TYPES OF PARKS IN TASMANIA

• 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