World Wide Flora & Fauna - Australia
  • WELCOME
  • ABOUT AUSTRALIA's PARKS, FLORA AND FAUNA
  • VKFF TEAM
    • Treasurer and bank account
    • Donations
    • Former VKFF Team members
  • WHY GET INVOVLED?
  • VKFF RULES
  • HOW TO GET STARTED IN VKFF/WWFF
  • ALL ABOUT WWFF LOGSEARCH
  • HOW TO REGISTER WITH LOGSEARCH
  • ACTIVATOR LOGS - EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
  • ACTIVATOR SAFETY
  • PARK ACCESS
  • SPOTTING AND ALERTING
  • QUALIFYING AUSTRALIAN PARKS
    • AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY (VK1) >
      • VK1 QUALIFYING PARKS
    • New South Wales (VK2) >
      • VK2 QUALIFYING PARKS
    • Victoria (VK3) >
      • VK3 Qualifying parks
    • Queensland (VK4) >
      • Qualifying VK4 Parks
    • South Australia (VK5) >
      • VK5 qualifying parks
    • WESTERN AUSTRALIA (VK6) >
      • VK6 QUALIFYING PARKS
    • Tasmania (VK7) >
      • VK7 Qualifying Parks
    • Northern Territory (VK8) >
      • Qualifying VK8 parks
    • Other Australian areas (VK9 & VK0)
  • LATEST WWFF DIRECTORY
  • VKFF AWARDS
    • VKFF Hunter & Activator Honour Roll
  • HOW TO APPLY FOR AWARDS
  • UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENT DAYS/AWARDS
    • VKFF 10 year anniversary
    • 2023 WORLD WETLANDS DAY
    • 2023 NATIONAL TREE DAY
    • 2023 WORLD RANGER DAY
    • 2023 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FORESTS
    • 2023 WORLD WILDLIFE DAY
  • PREVIOUS SPECIAL EVENT AWARDS
    • VKFF 10 Year anniversary
    • WWFF 10th year anniversary
    • 2022 - National Bird Week
    • 2022 National Wattle Day
    • 2022 National Tree Day
    • 2021 World Amateur Radio Day
    • 2021 VKFF Ladies Award
    • 2020 Greater Blue Mountains Area
    • 2020 National Bird Week
    • 2020 National Tree Day
    • 2019 Barrington Tops National Park
    • 2019 National Bird Week
    • 2019 National Wattle Day
    • 2019 National Parks & Wildlife Service VK5
    • 2019 World Ranger Day
    • 2019 Gondwana Parks Award
    • 2018 National Bird Week
    • 2017 NSW NPWS 50 year celebrations
  • VKFF AWARD RECIPIENTS
    • VKFF Activator recipients
    • VKFF Activator Honour Roll
    • VKFF Hunter - Australian recipients
    • VKFF Hunter - Overseas recipients
    • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll - Australian recipients
    • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll - Overseas recipients
    • Boomerang Activator recipients
    • Boomerang Hunter recipients
    • Murray River Parks Hunter certificate recipients
    • Murray River Parks Activator certificate recipients
    • Activator Certificate of Excellence
    • VKFF DX Hunter
    • Australian OCCFF recipients
    • Overseas OCCFF recipients
    • VKFF Worked All Australia
  • TOP VKFF ACTIVATOR
  • TOP VKFF HUNTER
  • TOP VKFF FOUNDATION ACTIVATOR
  • TOP VKFF FOUNDATION HUNTER
  • TOP VKFF TEAM/CLUB
  • TOP WWFF ACTIVATOR
  • VKFF ACTIVATION WEEKEND
    • 2022
    • 2021
    • 2020
    • 2019
    • 2018
    • 2017
    • 2016
    • 2015
  • VKFF TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
    • 2023
    • 2022
    • 2021
    • 2020 results
    • 2019 results
    • 2018 results
    • 2017 results
    • 2016 Results
  • VKFF ANNUAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
    • 2018
    • 2017
    • 2016
  • STATE/TERRITORY PARK EVENTS
    • VK2 NEW SOUTH WALES
    • VK6 WESTERN AUSTRALIA
  • FACEBOOK, YOU TUBE AND GROUPS.IO
  • WWFF MAPPING
  • HISTORY OF THE VKFF PROGRAM
  • ANNUAL VKFF NATIONAL GET TOGETHER
  • ACTIVATION VIDEOS
    • VK2 New South Wales
    • VK3 Victoria
    • VK5 South Australia
    • VK6 Western Australia
  • DX CODE OF CONDUCT
  • SILENT KEYS
    • VK3LT Vicki
    • VK5LY Larry
  • PRESENTATION VIDEOS
  • PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL
  • GOVT DEPT LIAISON
  • UPCOMING EVENTS & CALENDAR
  • LATEST NEWS
  • WWFF & VKFF LOGOS
  • FAQs
  • QUESTIONS
  • LEAVE A COMMENT
  • WELCOME
  • ABOUT AUSTRALIA's PARKS, FLORA AND FAUNA
  • VKFF TEAM
    • Treasurer and bank account
