total area of 20,444 square kilometres (7,893 sq mi) and 15 Indigenous Protected Areas with a total area of 260,662 square kilometres (100,642 sq mi).

As of August 2016, there were three private protected areas declared under the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act with a total area of 1,405 square kilometres (542 sq mi) while in late 2016, another three private protected areas were listed under the National Reserve System with a total area of 1,405 square kilometres (542 sq mi) were listed by the Australian government.

Northern Territory government

Coastal Reserves

Conservation Areas

  • Adelaide River Foreshore
  • Daly River (Mt Nancar)
  • Douglas River / Daly River Esplanade
  • Harrison Dam
  • Melacca Swamp
  • Oolloo Crossing
  • Tree Point
  • Stray Creek

Conservation Covenants

  • Lake Woods
  • Newry Station Gouldian Finch
  • Longreach Waterhole

Conservation Reserves

Historical Reserves

Hunting Reserves

Management Agreement Areas

  • Buffalo Creek
  • Channel Island
  • Junction Reserve

Marine Parks

  • Garig Gunak Barlu
  • Limmen Bight

Marine Reserves

  • Arafura (proposed)
  • Arnhem (proposed)
  • Limmen (proposed)
  • Wessel (proposed)

National Parks

West MacDonnell National Park
From the Larapinta Trail in Tjoritja / West MacDonnell National Park

Nature Parks

Holmes Jungle Nature Park
Holmes Jungle Nature Park
  • 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

Australian government

Kakadu 2431
Kakadu National Park escarpment

Indigenous Protected Areas

The following Indigenous Protected Areas have been established in the Northern Territory:

  • Angas Downs
  • Anindilyakwa
  • Dhimurru
  • Djelk
  • Laynhapuy
  • Marri-Jabin (Thamurrurr)
  • Northern Tanami
  • Southern Tanami
  • Warddeken
  • Yanyuwa

National parks

Further information: National parks of the Northern Territory

The following national parks are managed by the Director of National Parks on the behalf of the Australian government and indigenous land owners:

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:

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