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Conservation Management Zones of AustraliaNorth Australian Tropical Savanna

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Conservation Management Zones of Australia, North Australian Tropical Savanna

AcknowledgementsThis project and its associated products are the result of collaboration between the Department of the Environment’s Biodiversity Conservation Division and the Environmental Resources Information Network (ERIN). Invaluable input, advice and support were provided by staff and leading researchers from across the Department of Environment (DotE), Department of Agriculture (DoA), the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the academic community. We would particularly like to thank staff within the Wildlife, Heritage and Marine Division, Parks Australia and the Environment Assessment and Compliance Division of DotE; Nyree Stenekes and Robert Kancans (DoA), Sue McIntyre (CSIRO), Richard Hobbs (University of Western Australia), Michael Hutchinson (ANU); David Lindenmayer and Emma Burns (ANU); and Gilly Llewellyn, Martin Taylor and other staff from the World Wildlife Fund for their generosity and advice.

Special thanks to CSIRO researchers Kristen Williams and Simon Ferrier whose modelling of biodiversity patterns underpinned identification of the Conservation Management Zones of Australia.

Image CreditsFront Cover: Mornington Sanctuary in the Kimberley, North-Western Austraila – EcopixPage 4: Torrent Tree Frog (Litoria nannotis) – Alexander DudleyPage 10: Saltwater crocodile on a riverbank (Crocodylus porosus) – Djambalawa2: Yellow Waters in Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory – Nicole MiddletonPage 26: Barramundi Gorge in Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory – Ellenor Argyropoulos, Tourism AustraliaPage 28: Northern Quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus) – Eric VanderduysPage 29: Black-footed Wallaby (Petrogale lateralis) at Lake Argyle, East Kimberley – Tourism Western AustrailaPage 30: Greater Bilby (Macrotis lagotis) – Margarita Steinhardt/The Wildlife DiariesPage 34: Magpie Goose (Anseranas semipalmata) at Fogg Dam, Northern Territory – DjambalawaPage 36: Rock art at Mt Borradaile, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory – James Fisher, Tourism AustraliaPage 41: Dingo, the Kimberley – Georgina Steytler, www.wildandendangered.com.auPage 45: Gouldian Finch (Erythrura gouldiae) – Dave WattsPage 46: Eucalyptus woodlands with tussock grass, Keep River National Park, Northern Territory – Allan FoxPage 47: Tropical Eucalyptus forests and woodlands, the Kimberley, Western Australia – Nicole MiddletonPage 48: Eucalyptus woodlands with hummock grass, Purnululu National Park, Western Australia – Rod HartvigsenPage 49: Hummock grasslands – Thomas SchochPage 50: Melaleuca open forests and woodlands, Kakadu National Park – Parks AustraliaPage 51: Eucalyptus open forests with a grassy understorey, Kakadu National Park – Murray FaggPage 52: Dry rainforest or vine thickets (Monsoon vine thickets of the Dampier Peninsula), Western Australia – Department of the EnvironmentPage 53: Heathlands (Arnhem Plateau sandstone community), Northern Territory – Department of the EnvironmentBack Cover: Mornington Sanctuary in the Kimberley, North-Western Austraila – Ecopix

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Conservation Management Zones of Australia, North Australian Tropical Savanna

Contents

Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners and Country ��2

Introduction ��2

Zone at a glance ��3

Population characteristics ��6

Employment, volunteering and incomes ��9

Agriculture, Natural Resource Management practices and sources of NRM advice ��11

Land tenure, land use, Native Title and Local Government Areas �� 13

Zone vegetation characteristics�� 21

Ramsar and Nationally Important Wetlands�� 23

World and National Heritage �� 26

Major National Reserve System properties �� 27

EPBC Act (1999) threatened ecological communities �� 28

EPBC Act (1999) threatened species �� 29

EPBC Act (1999) migratory species �� 35

Threatened endemic species �� 37

Invasive species �� 43

Vegetation profiles and management recommendations �� 45

2 / Conservation Management Zones of Australia, North Australian Tropical Savanna

The Australian Government acknowledges Australia’s Traditional Owners and pays respect to Elders past and present of our nation’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities� We honour the deep spiritual, cultural and customary connections of Traditional Owners to the Australian landscape, including Australia’s waterways, land and sea country�

Introduction The 23 Conservation Management Zones of Australia are geographic areas, classified according to their ecological and threat characteristics. The zones are also aligned with the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia.

The Conservation Management Zones provide a way of understanding Australia’s natural environment that will assist in long-term conservation planning and help the Australian Government to better design, deliver and report on Natural Resource Management (NRM) investments, including ensuring alignment of national NRM priorities with local action.

The Conservation Management Zones also provide a filter through which to make national environmental and socio-economic data more accessible and comprehensible, and a framework for gathering on-ground knowledge and expertise about the environment. This will improve information flow to the Australian Government about regional NRM requirements, best practice management, emerging NRM issues and knowledge gaps.

The Conservation Management Zones do not represent any change to existing administrative boundaries or governance structures, but aim to support the NRM and wider community to cooperatively manage environmental assets across boundaries, where they share common threats, ecological characteristics and stakeholders.

Each Conservation Management Zone profile contains a standard suite of nationally available ecological and socio-economic information. We hope that this information will enable Australians of all ages and backgrounds to engage with, understand and appreciate Australian landscapes, and support all Australians to manage our natural resources more effectively.

The profile information provides an indicative, high-level stock-take of the environmental and socio-economic landscape and it is not intended to be comprehensive. It should also be noted that, at present, the profiles contain only limited information on aquatic ecosystems, coastal assets and Indigenous land management practices. In future, consultation and comprehensive literature reviews will enable us to provide more complete information.

Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners and Country


Zone at a glance

Area of zone: 131,555,405 hectares

% of Australia:

17.1%0.19 people per square kilometre

Population density:

Zone population characteristics

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95.4%

4.6%

UnemployedEmployed

Source: Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data


Major cities and towns Population

Broome 14,436 Charters Towers 8,213 Darwin 136,245 Katherine 6,094 Mareeba 7,296

Regional centres Population

Aurukun 1,289 Bamaga 1,045 Derby 3,265 Doomadgee 1,255 Fitzroy Crossing 1,147 Galiwinku 2,122 Gunbalanya (Oenpelli) 1,174 Gununa 1,128 Kowanyama 1,030 Kununurra 4,578 Maningrida 2,292 Milingimbi 1,083 Ngukurr 1,055 Nhulunbuy 3,935 Thursday Island 2,610 Wadeye 2,111 Weipa 3,341 Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu) 1,528

Natural Resource Management (NRM) regions

Cape York NRM QLD

Terrain NRM QLD

Northern Gulf Resource Management Group QLD

Southern Gulf Catchments QLD

Territory Natural Resource Management NT

Rangelands NRM Coordinating Group Inc WA

Top five agricultural commodities Value (millions)

Beef $969

Fruit $140

Vegetables for consumption $79

Poultry $28

Other broadacre crops $23Total value of agricultural commodities (including other commodities not listed here)

$1,295

Climate characteristics*

Mean annual temperature 25.8 Celsius

Mean Maximum of the Hottest Month 36.2 Celsius

Mean Minimum of the Coldest Month 19.1 Celsius

Mean Annual Rainfall 823.6 mm

Dominant rainfall season Summer

* The figures are interpolated 75-year means (1921 to 1995) representing the period prior to the onset of rapid climatic warming. Cited in: Williams KJ, Belbin L, Austin MP, Stein J, Ferrier S (2012) Which environmental variables should I use in my biodiversity model? International Journal of Geographic Information Sciences 26(11), 2009–2047. (Data derived from Australian Climate surfaces version 2.1 for the ANUCLIM-BIOCLIM package).

For future climate projections please refer to: http://www.climatechangeinaustralia.gov.au/


http://www.climatechangeinaustralia.gov.au/


Native Title area

27%

73%

Other areaNative Title area

National Reserve System area

18%

82%

Other areaNRS area

Native vegetation clearance level

99%

Uncleared (ha)Cleared (ha)

1%

Number of threatened species by class

111

29

25

16

76

Sharks

FrogsMammalsPlants Birds

Fish

Reptiles

Insects Other

11

1

Status of EPBC Act listed threatened species, communities and migratory species

0 20 40 60 80 100 120

120

69

74

9

Threatened ecologicalcommunities

Migratory species

Critically endangered species

Conservation dependent

Endangered species

Vulnerable species

9

1

4

Source: Based on data from the National Native Title Register; Collaborative Australian Protected Area Database (CAPAD); National Vegetation Information System (NVIS); Species’ Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT).


Population

Population by age group

24%

14%

31%

24%

65 years and over40–64 years

15–24 years0–14 years 25–39 years

7%

Indigenous population by age group

31%

18%

6%

23%

22%


15–24 years0–14 years 25–39 years

Farmer and farm managers by age group

26%

4%12%

58%


25–39 years15–24 years

Gender of farmers and farm managers

1,516

635

FemaleMale


Population characteristics


Languages spoken at home

English 65.82%

Other languages 22.64%

Not stated 10.43%

Non-English languages spoken at home*

Northern European (including Scandinavia, Celtic, Germanic, Dutch)Southern European

Eastern European

Central Asian, Turkic, Iranic and Semitic

Southern Asian, Dravidan and Indo-Ayran

South-East Asian

East Asian

Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

African

Paci�c / Oceanic

Sign language

10.34%

3.12%5.20%

3.05%0.15%1.24%

1.31%

* Please note, these �gures are based on the proportion of the population who indicated in the 2011 ABS Census that they spoke a language other than English at home.

11.62%

4.29%

61.14%

0.62%1.04%

Indigenous languages spoken at home**

30.99%

2.15%

* Please note, these �gures are based on the proportion of the population who indicated in the 2011 ABS Census that they spoke a language other than English at home.

14.27%

0.35% 0.23%

21.98%

19.55%

Arnhem Land and Daly River Region Languages

Yolngu Matha

Cape York Peninsula Languages

Torres Strait Island Languages

Northern Desert Fringe Area Languages

Arandic

Western Desert Language

Kimberley Area Languages

Other Australian Indigenous Languages

5.04%

5.45%



Education

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%



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Agriculture, Environmental and Related Studies

Health and education

Architecture, building, society and culture and creative arts

Information Technology, Management and Commerce and service industries

* Please note, this table omits quali�cations of mixed �eld, quali�cations that are not adequately described, and information relating to census respondents who have not stated their quali�cation or are not applicable (i.e. Not of age to have post-school quali�cation).



