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The Protected areas of New South Wales include both terrestrial and marine protected areas. As of June 2020 [update] there are 225 national parks in New South Wales . [ 1 ] A number established since the late 1970s followed campaigns by local residents and environmentalists.
This list of endangered ecological communities in New South Wales (or EECs in NSW) has been compiled from the indices of final determinations (made by the NSW Scientific Committee, under the TSC Act and Biodiversity Acts), and available at the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage's website.
Both systems also have a prioritization system for establishing preserves; the WWF designated its Global 200 ecoregions as priorities for conservation, and the Department of Environment and Heritage ranks its bioregions high, medium, or low priority, based on "the potential value land reservation in those regions would add to the development of ...
The biodiversity map was created using data from the NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service mapping of "Vegetation of the Cumberland Plain". This map identifies Cumberland Plain Woodland, particularly shale plains woodland, as being located within the Lower Prospect Canal Reserve.
The Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 (TSC Act) was enacted by the Parliament of New South Wales in 1995 to protect threatened species, populations and ecological communities in NSW. [1] [2] In 2016 it was replaced by the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016.
The swamps were first listed as endangered ecological communities in 2004, under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 (NSW). The swamp communities are usually found at altitudes ranging between 500 and 1,000 metres (1,600 and 3,300 ft) above sea level.
The Paroo River Overflow section of the park is located in the far west of New South Wales, Australia, 30 kilometres east of White Cliffs and 80 kilometres north of Wilcannia The park comprises the former pastoral properties of Peery, Mandalay and Arrowbar and covers an area of approximately 96000 hectares (237000 acres). [ 5 ]
The Littoral Rainforests of New South Wales is a group of fragmented and endangered ecological communities found by the coast in eastern Australia. [1] Much of this seaside form has been destroyed by mining, tourist development or housing. It is threatened by extinction in the near future. [2] 90% of the 433 sites are less than ten hectares in ...