    • Donations
    • Former VKFF Team members
  • WHY GET INVOVLED?
  • VKFF RULES
  • HOW TO GET STARTED IN VKFF/WWFF
  • ALL ABOUT WWFF LOGSEARCH
  • HOW TO REGISTER WITH LOGSEARCH
  • ACTIVATOR LOGS - EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
  • ACTIVATOR SAFETY
  • PARK ACCESS
  • SPOTTING AND ALERTING
  • QUALIFYING AUSTRALIAN PARKS
    • AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY (VK1) >
      • VK1 QUALIFYING PARKS
    • New South Wales (VK2) >
      • VK2 QUALIFYING PARKS
    • Victoria (VK3) >
      • VK3 Qualifying parks
    • Queensland (VK4) >
      • Qualifying VK4 Parks
    • South Australia (VK5) >
      • VK5 qualifying parks
    • WESTERN AUSTRALIA (VK6) >
      • VK6 QUALIFYING PARKS
    • Tasmania (VK7) >
      • VK7 Qualifying Parks
    • Northern Territory (VK8) >
      • Qualifying VK8 parks
    • Other Australian areas (VK9 & VK0)
  • LATEST WWFF DIRECTORY
  • VKFF AWARDS
    • VKFF Hunter & Activator Honour Roll
  • HOW TO APPLY FOR AWARDS
  • UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENT DAYS/AWARDS
    • VKFF 10 year anniversary
    • 2023 WORLD WETLANDS DAY
    • 2023 NATIONAL TREE DAY
    • 2023 WORLD RANGER DAY
    • 2023 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FORESTS
    • 2023 WORLD WILDLIFE DAY
  • PREVIOUS SPECIAL EVENT AWARDS
    • VKFF 10 Year anniversary
    • WWFF 10th year anniversary
    • 2022 - National Bird Week
    • 2022 National Wattle Day
    • 2022 National Tree Day
    • 2021 World Amateur Radio Day
    • 2021 VKFF Ladies Award
    • 2020 Greater Blue Mountains Area
    • 2020 National Bird Week
    • 2020 National Tree Day
    • 2019 Barrington Tops National Park
    • 2019 National Bird Week
    • 2019 National Wattle Day
    • 2019 National Parks & Wildlife Service VK5
    • 2019 World Ranger Day
    • 2019 Gondwana Parks Award
    • 2018 National Bird Week
    • 2017 NSW NPWS 50 year celebrations
  • VKFF AWARD RECIPIENTS
    • VKFF Activator recipients
    • VKFF Activator Honour Roll
    • VKFF Hunter - Australian recipients
    • VKFF Hunter - Overseas recipients
    • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll - Australian recipients
    • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll - Overseas recipients
    • Boomerang Activator recipients
    • Boomerang Hunter recipients
    • Murray River Parks Hunter certificate recipients
    • Murray River Parks Activator certificate recipients
    • Activator Certificate of Excellence
    • VKFF DX Hunter
    • Australian OCCFF recipients
    • Overseas OCCFF recipients
    • VKFF Worked All Australia
  • TOP VKFF ACTIVATOR
  • TOP VKFF HUNTER
  • TOP VKFF FOUNDATION ACTIVATOR
  • TOP VKFF FOUNDATION HUNTER
  • TOP VKFF TEAM/CLUB
  • TOP WWFF ACTIVATOR
  • VKFF ACTIVATION WEEKEND
    • 2022
    • 2021
    • 2020
    • 2019
    • 2018
    • 2017
    • 2016
    • 2015
  • VKFF TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
    • 2023
    • 2022
    • 2021
    • 2020 results
    • 2019 results
    • 2018 results
    • 2017 results
    • 2016 Results
  • VKFF ANNUAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
    • 2018
    • 2017
    • 2016
  • STATE/TERRITORY PARK EVENTS
    • VK2 NEW SOUTH WALES
    • VK6 WESTERN AUSTRALIA
  • FACEBOOK, YOU TUBE AND GROUPS.IO
  • WWFF MAPPING
  • HISTORY OF THE VKFF PROGRAM
  • ANNUAL VKFF NATIONAL GET TOGETHER
  • ACTIVATION VIDEOS
    • VK2 New South Wales
    • VK3 Victoria
    • VK5 South Australia
    • VK6 Western Australia
  • DX CODE OF CONDUCT
  • SILENT KEYS
    • VK3LT Vicki
    • VK5LY Larry
  • PRESENTATION VIDEOS
  • PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL
  • GOVT DEPT LIAISON
  • UPCOMING EVENTS & CALENDAR
  • LATEST NEWS
  • WWFF & VKFF LOGOS
  • FAQs
  • QUESTIONS
  • LEAVE A COMMENT
World Wide Flora & Fauna - Australia
QUALIFYING AUSTRALIAN PARKS
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'World Wide Flora & Fauna in amateur radio' (WWFF) was born out of the old 'World Flora & Fauna' (WFF) program which is now defunct.  