Employment

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* Please note the % �gures are relative to each of the age groupings of the population. The categories above are aggregates of the following Australian Bureau of Statistics categories: Employed = Employed full-time; Employed part-time; and Employed away from work. Unemployed = Unemployed looking for full-time work; and Unemployed looking for part-time work. Not in the Labour Force or Not Stated = Not in the Labour Force; and Not Stated. Please note the ‘not applicable’ category has been omitted from the analysis. Not applicable applies to the proportion of the population that is not of working age (e.g. 0–15 year olds and retired). ABS 2011 Census Labour Force data has been utilised for this report, as the national quarterly employment �gures are derived from a relatively small sample of the population.

Employment by industry

Agriculture, forestry and sheries

Mining

Manufacturing

Utilities, construction and transport

Health, Social Assistance, Education and training

Public administration and safety

Wholesale and retail trade

Services

Food, accommodation, arts and recreation

Unknown/not stated

4%

19%

14%

18%

10%

16%

8%4%

5%2%

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* Please note the % �gures are relative to each of the age groupings of the population. The categories above are aggregates of the following Australian Bureau of Statistics categories: Employed = Employed full-time; Employed part-time; and Employed away from work. Unemployed = Unemployed looking for full-time work; and Unemployed looking for part-time work. Not in the Labour Force or Not Stated = Not in the Labour Force; and Not Stated. Please note the ‘not applicable’ category has been omitted from the analysis. Not applicable applies to the proportion of the population that is not of working age (e.g. 0–15 year olds and retired). ABS 2011 Census Labour Force data has been utilised for this report, as the national quarterly employment �gures are derived from a relatively small sample of the population.

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Employment, volunteering and incomes


Volunteering

0%

10%

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60%

70%

80%

Volunteering rates

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Income

Total household income (% of households)*

17.7%

40.7%

13.8%

7.9%

19.9%

Over $104,000

Under $20,800

Not Stated/Partially Stated

$20,800–64,999 $65,000–$103,999

* Please note these �gures have been derived from the ABS Equivalised Total Household Income (HIED)Census 2011 data. ABS data categories have been aggregated for the purposes of this report. For more information see: http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/censushome.nsf/home/statementsdwellinghied?opendocument&navpos=430

In the 2011–12 �nancial year, persons who earned $67,500 or less were eligible for Low Income Tax O�set. Human Services applied the following de�nitions of “low income” as eligibility criteria for the Low Income Supplement in the 2012–13 �nancial year: Income below $30,000 for singles, $45,000 combined for couples, or $60,000 combined for couples or singles with a dependent child.



Agricultural commodity values

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^ Data obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics Value of Agricultural Commodities Produced. The value estimates in this publication are derived by the multiplication of price and quantity estimates of agricultural commodities. Price information is estimated based on the average unit value of a given commodity realised in the market place. For more information please refer to: http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/[email protected]/Lookup/7503.0Explanatory%20Notes12010-11?OpenDocument


Agriculture, Natural Resource Management practices and sources of NRM adviceAustralian farmers manage over 60% of the Australian continent and shoulder much of the burden of responsibility for maintaining and protecting Australia’s natural resource wealth. The information contained in this profile aims to assist the wider community, non-governmental organisations and government agencies to support Australia’s key environmental custodians.

Number of people employed in agriculture, �shing, forestry and downstream industries

4,010

955

296

Forestry industry, includingproduction, logging, sawmilling

and downstream wood andpaper product manufacturing

Fishing industry, includingproduction and downstream

seafood processingand wholesaling

Agriculture downstream industries– including services,food and beverage)

Agricultural industries (production)

467


Natural Resource Management practices and sources of NRM advice

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

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** The sample for the Drivers of Practice Change 2012 survey consisted of a random subsample of 1228 broadacre farm managers from the Australian Agricultural and Grazing Industries Survey (AAGIS) frame. The data has been aligned to Conservation Management Zones from ABS Statistical Area 2 units. For this reason, the figures presented here are indicative only.

^ This chart indicates the sources of advice utilised for native vegetation management from respondents who identified they sought advice.

For more information please refer to http://www.daff.gov.au/SiteCollectionDocuments/forestry/domestic-forestry/prep-for-future/drivers-practice-change.pdf

* Data obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2012 Land Management Practices Survey (LaMPS) 2012. LaMPS collected land practices information from approximately 50,000 farm businesses across Australia. The data has been aligned to Conservation Management Zones from ABS Statistical Area 2 units and Australian Agricultural Environment units. The % figures presented here are indicative only. For more information on LaMPS please refer to: http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/mf/4630.0

http://www.daff.gov.au/SiteCollectionDocuments/forestry/domestic-forestry/prep-for-future/drivers-practice-change.pdf

http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/mf/4630.0


Land tenure, land use, Native Title and Local Government Areas

Land tenure

Crown Land – Private – Leased

Crown Land – Public

Crown Land – Public – Leased

Crown Land – Unknown – Leased

Freehold – Private

Freehold – Public

Freehold – Unknown

No Data/Unknown

0.31%2.38%

1.09% 58.93%

9.92%

5.16%

19%

3.22%

Land use

1.13%0.21%

Grazing Native Vegetation

Conservation and Natural Environments

Water (natural)

Industry, Residential, Services and Mining

65.50%

32.97%

Source: Land tenure data based on Environmental Resources Information Network (ERIN) categorisation of Public Sector Mapping Authority (PSMA) State Tenure 2012; Land use mapping based on Australian Collaborative Land Use and Management Program (ACLUMP) 2012. For more information on Australian land use and management information and classification please refer to: http://www.daff.gov.au/ABARES/aclump/Pages/Default.aspx

Indigenous Land Councils

Kimberley Land Council: http://klc.org.au

Northern Land Council: http://www.nlc.org.au

Anindilyakwa Land Council: http://www.anindilyakwa.com.au

Tiwi Land Council: http://www.tiwilandcouncil.com

Cape York Land Council: www.cylc.org.au

North Queensland Aboriginal Land Council: http://www.nqlc.com.au

Torres Strait Regional Authority: http://www.tsra.gov.au

Indigenous natural resource management

North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance: http://www.nailsma.org.au

http://www.daff.gov.au/ABARES/aclump/Pages/Default.aspx

http://klc.org.au

http://www.nlc.org.au

http://www.anindilyakwa.com.au

http://www.tiwilandcouncil.com

www.cylc.org.au

http://www.nqlc.com.au

http://www.tsra.gov.au

http://www.nailsma.org.au


Native Title and Traditional Owners

Traditional Owners Registered Native Title Body Corporate Hectares % of zoneMembers of the Wanjina-Wunggurr Community

Wanjina-Wunggurr (Native Title) Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 6,310,999 4.80

Tagalaka People Tagalaka Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 2,970,594 2.26Members of the Balanggarra community Balanggarra Aboriginal Corporation 2,216,644 1.68

Kowanyama People Abm Elgoring Ambung Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 1,643,003 1.25Wanjina Wunggurr Community

Wanjina-Wunggurr (Native Title) Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 1,598,927 1.22

The Gooniyandi people Gooniyandi Aboriginal Corporation 1,117,389 0.85

Kalkadoon People Kalkadoon Native Title Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 1,025,383 0.78Members of the Wanjina Wunggurr Community

Wanjina-Wunggurr (Native Title) Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 919,659 0.70

Karajarri People Karajarri Traditional Lands Association (Aboriginal Corporation) RNTBC 894,960 0.68

Waanyi People Waanyi Native Title Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 824,646 0.63The Karranjini group; the Bamarrnganja group; the Warranangku group; the Pinda (OT Downs) group; the Lija/Muwartpi group

703,944 0.54

Wik and Wik Way Peoples Ngan Aak-Kunch Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 698,575 0.53Miriuwung (including Yirralalem, Ngamoowalem, Wiram, Yardanggarlm, Nganalam and Mandangala), Gajerrong, Doolboong, Wardenybeng and Gija and, in respect to Boorroongoong (Lacrosse Island), also Balangarra.

Miriuwung and Gajerrong #1 (Native Title Prescribed Body Corporate) Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 688,717 0.52

The Miriuwung, Gajerrong, Doolboong, Wardenybeng and Gija groups and other Aboriginal people who are acknowledged by these groups as having rights in the determination area.

Miriuwung and Gajerrong #4 (Native Title Prescribed Body Corporate) Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 679,057 0.52

The Newcastle Waters – Murranji native title holders 649,969 0.49

Wandarang, Alawa, Marra and Ngalakan Peoples 646,375 0.49

Gugu Badhun People Gugu Badhun Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 616,925 0.47

Wik and Wik-Way Peoples Ngan Aak-Kunch Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 606,965 0.46

Wik and Wik Way Peoples Ngan Aak-Kunch Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 548,126 0.42

Bunuba People Bunuba Dawangarri Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 531,589 0.40



Traditional Owners Registered Native Title Body Corporate Hectares % of zone


Yawuru Community Kunin (Native Title) Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 496,011 0.38The Ngapurrpinkakujarra group; the Narrwan group; the Walanypirri group; the Yingawunarri group; the Narlwan group

445,075 0.34

Karajarri People Karajarri Traditional Lands Association (Aboriginal Corporation) RNTBC 437,265 0.33

The Gajerrong-Ngalinjar group; the Ngarinyman-Wulayi group; the Ngarinyman-Nyiwanawam group

424,205 0.32

The Balanggarra community Balanggarra Aboriginal Corporation 413,179 0.31The Badpa group; the Murrunggun Kunakingka group; the Guyal Bardi Bardi group

390,018 0.30

Gangalidda People Gangalidda and Garawa Native Title Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 380,095 0.29

The Miriuwung-Nyawam Nyawam group; the Miriuwung-Bindjen group; the Gajerrong-Gurrbijim group; the Gajerrong-Djarradjarrany group; the Gajerrong-Djandumi group; the Gajerrong-Wadanybang group

374,666 0.28

The Warranangku group; the Karranjini group; the Lija/Murwartpi group

337,470 0.26

The Karranjini group; the Bamarrnganja group 319,460 0.24

The Ngapurrpinkakujarra group; the Yingawunarri group; the Liwi group; the Luwaja group; the Nirrina group; the Beregumayin-Ngarrajananggu group

296,599 0.23

The Kinbininggu group; the Bamarrngganja group 277,406 0.21

The Miriuwung – Larru group; the Miriuwung – Mambitji group; the Miriuwung – Gudim group; the Malngin – Yunur-Jurrtakal group

276,900 0.21



Traditional Owners Registered Native Title Body Corporate Hectares % of zoneThe Ngapurrpinkakujarra group; the Narrwan group; the Walanypirri group; the Yingawunarri group; the Purrurruka group; the Yilyilyimarri group; the Japuwuny-Wijina group; the Bilnara group; the Wampana group

