Geography & Environmental Studies Resource Guide
National Parks/Wilderness--Some Key Documents
Atlas of South Australian national parks and wildlife reserve boundaries (3 volumes, 2nd edition, 1995) [print]
[Provides a spatial & textual catalogue of all land dedicated under the National Parks & Wildlife Act, 1972, & the Wilderness Protection Act, 1992] Australia's bioregions (IBRA)
[IBRA is the National Reserve System's planning framework, the
fundamental tool for identifying reservation targets and setting
priorities to meet them]
Australian guidelines for establishing the national reserve system (1999) [web access]
[The Australian Guidelines for Establishing the National Reserve System have been prepared to assist in the development of the National Reserve System (NRS), and to assist stakeholders in the understanding of this process]
Centenary field guide of major parks and reserves of South Australia (1991) [print]
[Guide to S.A. national parks]
Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD) [web access]
[CAPAD is being developed for all terrestrial and marine protected areas. The data set is compiled from data supplied by the relevant Commonwealth, State and Territory land/sea conservation and resource management agencies]
Conserving Australia : Australia’s national parks, conservation reserves and marine protected areas (2007) [web access]
[Report of an inquiry by the a Senate Standing Committee into the funding and resourcing of Australia's national parks, other conservation reserves and marine protected areas]
Directions for the National Reserve System : a partnership approach (2005) [web access]
[Represents the collective efforts of the States, Territories, the Australian Government, and non-government organisations to achieve an Australian system of protected areas. Also available in print format]
Evaluating effectiveness: a framework for assessing management of protected areas (2000) [web access]
[Report produced by the World Commission on Protected Areas of the IUCN]
National Reserve System Programme [web access]
[The National Reserve System Programme is designed to help build a comprehensive national park and nature reserve system across the entire Australian land mass]
National Reserve System Programme: 2006 evaluation [web access]
[An independent evaluation of the National Reserve System Programme Also available in print format]
National wilderness inventory Australia: procedures, content and useage [web access]
[Handbook for the National Wilderness Inventory]
Parks & Reserves management plans [web access]
[Full text management plans for individual South Australian parks and reserves]
National Parks/Wilderness--Key Organisations
Australian Heritage Council (principal adviser to the Australian Government on heritage matters)
Commonwealth Parks & Reserves
NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service
Northern Territory Government NRETAS: Parks
Parks Victoria
Queensland Government Parks and Forests
South Australia Dept for Environment & Heritage: Parks and Reserves
Tasmania Parks & Wildlife Service
National Parks/Wilderness--Library Catalogue & Databases
Use the library catalogue to search for books. The following searches may be useful starting points:
National parks and reserves Australia
National parks and reserves South Australia
South Australian national parks
South Australian recreation parks
South Australian reserves
Wilderness areas Australia
Wilderness areas South Australia
Use databases to find journal articles. Choose an appropriate database from the Geography/Environmental Studies databases list (see especially the databases for Australian topics)
Last update: 24 aug 2010 Helen Attar
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