The original WFF list was created in 2008.  It is not entirely clear how the original list of Australian (VKFF) Parks was prepared.  No response has been received from the founders of the old WFF program.  The WFF list was adopted by WWFF.  The original list of Australian parks were predominantly National Parks, with a few exceptions, e.g. Recreation Park, Marine Park.

In January 2014, over 100 Australian National Parks were added to the WWFF Directory and were allocated VKFF reference numbers.  These parks were omitted from the 'original' list when it was created in 2008.  These parks had been established & gazetted prior to 2008, but for whatever reason had been left off the VKFF Australian list. 
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Since that time the VKFF program has been expanded in various parts of Australia including Victoria, the ACT, Tasmania, South Australia, under the 'old' percentage activation rule.

Qualifying parks in Australia include National Parks, Conservation Parks, Marine Parks, Conservation Reserves, Nature Reserves, Wilderness Areas, State Parks, Coastal Parks, & Conservation Areas.

The current WWFF rules allow the adding of WWFF reference areas and the expansion of National programs.  In Australia, up to 500 new reference areas can be added each calendar year.

Proposed areas need to fall within the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Protected Areas Categories System found in the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA).  The database can be found at.......

www.protectedplanet.net/ 
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NUMBER OF PARKS PER STATE / TERRITORY.
Current as of 9th April 2020.
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ADDING NEW PARKS.
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Rule 15.1 in the VKFF rules (Version 0.6) dated 5th July 2017 states:

"The VKFF program can be expanded and new VKFF reference areas added".


It further states:

"Proposals for new VKFF reference areas should first be referred to the relevant National co-ordinator".
Proposals for new VKFF references shall be referred to the VKFF National co-ordinator, Paul VK5PAS.

vk5pas@wia.org.au
THE IUCN CATEGORY SYSTEM.
Rule 15.3 of the VKFF rules states:

"when giving consideration to adding new WWFF reference areas, please ensure that the proposed area falls within the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Protected Areas Categories System found in the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA)".

The database can be found at Protected Planet.

Protected Planet is the most up to date and complete source of information on protected areas, updated monthly with submissions from governments, non-governmental organizations, landowners and communities. It is managed by the United Nations Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) with support from IUCN and its World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA).
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The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources is an international organisation working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.   It was founded in October 1948.  The IUCN is involved in data gathering and analysis, research, field projects, advocacy, and education.
The IUCN categories are as follows:-
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  • Ia          Strict Nature Reserve
  • Ib          Wilderness Area
  • II           National Park
  • III          Natural Monument or Feature
  • IV          Habitat/Species Management Area
  • V           Protected Landscape/Seascape
  • VI          Protected area with sustainable use of natural reources
More information on the IUCN Category system can be found at......

https://www.iucn.org/theme/protected-areas/about/protected-area-categories
If the park does not have an IUCN category associated with it, it cannot be added to the VKFF program.
Parks in the program must have some conservation significance.  We don't want the local corner park with a playground included, and thus the use of the IUCN category system.
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CAPAD
To establish if a park qualifies for VKFF, the VKFF Team also use CAPAD as a reference source.
Every two years, the Australian Government collects information on protected areas from state and territory Governments and other protected area managers. This information is published in the Collaborative Australian Protected Area Database (CAPAD).

HOW MANY NEW AUSTRALIAN PARKS CAN BE ADDED EACH YEAR?
Rule 15.4 states:

"Per calendar year (1st January - 31st December) the VKFF National co-ordinator can add up to a maximum of 500 new refererences".
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WHEN DO NEW PARKS BECOME VALID?
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New references will be valid from the date of approval by the WWFF References Managers.  

Logs for references prior to the validation date are not valid for VKFF and will not be uploaded into Logsearch.


References.

​1.  Australian Government, 2022, <www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/land/nrs/science/capad>
2.  Wikipedia, 2022, <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Union_for_Conservation_of_Nature>
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