276,813 0.21

The Ngapurrpinkakujarra group; the Yingawunarri group; the Narlwan group; the Luwaja group; the Tururrutpa group; the Beregumayin-Ngarrajananggu group

262,089 0.20

Kowanyama People Abm Elgoring Ambung Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 251,069 0.19The Miriuwung-Damberal group; the Miriuwung-Nyawam Nyawam group; the Miriuwung-Gudim group; the Ngarinyman-Nyiwanawam group

246,406 0.19

The Nyangumarta People Nyangumarta Warrarn Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 214,645 0.16The Longreach Birdum group; the Burdal Yarrkala group; the Guyal Wurrungguy group; the Murrunggun Kunakingka group

203,637 0.15

Gangalidda People Gangalidda and Garawa Native Title Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 197,763 0.15

The Gajerrong-Wadanybang group; the Gajerrong-Gurrbijim group; the Gajerrong-Djarradjarrany group

184,924 0.14

The Yungngora people Yungngora Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 180,085 0.14The Nyangumarta People and the Karajarri People Nyangumarta Karajarri Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 175,338 0.13

The Gajerrong-Pulthuru group; the Gajerrong-Ngalinjar group; the Gajerrong-Gurrbijim group; the Gajerrong-Djarradjarrany group

165,154 0.13

The Ngapurr group; the Yingawunarri group; the Purrurruka group

159,906 0.12



Traditional Owners Registered Native Title Body Corporate Hectares % of zoneThe Murrunggun Kunakingka group; the Guyal Bardi Bardi group

152,415 0.12

The Nirrina group; the Yingawunarri group; the Purrurruka group; the Yilyilimarri group; the Billinara group

152,042 0.12

Djungan People Nguddaboolgan Native Title Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 148,771 0.11

Warranangku group 128,977 0.10Members of the Ngarla language group Wanparta Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 125,049 0.10

Lardil, Yangkaal, Gangalidda and Kaiadilt Peoples Gulf Region Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 120,440 0.09

Strathgordon Mob Thaa-Nguigarr Strathgordon Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 118,481 0.09

The Kinbininggu group; the Warranangku group; the Marlinja group

115,414 0.09


Bardi and Jawi People Bardi and Jawi Niimidiman Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 105,107 0.08

Yirritja Moiety clans and Dhuwa Moiety clans 97,515 0.07

Longreach Birdum group 59,288 0.05Damberal, Bindjen and Nyawamnyawam estate groups

59,180 0.04

The Jangga People Bulganunna Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 32,719 0.02

Ngurrara People Yanunijarra Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 32,092 0.02

Bar-Barrum People Bar-Barrum Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 30,909 0.02


Western Yalanji Peoples Western Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 24,033 0.02The Najig group and the Guyanggan Nganawirdbird group

22,086 0.02

Western Yalanji People Western Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 19,366 0.01

Mualgal People Mualgal (Torres Strait Islanders) Corporation RNTBC 16,929 0.01

Kaurareg People Kaurareg Native Title Aboriginal Corporation (RNTBC) 16,602 0.01

Saibai People Saibai Mura Buway (Torres Strait Islanders) Corporation RNTBC 11,104 0.01

Badulgal People Mura Badulgal (Torres Strait Islanders) Corporation RNTBC 10,146 0.01

Jirrbal People Wabubadda Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 9,502 0.01



Traditional Owners Registered Native Title Body Corporate Hectares % of zoneThe Lardil peoples, the Yangkaal peoples, the Kaiadilt peoples and the Gangalidda peoples

Gulf Region Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 8,521 0.01

Boigu People Malu Ki’ai (Torres Strait Islanders) Corporation RNTBC 7,270 0.01

Muluridji People Muluridji Tribal Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 6,586 0.01

Muluridji People Muluridji Tribal Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 5,397 0.00


Kaurareg People Kaurareg Native Title Aboriginal Corporation (RNTBC) 4,271 0.003

Tagalaka People Tagalaka Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 4,007 0.003


Kaurareg People Kaurareg Native Title Aboriginal Corporation (RNTBC) 2,298 0.002Ngaliwurru and Nungali persons who are members of the Makalamayi, Wunjaiyi, Yanturi, Wantawul and Maiyalaniwung estate groups

Gunarmu Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 2,059 0.002

Members of Meriam, Erubam, Ugarem Le, Masigalgal, Porumalgal, Warraberalgal, Iamalgal, Mualgal, Badulgal, Gumulgal, Saibailgal, Boigulgal and Dauanalgal island communities

1,978 0.002

Eastern Kuku Yalanji People Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 1,964 0.001

Kuuku Ya’u People Kuuku Ya’u Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 1,694 0.001Saibai, Dauan, Mabuiag, Badu & Boigu Peoples Maluilgal (Torres Strait Islanders) Corporation RNTBC 1,199 0.001

Yam Islanders/Tudulaig People

Magani Lagaugal (Torres Strait Islanders) Corporation RNTBC 1,109 0.001

Warraber, Poruma and Iama Peoples Wakeyama (Torres Strait Islanders) Corporation RNTBC 1,011 0.001

Gumulgal Mabuiag People Goemulgaw (Torres Strait Islanders) Corporation RNTBC 694 0.001

Erubam Le People Erubam Le Traditional Land and Sea Owners (Torres Strait Islanders) Corporation RNTBC 564 0.0004

Kaurareg People Kaurareg Native Title Aboriginal Corporation (RNTBC) 529 0.0004Wanjina-Wunggurr Community

Wanjina-Wunggurr (Native Title) Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 445 0.0003

Badualgal and Mualgal Peoples

Badu Ar Mua Migi Lagal (Torres Strait Islanders) Corporation RNTBC 399 0.0003

The Gebaralgal Gebaralgal (Torres Strait Islanders) Corporation RNTBC 382 0.0003

Meriam People Mer Gedkem Le (Torres Strait Islanders) Corporation RNTBC 377 0.0003



Traditional Owners Registered Native Title Body Corporate Hectares % of zone

Dauan People Dauanalgaw (Torres Strait Islanders) Corporation RNTBC 331 0.0003

Kaurareg People Kaurareg Native Title Aboriginal Corporation (RNTBC) 325 0.0002The Masigalgal (the Masig People) Masigalgal (Torres Strait Islanders) Corporation RNTBC 320 0.0002

Kowanyama People Abm Elgoring Ambung Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 225 0.0002

Badpa estate group 183 0.0001

Tjurabalan People Tjurabalan Native Title Land Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 170 0.0001

Warraber People Warraberalgal (Torres Strait Islanders) Corporation RNTBC 100 0.0001

The Ngalakan People 72 0.0001Yuwurruma members of the Mandilarri-Ildugij, Mangalara, Murran, Gadura-Minaga, and Ngaynjaharr clans

Injarnyala Aboriginal Corporation 58 0.0000

Meriam People Mer Gedkem Le (Torres Strait Islanders) Corporation RNTBC 56 0.0000

The Kulkalgal People Kulkalgal (Torres Strait Islanders) Corporation RNTBC 49 0.0000

Tableland Yidinji People 49 0.0000

Ugar People Ugar Ged Kem Le Zeuber Er Kep Le (Torres Strait Islanders) Corporation RNTBC 46 0.00004

Porumalgal Poruma People Porumalgal (Torres Strait Islanders) Corporation RNTBC 34 0.00003

Mualgal People Mualgal (Torres Strait Islanders) Corporation RNTBC 32 0.00002

Poruma People Porumalgal (Torres Strait Islanders) Corporation RNTBC 28 0.00002

Poruma & Masig Peoples Garboi (Torres Strait Islanders) Corporation RNTBC 7 0.00001

Jirrbal People Wabubadda Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 6 0.000005

Jirrbal People Wabubadda Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 0.3 0.0000002

Source: The Native Title Tribunal Register, October 2013. For more information please refer to: http://www.nntt.gov.au/Pages/Searchportal.aspx

http://www.nntt.gov.au


Local Government Areas

Barkly Shire NT

Belyuen Shire NT

Central Desert Shire NT

Coomalie Shire NT

Darwin Municipality NT

Darwin Rates Act Area NT

Darwin Waterfront Precinct Municipality NT

East Arnhem Shire NT

Katherine Municipality NT

Litchfield Municipality NT

Palmerston Municipality NT

Roper Gulf Shire NT

Tiwi Islands Shire NT

Un-Incorporated (Alyangula) Area NT

Un-Incorporated (Elrundie) Area NT

Un-Incorporated (Nhulunbuy) Area NT

Un-Incorporated Area NT

Victoria – Daly Shire NT

Wagait Shire NT

West Arnhem Shire NT

Aurukun Shire QLD

Burdekin Shire QLD

Burke Shire QLD

Cairns Regional QLD

Carpentaria Shire QLD

Charters Towers Regional QLD

Cloncurry Shire QLD

Cook Shire QLD

Local Government Areas

Croydon Shire QLD

Doomadgee Aboriginal Shire QLD

Douglas Shire QLD

Etheridge Shire QLD

Flinders Shire QLD

Hinchinbrook Shire QLD

Kowanyama Aboriginal Shire QLD

Lockhart River Aboriginal Shire QLD

Mapoon Aboriginal Shire QLD

Mareeba Shire QLD

Mckinlay Shire QLD

Mornington Shire QLD

Mount Isa City QLD

Napranum Aboriginal Shire QLD

Northern Peninsula Area Regional QLD

Pormpuraaw Aboriginal Shire QLD

Richmond Shire QLD

Tablelands Regional QLD

Torres Shire QLD

Torres Strait Island Regional QLD

Weipa Town QLD

Whitsunday Regional QLD

Shire Of Broome WA

Shire Of Derby-West Kimberley WA

Shire Of East Pilbara WA

Shire Of Halls Creek WA

Shire Of Wyndham-East Kimberley WA

Town Of Port Hedland WA


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The National Vegetation Information System (NVIS) framework is a nationally consistent vegetation classification system based on vegetation data collected by states and territories. It provides information on the extent and distribution of vegetation types across the Australian landscape.

Two products are used to provide the Zone Vegetation Characteristics graph. A modelled pre-European vegetation distribution (pre-1750), and extant (current extent) vegetation, which is based on contemporary vegetation mapping. The information presented here relates to Major Vegetation Subgroups (MVSs). There are 85 MVS types across Australia, describing the structure and floristic composition of dominant and secondary vegetation stratums (e.g. canopy and mid-storey species). Major Vegetation Subgroups only reflect the dominant vegetation type occurring in an area from a mix of vegetation types. Less-dominant vegetation groups which may also be present are therefore not represented.

It is important to note that the vegetation information is indicative only, as state and territory mapping in Australia is of variable resolution and scale. However, this data is the best available nationally consistent information on vegetation, and the dataset continues to evolve and increase in accuracy.

