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Tasmania, abbreviated as Tas, and also known colloquially as 'Tassie' is an island state, part of the Commonwealth of Australia.  It is located 240 kms (150 miles) to the south of the Australian continent, separated by Bass Strait.  The State of Tasmania includes the island of Tasmania, the 26th largest in the world, and the surrounding 334 islands. The State has a population of about 508,000 people.  The state capital and largest city is Hobart.


Almost 37 % of Tasmania lies in reserves, national parks and World Heritage Sites.


Tasmania has a total of 19 National Parks.

Tasmania Fauna emblem

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Tasmanian Devil

Tasmania flora emblem

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Tasmanian Blue Gum

Tasmania State flag

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Tasmania Coat of Arms.

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Parks & Wildlife Service Tasmania.

Reserves are declared under the Nature Conservation Act 2002.  This sets out the the values and purposes of each reserve class and is managed under the National Parks and Reserves Management Act 2002.  Together these two Acts replace the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970.

In total, the Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service manages 823 terrestrial reserves covering  about 2.9 million hectares, or over 42 % of the area of the State of Tasmania.

The Tasmanian Reserve Estate includes a further 135,400 hectares in Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), of which Macquarie Island MPA is 74,700 hectares.  There are a further 53,700 hectares under reserve in other areas of the marine and estuarine environments. 

The Parks and Wildlife Service also assists in the protection of private land that is declared as Private Nature Reserves, Private Sanctuaries and Areas Covenanted for Conservation.

The total, the Tasmanian Reserve Estate as at at 30th June 2014 indicates a total terrestrial reserved area of 3,414,000 hectares, or 50.1% of the area of Tasmania, including both PWS and Forestry Tasmania-managed reserved land, formal and informal reserves on public land, reserves on private land, and Wellington Park.

The total reserved area, including Marine Protected Areas, is 3,603,200 hectares.

More info can be found at the Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service website
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Types of Parks in Tasmania.

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  • National Park
    • "A large natural area of land containing a representative or outstanding sample of major natural regions, features of scenery."
  • State Reserve
  • "An area of land containing any of the following:  significant natural landscapes; natural features; sites, objects or places of significance to Aboriginal people."
  • Nature Reserve
    • "An area of land that contains natural values that contribute to the natural biological diversity or geological diversity of the area of land, or both, and are unique, important or have representative value."
  • Game Reserve
    • "An area of land containing natural values that are unique, important or have repsentative value particularly with respect to game species".
  • Conservation Area
    • "An area of land predominantly in a natural state."
  • Nature Recreation Area
    • "An area of land predominantly in a natural state; or containing sensitve natural sites of significance for recreation."
  • Regional Reserve
    • "An area of land with high mineral potential or prospectivity, and predominantly in a natural state."
  • Historic Site
    • ​"An area of land of significance for historic cultural heritage".
  • Private Nature Reserve
    • ​"An area of land that contains natural values that (a) contirbute to the natural biological diversity or geological diversity of the area of land, or both, and (b) are unique, important or have representative value". 
  • Private Sanctuary
    • ​​"An area of land that has significant natural or cultural values, or both". 
  • Marine Reserve
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Nature Conservation Act 2002.


​CAPAD data (as of 2016)

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).

The 2016 CAPAD data shows that Tasmania has a total of 1,542 parks consisting of the folllowing:-
  • Conservation Area     390
  • Conservation Covenant     723
  • Conservation Reserve     6
  • Game Reserve     11
  • Historic Site     30
  • Indigenous Protected Area     8
  • National Park     18
  • Nature Recreation Area     25
  • Nature Reserve     72
  • NRS Addition - Gazettal in Progress     6
  • Other Conservation Area     1
  • Private Nature Reserve     15
  • Private Sanctuary     24
  • Regional Reserve     148
  • ​State Reserve     65
More information can be found at.....

https://www.environment.gov.au/land/nrs/science/capad
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What parks in Tasmania qualify for WWFF?

​Total of 142 parks.

All 19 gazetted Tasmanian National Parks qualify for the WWFF program, along with 31 Conservation Areas, 8 Nature Recreation Areas, 3 Nature Reserve, 6 Regional Reserves, 1 Private Sanctuary, and 65 State Reserves.
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Extra information

  • Narawntapu National Park was formerly known as Asbestos Range National Park.

