List of Indigenous Protected Areas of Western Australia explained

See main article: List of protected areas of Western Australia. 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, 50915811hectare 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.^{[1] [2]}

Indigenous Protected Areas list

Name	IUCN	Gazetted area(hectare)	Declared	Coordinates	IBRA
	VI	9,750,511	22 December 2021		GVD, NUL
	VI	1,090,905	7 August 2013		CEK, NOK, VIB
	IV	43,045	23 May 2013		DAL
	VI	83,939	23 May 2013		DAL, NOK
	III	557,199	23 April 2013		GAS, GID, LSD
	VI	6,110,154	23 April 2013		GAS, GID, LSD
	VI	617,211	13 June 2013		NOK
	II	44,021	7 May 2014		DAL
	VI	2,436,545	7 May 2014		DAL, GSD
	VI	4,267,664	1 September 2014		GID, GSD
	III	7,954	30 June 2015		GAS
	IV	1,100	30 June 2015		GAS, MUR
	V	587,588	30 June 2015		GAS, MUR
	VI	9,973,606	10 October 2002		CER, GVD, GID, GSD
	VI	4,399,301	11 September 2020		COO, MAL, NUL
	VI	2,962,988	3 September 2020		GSD, TAN
	III	609	14 October 2006		YAL
	VI	46,226	14 October 2006		AVW, YAL
	VI	2,826,369	23 April 2015		DAL, GSD, PIL
	II	54,403	13 September 2002		TAN
	VI	374,158	13 September 2002		GSD, TAN
	VI	759,814	20 December 2010		NOK
	VI	1,616,606	9 November 2007		GSD
	V	1,675,896	12 June 2013		CEK, DAL, NOK, VIB
	VI	763,015	12 June 2013		CEK, NOK
	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

External links

• Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD): protected area data
• Australian Protected Areas Dashboard

Notes and References

1. Web site: Terrestrial CAPAD 2022 WA summary . . www.dcceew.gov.au/ . . 11 September 2023.
2. Web site: Australian Protected Areas Dashboard . . www.dcceew.gov.au/ . . 11 September 2023.