Analysing this information at Conservation Management Zone, rather than national level provides greater discrimination for decision makers, as clearance levels of vegetation types are not uniform across Australia. For example, eucalypt woodlands with a tussock grass understory is a vegetation type found across Australia. In the Brigalow Woodlands Conservation Management Zone, eucalypt open woodlands with a tussock grass understory originally covered approximately 36% of the zone, but today it only covers only 14.5 % of the zone (58.7% of this vegetation community has been cleared in the Brigalow). In the Northern Australia Tropical Savannah zone, this vegetation type originally occupied 19.6% of the zone. Today, it occupies approximately 19.4% of the zone (only 2.3% of this vegetation type has been cleared). It should be noted that this data only provides an indication of change in extent, and not vegetation condition.

For more information on the National Vegetation Information System (NVIS) please refer to: http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/science-and-research/databases-and-maps/national-vegetation-information-system

http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/science-and-research/databases-and-maps/national-vegetation-information-system


Nationally Important Wetlands Jurisdiction Hectares Criteria

Adelaide River Floodplain System NT 43,040.78 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Arafura Swamp NT 96,708.45 2, 3, 4, 6

Archer Bay Aggregation QLD 24,842.89 1, 2, 3, 5, 6

Archer River Aggregation QLD 149,816.24 1, 2, 3, 5, 6

Big Springs WA 0.12 1

Birrindudu Waterhole and Floodplain NT 23,516.31 1, 2, 3

Blencoe Falls – Blencoe Creek QLD 87.21 1, 3

Bluebush Swamp QLD 879.14 1, 2, 3

Blyth-Cadell Floodplain & Boucaut Bay System NT 16,030.32 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Borroloola Bluebush NT 70.16 1, 3

Bradshaw Field Training Area NT 0.12 2, 5

Buffalo Lake Aggregation QLD 1,911.02 1, 2, 3

Bull Lake QLD 26.80 1, 2, 3, 6

Bunda-Bunda Mound Springs WA 15.38 1, 6Burdekin-Bowen Junction and Blue Valley Weir Aggregation QLD 456.73 1, 2, 3, 5

Camballin Floodplain (Le Livre Swamp System) WA 825.02 1, 2, 3, 4, 6

Cape Grenville Area QLD 5,780.27 1

Cobourg Peninsula System NT 32,041.99 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Daly-Reynolds Floodplain-Estuary System NT 104,302.98 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Daly River Middle Reaches NT 1,467.89 1, 2, 3, 4

Dorunda Lakes Area QLD 6,805.02 1, 2, 3

Drysdale River WA 5,673.64 1, 2, 3, 4, 6

Eighty Mile Beach System WA 17,139.78 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Finniss Floodplain and Fog Bay Systems NT 78,695.63 1, 2, 3, 4, 6

Forsyth Island Wetlands QLD 63.47 1, 3, 5, 6

Geikie Gorge WA 271.52 1, 2, 6

For more information on Ramsar please refer to: http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/water/water-our-environment/wetlands/ramsar-convention-wetlands

Ramsar and Nationally Important Wetlands

Ramsar wetlands Jurisdiction HectaresCobourg Peninsula NT 204,810 Eighty-mile Beach WA 14,723 Kakadu National Park NT (Cwth) 1,893,730 Lakes Argyle and Kununurra WA 117,586 Ord River Floodplain WA 119,223 Roebuck Bay WA 7,614

The National Vegetation Information System (NVIS) framework is a nationally consistent vegetation classification system based on vegetation data collected by states and territories. It provides information on the extent and distribution of vegetation types across the Australian landscape.

Two products are used to provide the Zone Vegetation Characteristics graph. A modelled pre-European vegetation distribution (pre-1750), and extant (current extent) vegetation, which is based on contemporary vegetation mapping. The information presented here relates to Major Vegetation Subgroups (MVSs). There are 85 MVS types across Australia, describing the structure and floristic composition of dominant and secondary vegetation stratums (e.g. canopy and mid-storey species). Major Vegetation Subgroups only reflect the dominant vegetation type occurring in an area from a mix of vegetation types. Less-dominant vegetation groups which may also be present are therefore not represented.

It is important to note that the vegetation information is indicative only, as state and territory mapping in Australia is of variable resolution and scale. However, this data is the best available nationally consistent information on vegetation, and the dataset continues to evolve and increase in accuracy.

Analysing this information at Conservation Management Zone, rather than national level provides greater discrimination for decision makers, as clearance levels of vegetation types are not uniform across Australia. For example, eucalypt woodlands with a tussock grass understory is a vegetation type found across Australia. In the Brigalow Woodlands Conservation Management Zone, eucalypt open woodlands with a tussock grass understory originally covered approximately 36% of the zone, but today it only covers only 14.5 % of the zone (58.7% of this vegetation community has been cleared in the Brigalow). In the Northern Australia Tropical Savannah zone, this vegetation type originally occupied 19.6% of the zone. Today, it occupies approximately 19.4% of the zone (only 2.3% of this vegetation type has been cleared). It should be noted that this data only provides an indication of change in extent, and not vegetation condition.

For more information on the National Vegetation Information System (NVIS) please refer to: http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/science-and-research/databases-and-maps/national-vegetation-information-system

http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/water/water-our-environment/wetlands/ramsar-convention-wetlands

http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/water/water-our-environment/wetlands/ramsar-convention-wetlands

http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/science-and-research/databases-and-maps/national-vegetation-information-system



Gladstone Lake WA 0.12 1, 3, 6

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park QLD 3,979.75 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Great Basalt Wall QLD 99,550.26 1, 2, 3, 5, 6

Gregory River QLD 11,796.78 1, 2, 3

Harmer Creek – Shelburne Bay Aggregation QLD 31,278.35 1, 3, 5

Herbert River Gorge QLD 3,272.84 1, 2

Innot Hot Springs QLD 77.54 1

Jardine River Wetlands Aggregation QLD 79,359.46 1, 2, 6

Kakadu National Park NT 273,327.54 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Katherine River Gorge NT 354.35 1, 2, 6

Lake Argyle WA 92,416.02 2, 3, 4, 6

Lake Dalrymple QLD 3,253.94 1, 2, 3

Lake Kununurra WA 2,634.50 2, 3, 4, 6

Lake Lucy Wetlands QLD 1,078.68 1, 3

Laura Sandstone QLD 0.52 1

Lawn Hill Gorge QLD 1,132.76 1, 2, 3, 6

Legune Wetlands NT 9,620.67 1, 2, 3

Lignum Swamp QLD 282.83 1, 2, 3

Limmen Bight (Port Roper) Tidal Wetlands System NT 200,465.30 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Lloyd Bay QLD 12,237.72 1, 3, 5, 6

Macaroni Swamp QLD 258.44 1, 2, 3

Marina Plains – Lakefield Aggregation QLD 391,434.74 1, 2, 3, 5

Marless Lagoon Aggregation QLD 166,947.80 1, 2, 3

Mary Floodplain System NT 125,742.93 1, 2, 3, 4, 6

Mataranka Thermal Pools NT 0.12 1, 6

Minnamoolka Area QLD 589.33 1, 2, 3

Mitchell River Fan Aggregation QLD 715,167.72 1, 2, 3, 6

Mitchell River System WA 1,121.86 1, 2, 3, 4, 6Mount Bundey Training Area – Mary River Floodplain NT 0.12 2, 5

Moyle Floodplain and Hyland Bay System NT 74,727.01 1, 2, 3, 4, 6

Murgenella-Cooper Floodplain System NT 80,677.16 1, 2, 3, 4, 6

Musselbrook Creek Aggregation QLD 45,114.29 1, 2, 3

Newcastle Bay – Escape River Estuarine Complex QLD 32,723.58 1, 2, 3, 6

Nicholson Delta Aggregation QLD 63,645.74 1, 2, 3

Nongra Lake NT 6,823.57 1, 2, 3, 6

Northeast Karumba Plain Aggregation QLD 179,167.41 1, 2, 3, 5, 6

Northern Holroyd Plain Aggregation QLD 1,114,827.49 1, 2, 3, 5, 6

Olive River QLD 16,965.88 1, 2, 3, 5



Ord Estuary System WA 65,278.38 1, 2, 3, 6

Orford Bay – Sharp Point Dunefield Aggregation QLD 17,015.99 1, 5

Parry Floodplain WA 46,750.56 1, 2, 3, 4, 6

Poison Lake QLD 784.99 1

Port Darwin NT 21,020.98 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Port McArthur Tidal Wetlands System NT 52,040.66 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Port Musgrave Aggregation QLD 40,744.45 1, 3, 5

Prince Regent River System WA 16,739.71 1, 2, 3, 4, 6

Princess Charlotte Bay Marine Area QLD 73,252.83 1, 2, 3, 5

Roebuck Bay WA 7,207.08 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Roebuck Plains System WA 1,180.89 1, 2, 3, 4, 6

Shoal Bay – Micket Creek NT 0.12 3, 6

Silver Plains – Nesbitt River Aggregation QLD 39,777.40 1, 3, 5

Skardon River – Cotterell River Aggregation QLD 60,328.75 1, 2, 3, 5

Smithburne – Gilbert Fan Aggregation QLD 250,504.87 1, 2, 3

Somerset Dunefield Aggregation QLD 7,933.19 1, 5

Southeast Karumba Plain Aggregation QLD 321,147.29 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Southern Gulf Aggregation QLD 516,312.35 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Spring Tower Complex QLD 75.04 1, 3

Stranded Fish Lake QLD 68.04 1, 2

Temple Bay QLD 3,793.50 1, 2, 3, 5

The Jack Lakes Aggregation QLD 34,980.72 1

Thorntonia Aggregation QLD 2,431.19 1, 2, 3, 6

Tunnel Creek WA 19.51 1, 6,

Turkey Mound Spring and Iron Pot Spring Aggregation QLD 5.44 1, 3

Undara Lava Tubes QLD 1,253.58 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Valley of Lagoons QLD 3,644.66 1, 2, 3, 6

Violet Vale QLD 1,894.56 1

Wairuna Lake QLD 152.27 1, 3

Walters Plains Lake QLD 1,548.83 1

Wentworth Aggregation QLD 82,149.69 1, 2, 3

Willie Creek Wetlands WA 2,621.01 1, 3, 6

Windjana Gorge WA 34.28 1, 3, 6

Nationally important wetlands are defined according to the following criteria:1. It is a good example of a wetland type occurring within a biogeographic region in Australia.2. It is a wetland which plays an important ecological or hydrological role in the natural functioning of a major wetland system/complex.3. It is a wetland which is important as the habitat for animal taxa at a vulnerable stage in their life cycles, or provides a refuge when

adverse conditions such as drought prevail.4. The wetland supports 1% or more of the national populations of any native plant or animal taxa.5. The wetland supports native plant or animal taxa or communities which are considered endangered or vulnerable at the national level.6. The wetland is of outstanding historical or cultural significance.Please note, the above are a subset of all the Nationally Important Wetlands found within the Zone. For more information on Nationally Important Wetlands please see: http://www.environment.gov.au/resource/directory-important-wetlands-australia-third-edition

http://www.environment.gov.au/resource/directory-important-wetlands-australia-third-edition