WWFF history in VK7

24th April 2019:

  1. Calverts Lagoon Conservation Area VKFF-2897
  2. Coles Bay Conservation Area  VKFF-2898
  3. Cressy Beach Conservation Area VKFF-2899
  4. Denison Ridge Conservation Area VKFF-2900
  5. Denison Rivulet Conservation Area VKFF-2901
  6. Doctors Rocks Conservation Area VKFF-2902
  7. Don Heads Conservation Area VKFF-2903
  8. Four Mile Creek Conservation Area VKFF-2904
  9. Great Western Tiers Conservation Area VKFF-2905
  10. Greens Beach Conservation Area VKFF-2906
  11. Lake Dulverton Conservation Area VKFF-2907
  12. Lost Falls Conservation Area VKFF-2908
  13. Low Head Conservation Area VKFF-2909
  14. Meetus Falls Conservation Area VKFF-2910
  15. Morass Bay Conservation Area VKFF-2911
  16. Mount Rumney Conservation Area VKFF-2912
  17. Peggs Beach Conservation Area VKFF-2913
  18. Port Sorell Conservation Area VKFF-2914
  19. Shag Lagoon Conservation Area VKFF-2915
  20. Shingle Hill Conservation Area VKFF-2916
  21. Slaves Bay Conservation Area VKFF-2917
  22. Spiky Beach Conservation Area VKFF-2918
  23. Stanley Conservation Area VKFF-2919
  24. Surveyors Bay Conservation Area VKFF-2920
  25. Tatlows Beach Conservation Area VKFF-2921
  26. Tea-Tree Conservation Area VKFF-2922
  27. The Dutchman Conservation Area VKFF-2923
  28. Fern Glade Conservation Area VKFF-2924
  29. Vale of Belvoir Conservation Area VKFF-2925
  30. Whalers Lookout Conservation Area VKFF-2926 
  31. Gellibrand Point Nature Recreation Area VKFF-2927
  32. Rosny Hill Nature Recreation Area  VKFF-2928
  33. South Arm Nature Recreation Area VKFF-2929
  34. Cape Deslacs Nature Reserve VKFF-2930
  35. Native Point Nature Reserve VKFF-2931
  36. Wellington Point Conservation Area VKFF-2932
  37. Henry Somerset Private Sanctuary VKF-2933
  38. Dip Falls Regional Reserve  VKFF-2934
  39. German Town Regional Reserve VKFF-2935
  40. Leven Canyon Regional Reserve VKFF-2936
  41. Milkshake Hills Regional Reserve VKFF-2937
  42. Mount Roland Regional Reserve VKFF-2938
  43. Promised Land Regional Reserve VKFF-2939
11th July 2017:

The following State Reserves were added to the WWFF Directory:
  1. Alum Cliffs VKFF-1790
  2. Bradys Lookout VKFF-1791
  3. Calm Bay VKFF-1792
  4. Dart Island VKFF-1793
  5. Derwent Cliffs VKFF-1794
  6. Devils Gullet VKFF-1795
  7. Disappointment Bay VKFF-1796
  8. Eaglehawk Bay VKFF-1797
  9. East Risdon VKFF-1798
  10. Echo Sugarloaf VKFF-1789
  11. Eugenana VKFF-1800
  12. Fairy Glade VKFF-1801
  13. Ferndene VKFF-1802
  14. Forest Vale VKFF-1803
  15. Forth Falls VKFF-1804
  16. Henty Glacial Erratics VKFF-1805
  17. Holwell Gorge VKFF-1806
  18. Ida Bay VKFF-1807
  19. Iron Pot VKFF-1808
  20. Junee Cave VKFF-1809
  21. Kimberley Springs VKFF-1810
  22. Little Beach VKFF-1811
  23. Little Peggs Beach VKFF-1812
  24. Logan Lagoon VKFF-1813
  25. Lookout Rock VKFF-1814
  26. Marriotts Falls VKFF-1815
  27. Mersey Bluff VKFF-1816
  28. Mount Arthur VKFF-1817
  29. Mount Barrow VKFF-1818
  30. Mount Barrow Falls VKFF-1819
  31. Mount Montgomery VKFF-1820
  32. Mount Pearson VKFF-1821
  33. Pieman River VKFF-1822
  34. Quarantine Station VKFF-1823
  35. Roger River VKFF-1824
  36. Safety Cove VKFF-1825
  37. St Patricks Head VKFF-1826
  38. Stewarts Bay VKFF-1827
  39. Sundown Point VKFF-1828
  40. Table Cape VKFF-1829
  41. Tessellated Pavement VKFF-1830
  42. The Nut VKFF-1831
  43. The Steppes VKFF-1832
  44. Three Hummock Island VKFF-1833
  45. Three Thumbs VKFF-1834
  46. Trial Harbour VKFF-1835
  47. Trowutta Caves VKFF-1836
  48. Waterfall Creek VKFF-1837
  49. Welcome River VKFF-1838
  50. Weldborough Pass VKFF-1839
  51. West Point VKFF-1840
  52. Wye River VKFF-1841
  53. Yellow Creek VKFF-1842

KML file showing the location of the VK7 parks

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KMZ file showing the boundaries

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Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service can be found on Facebook at......

https://www.facebook.com/Tasmania-Parks-and-Wildlife-Service-147512044296/

Map showing Tasmania's National Parks.

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Map of the location of the various land tenures managed
by the Parks and Wildlife Service.

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courtesy of www.parks.tas.gov.au

Tasmania Reserve listing.

Details of Tasmanian reserves within each reserve classification, including their size, IUCN category and earliest date of reservation.
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Some videos of Tasmanian National Parks.

Info courtesy of:-
1.  Parks & Wildlife Service Tasmania
2.  Wikipedia, www.wikipedia.org