QUALIFYING AUSTRALIAN PARKS
HOW MANY QUALIFYING VKFF PARKS ARE IN AUSTRALIA?
There are currently a total of 6,424 parks in Australia that qualify for the World Wide Flora Fauna (WWFF) program.
WHAT PARKS QUALIFY FOR THE WWFF PROGRAM?
For a park to be added to the WWFF program, it must 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/
www.protectedplanet.net/
Parks that have an IUCN category are deemed to have conservation significance.
If the park does not have an IUCN category associated with it, it cannot be added to the WWFF program.
WHAT DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR WWFF?
The WWFF program does not include the following:
State Forests are not included as they are not deemed to be protected areas by government agencies, and as such, they are not allocated an IUCN category. State Forests are primarily managed for timber production and resource extraction rather than strict ecological conservation.
- State Forests
- beaches
- water management areas
State Forests are not included as they are not deemed to be protected areas by government agencies, and as such, they are not allocated an IUCN category. State Forests are primarily managed for timber production and resource extraction rather than strict ecological conservation.
Parks in the program must have some conservation significance. The WWFF program does not want the local corner park with a playground included, and thus, the use of the IUCN category system.
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).
"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).
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:-
- 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
https://www.iucn.org/theme/protected-areas/about/protected-area-categories
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).
WHERE DO YOU FIND A LIST OF QUALIFYING PARKS?
The very latest WWFF Directory, containing all of the valid WWFF areas throughout the world can be downloaded from the global WWFF website.
All qualifying VKFF parks are located in the WWFF Directory. You can also find a list of qualifying parks for each VK State/Territory on each of the State/Territory pages on this website.
Australian Capital Territory (VK1)
New South Wales (VK2)
Victoria (VK3)
Queensland (VK4)
South Australia (VK5)
Western Australia (VK6)
Tasmania (VK7)
Northern Territory (VK8)
Other Australian areas (VK0 & VK9)
ADDING NEW PARKS.
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If you find a park that is not included in the VKFF program, please send an email to the VKFF National Co-Ordinator:
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WHEN DO NEW PARKS BECOME VALID?
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.
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>
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>