Please refer to the Australian Heritage Database for detailed information on listing criteria for these heritage values: http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/heritage/publications-and-resources/australian-heritage-database

For more information on Australia’s world and national heritage please refer to: http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/heritage/about-australias-heritage

World and National Heritage

Heritage values World or National Heritage type Jurisdiction Hectares % of zone

The West Kimberley National Heritage Natural WA 15,513,479 11.79

Kakadu National Park World Heritage and National Heritage

Cultural and Natural NT 1,896,550 1.44

Purnululu National Park World Heritage and National Heritage Natural WA 243,831 0.19

Ngarrabullgan National Heritage Indigenous QLD 17,926 0.01

Great Barrier Reef World Heritage and National Heritage Natural QLD 11,493 0.009

Wet Tropics of Queensland

World Heritage and National Heritage Natural QLD 453 0.0003

Wave Hill Walk Off Route National Heritage Indigenous NT 248 0.0002

Wurrwurrwuy National Heritage Indigenous NT 1 0.000001

http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/heritage/publications-and-resources/australian-heritage-database

http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/heritage/about-australias-heritage


Major National Reserve System properties

Major National Reserve System properties

Name Property type IUCN category Jurisdiction Hectares % of zone

Wilinggin Indigenous Protected Area V, VI WA 2,417,402 1.84Kakadu National Park (Commonwealth) II NT 1,893,727 1.44Warddeken Indigenous Protected Area VI NT 1,370,366 1.04Judbarra/Gregory National Park II NT 1,300,412 0.99Balanggarra Indigenous Protected Area VI WA 1,090,401 0.83Limmen National Park II NT 936,812 0.71Karajarri Indigenous Protected Area II, VI WA 897,668 0.68Djelk Indigenous Protected Area VI NT 671,952 0.51Dambimangari Indigenous Protected Area VI WA 637,524 0.48Prince Regent National Park II WA 571,060 0.43Ord River Regeneration Reserve Miscellaneous Reserve IV WA 568,055 0.43Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park Aboriginal II QLD 542,029 0.41Laynhapuy – Stage 1 Indigenous Protected Area VI NT 477,773 0.36Staaten River National Park II QLD 468,787 0.36Drysdale River National Park II WA 446,105 0.34King Leopold Ranges Conservation Park II WA 389,995 0.30Oyala Thumotang National Park Aboriginal II QLD 381,276 0.29Uunguu – Stage 1 Indigenous Protected Area VI WA 339,119 0.26Mornington Nature Reserve National Reserve System Program II WA 312,958 0.24Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge) National Park II NT 294,664 0.22Holroyd River Nature Refuge VI QLD 282,058 0.21Anindilyakwa Indigenous Protected Area VI NT 253,881 0.19Marion Downs Station Biodiversity Hotspot IV WA 249,627 0.19Strathburn Cattle Station Nature Refuge VI QLD 246,575 0.19Purnululu National Park II WA 243,831 0.19Jardine River National Park II QLD 234,313 0.18Rutland Plains Nature Refuge VI QLD 233,499 0.18Wardaman Indigenous Protected Area VI NT 224,704 0.17Garig Gunak Barlu National Park II NT 204,363 0.16Silver Plains National Reserve System Program Var QLD 203,364 0.15Pungalina Station Biodiversity Hotspot IV NT 194,845 0.15

The IUCN categories are as follows:Ia Strict Nature Reserve IUCN protected area management categories

classify protected areas according to their management objectives. The categories are recognised by international bodies such as the United Nations and are utilised by many national governments, including the Australian Government, as the global standard for defining and recording protected areas.

Ib Wilderness Area II National ParkIII Natural Monument or FeatureIV Habitat/Species Management AreaV Protected Landscape/ Seascape

VI Protected area with sustainable use of natural resources

Please refer to the IUCN website for further explanation: http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/gpap_home/gpap_quality/gpap_pacategories/

For more information on Australia’s National Reserve System please refer to: http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/land/national-reserve-system

Source: Collaborative Australian Protected Area Database 2012.

http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/gpap_home/gpap_quality/gpap_pacategories/

http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/land/national-reserve-system


EPBC Act (1999) threatened ecological communitiesThreatened ecological communities

Name Listing status % of total distribution* % of zone**

Arnhem Plateau Sandstone Shrubland Complex Endangered 100 2.98Monsoon vine thickets on the coastal sand dunes of Dampier Peninsula Endangered 99.99 0.15

The community of native species dependent on natural discharge of groundwater from the Great Artesian Basin

Endangered 10.13 0.09

Littoral Rainforest and Coastal Vine Thickets of Eastern Australia Critically Endangered 1.84 0.001

* % of the total national distribution describes the proportion of the total national distribution of the Threatened Ecological Community that is found within the zone.

** % of the total zone area describes the proportion of the zone that the Threatened Ecological Community is likely or known to occur in.

It should be noted that the identification of any given Threatened Ecological Community above does not imply that the Threatened Ecological Community (TEC) is found uniformly across the Conservation Management Zone. Rather, the % of the TEC’s total distribution (*) within the zone is an indication of its importance to that zone in terms of conservation efforts. The % of the zone (**) indicates how rare, or difficult the ecological community may be to find within the zone.

The threatened ecological communities above are listed under The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), which is the Australian Government’s principal environmental legislation. For more information, please refer to http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/communities

http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/communities


EPBC Act (1999) threatened species

Threatened mammals

Common name Scientific name Status % of total distribution*

% of zone**

Carpentarian Rock-rat, Aywalirroomoo Zyzomys palatalis Endangered 100 0.01Brush-tailed Rabbit-rat, Brush-tailed Tree-rat, Pakooma Conilurus penicillatus Vulnerable 100 0.00002

Northern Brush-tailed Phascogale Phascogale pirata Vulnerable 100 10.59Golden Bandicoot (mainland) Isoodon auratus auratus Vulnerable 100 0.49Arnhem Rock-rat, Arnhem Land Rock-rat, Kodjperr Zyzomys maini Vulnerable 100 0.93

Bramble Cay Melomys Melomys rubicola Endangered 95.14 0.000003

Black-footed Rock-wallaby (West Kimberley race)

Petrogale lateralis West Kimberley race Vulnerable 93.29 0.25

Bare-rumped Sheathtail Bat Saccolaimus saccolaimus nudicluniatus

Critically Endangered 90.57 22.65

Greater Large-eared Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus philippinensis (large form) Endangered 84.45 2.23

Water Mouse, False Water Rat, Yirrkoo Xeromys myoides Vulnerable 72.39 1.64Northern Quoll Dasyurus hallucatus Endangered 58.86 27.25Spectacled Flying-fox Pteropus conspicillatus Vulnerable 56.7 2.94Carpentarian Antechinus Pseudantechinus mimulus Vulnerable 49.18 3.88Yellow-bellied Glider (Wet Tropics), Fluffy Glider Petaurus australis unnamed subsp. Vulnerable 44.02 0.23


Threatened mammals


% of zone**

Spotted-tailed Quoll or Yarri (North Queensland subspecies) Dasyurus maculatus gracilis Endangered 29.76 0.34

Northern Bettong Bettongia tropica Endangered 27.32 0.12Julia Creek Dunnart Sminthopsis douglasi Endangered 23.39 0.47Greater Bilby Macrotis lagotis Vulnerable 18.74 25.92Karkarratul, Northern Marsupial Mole Notoryctes caurinus Endangered 4.22 2.35Koala (combined populations of Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory)

Phascolarctos cinereus (combined populations of Qld, NSW and the ACT)

Vulnerable 2.61 0.83

Itjaritjari, Southern Marsupial Mole, Yitjarritjarri Notoryctes typhlops Endangered 0.01 0.003

Semon’s Leaf-nosed Bat, Greater Wart-nosed Horseshoe-bat Hipposideros semoni Endangered May be

presentMay be present

Golden-backed Tree-rat, Koorrawal Mesembriomys macrurus Vulnerable May be present

May be present

Northern Hopping-mouse, Woorrentinta Notomys aquilo Vulnerable May be present

May be present

Butler’s Dunnart Sminthopsis butleri Vulnerable May be present

May be present

Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus Vulnerable May be present

May be present

Pilbara Leaf-nosed Bat Rhinonicteris aurantia (Pilbara form) Vulnerable May be


Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus Endangered n/a n/aHumpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae Vulnerable n/a n/a


Threatened birds


% of zone**

Golden-shouldered Parrot Psephotus chrysopterygius Endangered 100 0.80

Yellow Chat (Alligator Rivers) Epthianura crocea tunneyi Endangered 100 0.22

Purple-crowned Fairy-wren (western) Malurus coronatus coronatus Vulnerable 100 0.10

Partridge Pigeon (western) Geophaps smithii blaauwi Vulnerable 100 2.84

Hooded Robin (Tiwi Islands) Melanodryas cucullata melvillensis Endangered 100 0.47

Masked Owl (Tiwi Islands) Tyto novaehollandiae melvillensis Endangered 99.89 0.48Crested Shrike-tit (northern), Northern Shrike-tit Falcunculus frontatus whitei Vulnerable 99.86 34.13

Partridge Pigeon (eastern) Geophaps smithii smithii Vulnerable 99.82 6.79

Crimson Finch (white-bellied) Neochmia phaeton evangelinae Vulnerable 99.53 0.61

Buff-breasted Button-quail Turnix olivii Endangered 98.95 0.82

Gouldian Finch Erythrura gouldiae Endangered 98.89 31.93

Masked Owl (northern) Tyto novaehollandiae kimberli Vulnerable 93.11 25.82

Red Goshawk Erythrotriorchis radiatus Vulnerable 64.13 50.10

Black-throated Finch (southern) Poephila cincta cincta Endangered 37.19 1.83Southern Cassowary (Australian), Southern Cassowary Casuarius casuarius johnsonii Endangered 32.64 0.47

Australian Painted Snipe Rostratula australis Endangered 26.83 3.98

Star Finch (eastern), Star Finch (southern) Neochmia ruficauda ruficauda Endangered 15.08 4.66

Princess Parrot, Alexandra’s Parrot Polytelis alexandrae Vulnerable 15.0 0.003

Squatter Pigeon (southern) Geophaps scripta scripta Vulnerable 5.65 1.54

Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus Endangered 4.46 1.26

Australian Fairy Tern Sternula nereis nereis Vulnerable 0.02 0.001

Herald Petrel Pterodroma heraldica Critically Endangered n/a n/a

Southern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus Endangered n/a n/aWhite-bellied Storm-Petrel (Tasman Sea), White-bellied Storm-Petrel (Australasian) Fregetta grallaria grallaria Vulnerable n/a n/a

Slender-billed Thornbill (western) Acanthiza iredalei iredalei Vulnerable n/a n/a

* % of total distribution describes the proportion of the total national distribution of the threatened species that is found within the zone.

** % of zone describes the proportion of the zone that the threatened species is likely or known to occur in.

The % of zone indicates how rare, or difficult the species may be to find within the zone.


Threatened reptiles

Common Name Scientific name Status % of total distribution*

% of zone**

Arnhem Land Egernia Bellatorias obiri Endangered 100 0.44Yellow-snouted Gecko Lucasium occultum Endangered 98.19 0.42Mount Cooper Striped Lerista Lerista vittata Vulnerable 90.06 0.46Gulf Snapping Turtle Elseya lavarackorum Endangered 79.04 0.77Airlie Island Ctenotus Ctenotus angusticeps Vulnerable 34.98 0.04Yakka Skink Egernia rugosa Vulnerable 32.38 1.99Plains Death Adder Acanthophis hawkei Vulnerable 21.28 3.32Olive Ridley Turtle, Pacific Ridley Turtle Lepidochelys olivacea Endangered 0.17 0.27Hawksbill Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata Vulnerable 0.12 0.31Flatback Turtle Natator depressus Vulnerable 0.12 0.35Loggerhead Turtle Caretta caretta Endangered 0.09 0.31Leatherback Turtle, Leathery Turtle, Luth Dermochelys coriacea Endangered 0.09 0.31Green Turtle Chelonia mydas Vulnerable 0.09 0.34

Short-nosed Seasnake Aipysurus apraefrontalis Critically Endangered 0.04 0.001

Ornamental Snake Denisonia maculata Vulnerable 0.03 0.002Great Desert Skink, Tjakura, Warrarna, Mulyamiji Liopholis kintorei Vulnerable May be


Other threatened fauna


% of zone**

Fitzroy Land Snail Mesodontrachia fitzroyana Endangered 100 0.02Gove Crow Butterfly Euploea alcathoe enastri Endangered 99.99 1.23Largetooth Sawfish, Freshwater Sawfish, River Sawfish, Leichhardt’s Sawfish, Northern Sawfish

Pristis pristis Vulnerable 92.2 83.92

Kuranda Tree Frog Litoria myola Endangered 50.27 0.003Magnificent Brood Frog Pseudophryne covacevichae Vulnerable 39.47 0.03Common Mistfrog Litoria rheocola Endangered 35.41 0.66Waterfall Frog, Torrent Tree Frog Litoria nannotis Endangered 32.75 0.001Sharp-snouted Day Frog, Sharp-snouted Torrent Frog Taudactylus acutirostris Extinct 20.27 0.15

Speartooth Shark Glyphis glyphis Critically Endangered 6.94 0.02

Green Sawfish, Dindagubba, Narrowsnout Sawfish Pristis zijsron Vulnerable 4.96 0.02

Northern River Shark, New Guinea River Shark Glyphis garricki Endangered 4.87 0.03

Mountain Mistfrog Litoria nyakalensis Critically Endangered 2.39 0.005

Lace-eyed Tree Frog, Australian Lacelid Nyctimystes dayi Endangered 2.09 0.03Dwarf Sawfish, Queensland Sawfish Pristis clavata Vulnerable 1.93 0.29Lake Eacham Rainbowfish Melanotaenia eachamensis Endangered 0.82 0.00

Armoured Mistfrog Litoria lorica Critically Endangered

May be present

May be present

Southern Bluefin Tuna Thunnus maccoyii Conservation Dependent n/a n/a

Whale Shark Rhincodon typus Vulnerable n/a n/a


Threatened flora


% of zone**

a shrubAcacia sp. Graveside Gorge (V.J.Levitzke 806) NT Herbarium

Critically Endangered 100 0.01

Antelope Orchid Ceratobium antennatum Endangered 100 0.42

None Dipodium pictum Endangered 100 0.07

Keeled Tassel-fern Phlegmariurus carinatus Endangered 100 0.03

None Helicteres macrothrix Endangered 100 0.03

a herb Typhonium taylori Endangered 100 0.01

a tree Toechima sp. East Alligator (J.Russell-Smith 8418) Endangered 100 0.01

Darwin Palm Ptychosperma bleeseri Endangered 100 0.004

None Habenaria macraithii Endangered 100 0.004

Edgar Range Pandanus Pandanus spiralis var. flammeus Endangered 100 0.001

pale umbrella orchid Bulbophyllum longiflorum Vulnerable 100 0.0003

Cycas cairnsiana Cycad (Cycas cairnsiana) Vulnerable 100 0.13

a herb Typhonium mirabile Endangered 99.99 0.44

None Cyathea exilis Endangered 99.99 0.02

a palm Hydriastele costata Vulnerable 99.99 0.23

a herb Typhonium jonesii Endangered 99.98 0.57

a shrub Xylopia monosperma Endangered 99.98 0.57

Cycas silvestris Cycad (Cycas silvestris) Vulnerable 99.98 0.01

None Rhinerrhizopsis matutina Vulnerable 99.97 0.93

None Syzygium velarum Vulnerable 99.9 0.01

None Dischidia litoralis Vulnerable 99.76 0.0005

a vine Hoya australis subsp. oramicola Vulnerable 99.49 0.0003

Fringed Keraudrenia Keraudrenia exastia Critically Endangered 99.36 0.003

None Burmannia sp. Bathurst Island (R.Fensham 1021) Endangered 99.32 0.57

None Chamaesyce carissoides Vulnerable 99.2 0.96

None Calophyllum bicolor Vulnerable 98.66 0.63

Cycas platyphylla Cycad (Cycas platyphylla) Vulnerable 97.32 0.32

None Grevillea glossadenia Vulnerable 96.61 0.20

an orchid Cepobaculum carronii Vulnerable 95.73 2.55

None Acacia purpureopetala Vulnerable 95.14 0.03

None Cajanus mareebensis Endangered 93.02 21.69

Cooktown Orchid Dendrobium bigibbum Vulnerable 89.75 12.49

None Dendrobium johannis Vulnerable 89.73 6.45


Threatened flora


% of zone**

None Corymbia rhodops Vulnerable 87.59 0.03

None Tephrosia leveillei Vulnerable 86.33 0.005Australian Arenga Palm, Native Sugar Palm Arenga australasica Vulnerable 86.13 3.00

None Solanum carduiforme Vulnerable 85.83 0.15

BlueTassel-fern Phlegmariurus dalhousieanus Endangered 75.02 0.20

None Phaius pictus Vulnerable 72.16 0.32

Rock Tassel-fern, Water Tassel-fern Phlegmariurus squarrosus Endangered 58.19 0.02

Pale Chandelier Orchid Acriopsis emarginata Vulnerable 53.95 0.24

* % of total distribution describes the proportion of the total national distribution of the threatened species that is found within the zone.

** % of zone describes the proportion of the zone that the threatened species is likely or known to occur in. The % of zone indicates how rare, or difficult the species may be to find within the zone.

The above species are listed under The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), the Australian Government’s principal environmental legislation.

Please note that the list of threatened flora species is not comprehensive. The flora listed here have a significant proportion of their total national distribution within the zone. For more information please refer to: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/species or the Species Profiles and Threats Database http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/sprat.pl

http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/species

http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/sprat.pl


EPBC Act (1999) migratory species

Migratory birds

Common name Scientific nameBarn Swallow Hirundo rusticaBar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponicaBlack-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsisBlack-naped Tern Sterna sumatranaBlack-tailed Godwit Limosa limosaBlack-winged Monarch Monarcha fraterBridled Tern Sterna anaethetusBroad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellusBrown Booby Sula leucogasterCaspian Tern Sterna caspiaCattle Egret Ardea ibisCommon Greenshank, Greenshank Tringa nebularia

Common Noddy Anous stolidusCommon Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucosCurlew Sandpiper Calidris ferrugineaDouble-banded Plover Charadrius bicinctusEastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensisFork-tailed Swift Apus pacificusGreat Egret, White Egret Ardea alba

Great Frigatebird, Greater Frigatebird Fregata minor

Great Knot Calidris tenuirostrisGreater Sand Plover, Large Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii

Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarolaGrey-tailed Tattler Heteroscelus brevipesLatham’s Snipe, Japanese Snipe Gallinago hardwickii

Lesser Crested Tern Sterna bengalensisLesser Frigatebird, Least Frigatebird Fregata ariel

Lesser Sand Plover, Mongolian Plover Charadrius mongolus

Migratory birds

Common name Scientific nameLittle Curlew, Little Whimbrel Numenius minutus

Little Tern Sterna albifronsMarsh Sandpiper, Little Greenshank Tringa stagnatilis

Masked Booby Sula dactylatraOriental Plover, Oriental Dotterel Charadrius veredus

Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarumPacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva

Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis (sensu lato)

Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatusRed Knot, Knot Calidris canutusRed-footed Booby Sula sulaRed-necked Stint Calidris ruficollisRoseate Tern Sterna dougalliiRuddy Turnstone Arenaria interpresRufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifronsSanderling Calidris albaSarus Crane Grus antigoneSatin Flycatcher Myiagra cyanoleucaSharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminataSouthern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteusSpectacled Monarch Monarcha trivirgatusStreaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelasStreaked Shearwater Puffinus leucomelasTerek Sandpiper Xenus cinereusWedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus

Whimbrel Numenius phaeopusWhite-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster

White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus

Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola


For more information please refer to: http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/biodiversity/migratory-species

Other migratory species

Common name Scientific name

Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus

Bryde’s Whale Balaenoptera edeni

Dugong Dugong dugon

Flatback Turtle Natator depressus

Green Turtle Chelonia mydas

Hawksbill Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata

Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae

Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin Sousa chinensis

Irrawaddy Dolphin Orcaella brevirostris

Killer Whale, Orca Orcinus orca

Leatherback Turtle, Leathery Turtle, Luth Dermochelys coriacea

Loggerhead Turtle Caretta caretta

Longfin Mako Isurus paucus

Olive Ridley Turtle, Pacific Ridley Turtle Lepidochelys olivacea

Salt-water Crocodile, Estuarine Crocodile Crocodylus porosusSpotted Bottlenose Dolphin (Arafura/Timor Sea populations) Tursiops aduncus (Arafura/Timor Sea populations)

Whale Shark Rhincodon typus

http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/biodiversity/migratory-species


Threatened endemic species

Taxonomic group Scientific name Reservation status EPBC Act status IUCN status

Birds Aquila gurneyi Not recorded in reserves n/a Near Threatened

Birds Geophaps smithii Recorded in reserves Vulnerable Near Threatened

Birds Amytornis woodwardi Recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Birds Psephotus chrysopterygius Recorded in reserves Endangered EndangeredCrabs, Yabbies, Isopods and Allies Austrothelphusa tigrina Not recorded

in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Crabs, Yabbies, Isopods and Allies Austrothelphusa valentula Not recorded

in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Dragonflies Antipodogomphus dentosus Not recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Dragonflies Hemigomphus magela Recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Dragonflies Eurysticta coomalie Recorded in reserves n/a Near Threatened

Dragonflies Lithosticta macra Not recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Dragonflies Huonia melvillensis Not recorded in reserves n/a Near Threatened

Fish Craterocephalus helenae Not recorded in reserves n/a Near Threatened

Fish Craterocephalus lentiginosus Not recorded in reserves n/a Near Threatened

Fish Kimberleyeleotris hutchinsi Not recorded in reserves n/a Near Threatened

Fish Kimberleyeleotris notata Not recorded in reserves n/a Near Threatened

Fish Melanotaenia gracilis Recorded in reserves n/a Near Threatened

Fish Melanotaenia pygmaea Not recorded in reserves n/a Near Threatened

Fish Hephaestus epirrhinos Recorded in reserves n/a Near Threatened

Fish Syncomistes rastellus Recorded in reserves n/a Near Threatened

Fish Glyphis garricki Recorded in reserves Endangered Critically Endangered

Fish Glyphis glyphis Recorded in reserves Critically Endangered Endangered

Fish Himantura granulata Not recorded in reserves n/a Near Threatened

Fish Anoxypristis cuspidata Not recorded in reserves n/a Critically Endangered

Fish Pristis clavata Not recorded in reserves Vulnerable Critically Endangered

Fish Pristis pristis Recorded in reserves Vulnerable Critically Endangered

Fish Pristis zijsron Not recorded in reserves Vulnerable Critically Endangered





Frogs Cophixalus crepitans Not recorded in reserves n/a Near Threatened

Mammals Phascogale pirata Recorded in reserves Vulnerable Vulnerable

Mammals Pseudantechinus bilarni Recorded in reserves n/a Near Threatened

Mammals Sminthopsis butleri Not recorded in reserves Vulnerable Vulnerable

Mammals Macropus bernardus Recorded in reserves n/a Near Threatened

Mammals Petrogale burbidgei Not recorded in reserves n/a Near Threatened

Mammals Petrogale coenensis Recorded in reserves n/a Near Threatened

Mammals Conilurus penicillatus Recorded in reserves Vulnerable Near Threatened

Mammals Notomys aquilo Recorded in reserves Vulnerable Endangered

Mammals Pseudomys calabyi Recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Mammals Zyzomys maini Recorded in reserves Vulnerable Near Threatened

Mammals Zyzomys palatalis Not recorded in reserves Endangered Critically Endangered

Molluscs Suavocallia splendens Not recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Molluscs Amphidromus cognatus Not recorded in reserves n/a Near Threatened

Molluscs Amplirhagada astuta Not recorded in reserves n/a Endangered

Molluscs Amplirhagada montalivetensis Not recorded in reserves n/a Near Threatened

Molluscs Amplirhagada questroana Not recorded in reserves n/a Endangered

Molluscs Carinotrachia carsoniana Not recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Molluscs Cristilabrum bubulum Not recorded in reserves n/a Endangered

Molluscs Cristilabrum buryillum Not recorded in reserves n/a Endangered

Molluscs Cristilabrum grossum Not recorded in reserves n/a Endangered

Molluscs Cristilabrum isolatum Not recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Molluscs Cristilabrum monodon Not recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Molluscs Cristilabrum primum Not recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Molluscs Cristilabrum rectum Not recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Molluscs Cristilabrum simplex Not recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Molluscs Cristilabrum solitudum Not recorded in reserves n/a Endangered

Molluscs Cristilabrum spectaculum Not recorded in reserves n/a Near Threatened




Molluscs Damochlora millepunctata Not recorded in reserves n/a Endangered

Molluscs Damochlora spina Not recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Molluscs Hadra wilsoni Recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Molluscs Kimboraga exanimus Recorded in reserves n/a Endangered

Molluscs Kimboraga micromphala Recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Molluscs Kimboraga yammerana Not recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Molluscs Mesodontrachia desmonda Not recorded in reserves n/a Near Threatened

Molluscs Mesodontrachia fitzroyana Not recorded in reserves Endangered Near Threatened

Molluscs Mouldingia occidentalis Recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Molluscs Mouldingia orientalis Not recorded in reserves n/a Endangered

Molluscs Ningbingia australis Not recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Molluscs Ningbingia bulla Not recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Molluscs Ningbingia dentiens Not recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Molluscs Ningbingia laurina Not recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Molluscs Ningbingia octava Not recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Molluscs Ningbingia res Not recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Molluscs Ordtrachia australis Not recorded in reserves n/a Near Threatened

Molluscs Ordtrachia elegans Not recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Molluscs Ordtrachia septentrionalis Not recorded in reserves n/a Near Threatened

Molluscs Prototrachia sedula Recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Molluscs Rhagada gibbensis Not recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Molluscs Rhagada harti Recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Molluscs Setobaudinia victoriana Not recorded in reserves n/a Near Threatened

Molluscs Tolgachloritis campbelli Not recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Molluscs Torresitrachia thedana Not recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Molluscs Turgenitubulus aslini Not recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Molluscs Turgenitubulus costus Not recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable




Molluscs Turgenitubulus depressus Not recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Molluscs Turgenitubulus foramenus Not recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Molluscs Turgenitubulus opiranus Not recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Molluscs Turgenitubulus pagodula Not recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Molluscs Turgenitubulus tanmurrana Not recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Molluscs Westraltrachia alterna Recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Molluscs Westraltrachia inopinata Not recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Molluscs Westraltrachia lievreana Not recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Molluscs Westraltrachia porcata Not recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Molluscs Westraltrachia recta Not recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Molluscs Westraltrachia subtila Recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Molluscs Westraltrachia turbinata Recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Molluscs Pilsbrycharopa tumida Not recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Molluscs Trochomorpha melvillensis Not recorded in reserves n/a Near Threatened

Plants Cycas arenicola Recorded in reserves n/a Near Threatened

Plants Cycas armstrongii Recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Plants Cycas badensis Not recorded in reserves n/a Near Threatened

Plants Cycas brunnea Recorded in reserves n/a Near Threatened

Plants Cycas conferta Recorded in reserves n/a Near Threatened

Plants Cycas couttsiana Not recorded in reserves n/a Near Threatened

Plants Cycas desolata Not recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Plants Cycas semota Not recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Plants Cycas silvestris Not recorded in reserves Vulnerable Vulnerable

Plants Cycas tuckeri Recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Plants Ectrosia blakei Not recorded in reserves Vulnerable n/a

Plants Macadamia claudiensis Recorded in reserves Vulnerable n/a

Plants Aglaia euryanthera Recorded in reserves n/a Near Threatened

Plants Boronia quadrilata Recorded in reserves Vulnerable n/a

Plants Boronia viridiflora Recorded in reserves Vulnerable n/a




Plants Philotheca acrolopha Recorded in reserves Vulnerable n/a

Plants Zieria obovata Not recorded in reserves Vulnerable n/a

Plants Zieria rimulosa Not recorded in reserves Vulnerable n/a

Plants Alectryon repandodentatus Not recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Plants Toechima sp. east alligator Recorded in reserves Endangered n/a

Plants Myriophyllum coronatum Not recorded in reserves Vulnerable n/a

Plants Solanum carduiforme Recorded in reserves Vulnerable n/a

Plants Solanum dunalianum Not recorded in reserves Vulnerable n/a

Reptiles Carettochelys insculpta Recorded in reserves n/a Vulnerable

Reptiles Lepidochelys olivacea Recorded in reserves Endangered Vulnerable

Reptiles Lucasium occultum Not recorded in reserves Endangered n/a

Reptiles Leioselasma pacifica Not recorded in reserves n/a Near Threatened

Reptiles Bellatorias obiri Not recorded in reserves Endangered n/a


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Invasive species

Invasive mammals

Common name Scientific name % of total distribution* % of zone**

Cat, House Cat, Domestic Cat Felis catus 0.39 1.58

Pig Sus scrofa 0.84 0.20

Black Rat, Ship Rat Rattus rattus 1.86 2.25

Domestic Dog Canis lupus familiaris 0.76 1.45

Rabbit, European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus 0.22 0.20

House Mouse Mus musculus 0.28 0.75

Domestic Cattle Bos taurus 0.58 2.26

Red Fox, Fox Vulpes vulpes 0.11 0.76

Brown Rat, Norway Rat Rattus norvegicus 1.4 0.92

Feral deer species in Australia Feral deer 0.69 0.13

Horse Equus caballus 0.11 0.52

Goat Capra hircus 0.03 0.04

Brown Hare Lepus capensis 0.01 0.01

* % of the total national distribution of the invasive species found within the zone.

** % of the total zone area that the invasive species is likely or known to occur in.

Other invasive fauna

Common name Scientific name % of total distribution* % of zone**

Cane Toad Rhinella marina 1.54 2.26

House Sparrow Passer domesticus 0.9 2.02

Rock Pigeon, Rock Dove, Domestic Pigeon Columba livia 0.92 1.78

Nutmeg Mannikin Lonchura punctulata 8.36 1.69

Spotted Turtle-Dove Streptopelia chinensis 2.61 1.65

Common Myna, Indian Myna Acridotheres tristis 3.33 1.31

Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 0.68 1.12

Asian House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus 5.77 0.99

Mourning Gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris 31.55 0.45

Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 0.74 0.40Flowerpot Blind Snake, Brahminy Blind Snake, Cacing Besi Ramphotyphlops braminus 1.93 0.08

Red Junglefowl, Domestic Fowl Gallus gallus 11.91 0.00

Indian Peafowl, Peacock Pavo cristatus 0.7 0.00


* % of the total national distribution of the invasive species found within the zone.

** % of the total zone area that the invasive species is likely or known to occur in.

It should be noted that the identification of any given invasive species above does not imply that the species is found uniformly across the Conservation Management Zone. The % of the zone area (**) indicates how common or rare the species may be within the zone.

For more information on invasive species please refer to: http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/biodiversity/invasive-species

Invasive flora

Common name Scientific name % of total distribution* % of zone** Lantana, Common Lantana, Kamara Lantana, Large-leaf Lantana, Pink Flowered Lantana, Red Flowered Lantana, Red-Flowered Sage, White Sage, Wild Sage

Lantana camara 5.89 2.18

Hymenachne, Olive Hymenachne, Water Stargrass, West Indian Grass, West Indian Marsh Grass

Hymenachne amplexicaulis 9.58 1.64

Buffel-grass, Black Buffel-grass Cenchrus ciliaris 0.56 1.47Salvinia, Giant Salvinia, Aquarium Watermoss, Kariba Weed Salvinia molesta 6.04 1.42

Pond Apple, Pond-apple Tree, Alligator Apple, Bullock’s Heart, Cherimoya, Monkey Apple, Bobwood, Corkwood

Annona glabra 51.2 1.37

Parthenium Weed, Bitter Weed, Carrot Grass, False Ragweed Parthenium hysterophorus 2.77 1.29

Rubber Vine, Rubbervine, India Rubber Vine, India Rubbervine, Palay Rubbervine, Purple Allamanda

Cryptostegia grandiflora 2 1.03

Cabomba, Fanwort, Carolina Watershield, Fish Grass, Washington Grass, Watershield, Carolina Fanwort, Common Cabomba

Cabomba caroliniana 8.53 0.66

Gamba Grass Andropogon gayanus 6.85 0.48Cotton-leaved Physic-Nut, Bellyache Bush, Cotton-leaf Physic Nut, Cotton-leaf Jatropha, Black Physic Nut

Jatropha gossypifolia 1.41 0.43

Cat’s Claw Vine, Yellow Trumpet Vine, Cat’s Claw Creeper, Funnel Creeper Dolichandra unguis-cati 5.81 0.25

Madeira Vine, Jalap, Lamb’s-tail, Mignonette Vine, Anredera, Gulf Madeiravine, Heartleaf Madeiravine, Potato Vine

Anredera cordifolia 2.76 0.20

Climbing Asparagus-fern Asparagus plumosus 6.41 0.16Climbing Asparagus-fern, Ferny Asparagus Protasparagus plumosus 6.41 0.16Delta Arrowhead, Arrowhead, Slender Arrowhead Sagittaria platyphylla 2.31 0.15

Water Hyacinth, Water Orchid, Nile Lily Eichhornia crassipes 1.94 0.14Fireweed, Madagascar Ragwort, Madagascar Groundsel Senecio madagascariensis 1.05 0.12

Prickly Acacia Acacia nilotica subsp. indica 0.13 0.12Prickly Pears Opuntia spp. 0.32 0.09Asparagus Fern, Ground Asparagus, Basket Fern, Sprengi’s Fern, Bushy Asparagus, Emerald Asparagus

Asparagus aethiopicus 2.59 0.06

Prickly Acacia, Blackthorn, Prickly Mimosa, Black Piquant, Babul Vachellia nilotica 0.02 0.01

Mesquite, Algaroba Prosopis spp. 0.02 0.01Parkinsonia, Jerusalem Thorn, Jelly Bean Tree, Horse Bean Parkinsonia aculeata 0.01 0.01

http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/biodiversity/invasive-species


Vegetation profiles and management recommendationsVegetation extent information and species lists contained in the vegetation profiles are based on analysis from the National Vegetation Information System (NVIS), including analysis of Major Vegetation Subgroups and NVIS Level V descriptions. Please see http://www.environment.gov.au/node/18930 for more information.

The management recommendations have been drawn from EPBC Act Recovery Plans, EPBC Act Ecological Communities Listing Advice and other sources. The recommendations are indicative only. Systematic reviews of management literature, consultation processes and improved Natural Resource Management program monitoring and evaluation will support development of a comprehensive set of management recommendations over time.

http://www.environment.gov.au/node/18930


Eucalyptus woodlands with a tussock grass understorey vegetation profile

Protection Sustainable Agricultural Practice

Rehabilitation Fire Management

Wildlife Management

Weed Management

Feral Animal Management

Disease Management

Manage post-fire grazing pressure from domestic livestock.

Manage total grazing pressure to maintain ground cover.

Implement customary Aboriginal fire management approaches.

Burn progressively from early dry season to reduce risk of extensive late season wildfires.

Undertake mosaic burns, ideally at hectare scale (at most tens of hectares) and with fire-free intervals of at least 4-5 years.

Protect vulnerable habitats such as riparian corridors, rocky landscapes and monsoon rainforest patches from burning.

Manage invasive grass species, especially Gamba Grass and Buffel Grass.

Manage Rubber Vine.

Maintain Dingo populations to suppress populations of vertebrate pests.

98.86%Remaining

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Commonly found species within this communityEucalyptus leptophleba; Eucalyptus platyphylla; Eucalyptus tetrodonta; Eucalyptus crebra; Eucalyptus microneura; Eucalyptus microtheca; Corymbia clarksoniana; Corymbia polycarpa; Eucalyptus tectifica; Acacia shirleyi; Eucalyptus miniata; Corymbia dallachiana; Corymbia tessellaris; Melaleuca nervosa; Corymbia confertiflora; Grevillea glauca; Schizachyrium fragile; Gardenia vilhelmii; Carissa lanceolata; Petalostigma banksii; shrub; Heteropogon contortus; Planchonia careya; Sorghum plumosum; Chrysopogon fallax; Themeda triandra; tussock grass.

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Tropical Eucalyptus forests and woodlands with a tall annual tussock grass understorey vegetation profile



Wildlife Management

Weed Management


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Manage invasive grass species, especially Gamba Grass and Buffel Grass.

Manage Rubber Vine.


97.71%Remaining

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11.2% 11%

Commonly found species within this communityEucalyptus tetrodonta; Eucalyptus tectifica; Eucalyptus dichromophloia; Eucalyptus miniata; Corymbia bleeseri; Livistona humilis; Planchonia careya; Chrysopogon fallax; Brachychiton paradoxus; Sorghum intrans; Heteropogon triticeus; Flueggea virosa subsp. melanthesoides; Sorghum plumosum; tussock grass.



Eucalyptus woodlands with a hummock grass understorey vegetation profile

99.95%Remaining

Commonly found species within this communityEucalyptus leucophloia; Eucalyptus brevifolia; Corymbia dichromophloia; Eucalyptus phoenicea; Eucalyptus pruinosa; Eucalyptus miniata; Calytrix exstipulata; Grevillea parallela; Acacia lysiphloia; Acacia alleniana; Atalaya hemiglauca; Erythrophleum chlorostachys; Triodia pungens; Triodia bitextura; Triodia microstachya; Eriachne ciliata; hummock grass; tussock grass.

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Weed Management


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Manage flammable invasive grass species, especially Gamba Grass and Buffel Grass.

Manage Rubber Vine.




Hummock grasslands vegetation profile



Wildlife Management

Weed Management


Disease Management

Protect natural springs and soaks from changes in water flows/water table levels through encouraging wise water usage and reducing surface and ground-water extraction.

Encourage uptake of conservation agreements and covenants on private land and Indigenous land.

Avoid overgrazing.

Manage total grazing pressure.

Manage the impacts of native browsers (kangaroos).

If possible, re-introduce soil engineering species, such as Greater Bilby and Northern Bettong populations, where predatory pests are controlled.

Manage for weeds particularly in 2-3 years following higher than average rainfall.

Manage rabbits and foxes simultaneously to prevent foxes switching to predation on native species, or increased rabbit populations.

Manage pests intensively, particularly in 2-3 years following higher than average rainfall.


99.67%Remaining

Commonly found species within this communityeEucalyptus brevifolia; Eucalyptus dichromophloia; Eucalyptus terminalis; Adansonia gregorii; Bauhinia cunninghamii; Eucalyptus setosa; Eucalyptus grandifolia; Eucalyptus pruinosa; Acacia ptychophylla; Hakea macrocarpa; Acacia adsurgens; Triodia pungens; Triodia wiseana; Triodia bitextura; hummock grass; tussock grass.

Change in extent

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Melaleuca open forests and woodlands vegetation profile




Wildlife Management

Weed Management


Disease Management

Maintain a 40 metre minimum buffer zone around vegetation.

Protect from changes to water flow and water quality, including the impacts of run-off, salinity or pollution.

Seek agreements with private landholders to help integrate floodplain management across private and public lands.

Do not place artificial watering or feeding points within remnants.

Wherever possible, exclude stock. Do not set stock.

Protect from chemical spray drift.

Avoid soil disturbance and fertiliser run-off.

Undertake fine-scale mosaic burning, leaving unburnt patches to ensure the presence of different age classes of vegetation within the mosaic.

Total absence of fire is detrimental and leads to imbalanced densities of woody species.

Manage weeds including aggressive weeds such as Arum Lily.

Avoid adverse impacts from chemicals or other mechanisms to manage weeds.

Control invasive animals (such as goats, pigs and feral horses).

Develop and implement suitable hygiene protocols to protect sites from potential outbreaks of Myrtle Rust (Uredo rangelii).

99.46%Remaining

Commonly found species within this communityMelaleuca viridiflora; Melaleuca leucadendra; Melaleuca cajuputi; Melaleuca citrolens; Melaleuca stenostachya; Melaleuca saligna; Eucalyptus pruinosa; Eucalyptus polycarpa; Corymbia latifolia; Corymbia clarksoniana; Corymbia stockeri; Asteromyrtus symphyocarpa; Flueggea virosa; Terminalia canescens; Carissa lanceolata; Terminalia canescens; Chrysopogon fallax; Eremochloa bimaculata; Sorghum plumosum; Eulalia aurea; Aristida dominiifern; tussock grass.

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5.81% 5.78%


Eucalyptus open forests with a grassy understorey vegetation profile




Wildlife Management

Weed Management


Disease Management



Implement customary Aboriginal fire management approaches.Burn progressively from early dry season to reduce risk of extensive late season wildfires.Undertake mosaic burns, ideally at hectare scale (at most tens of hectares) and with fire-free intervals of at least 4–5 years.Protect vulnerable habitats such as riparian corridors, rocky landscapes and monsoon rainforest patches from burning.

Manage flammable invasive grass species, especially Gamba Grass and Buffel Grass.

Manage rubber Vine.


98.5%Remaining

Commonly found species within this communityEucalyptus tetrodonta; Corymbia dichromophloia; Eucalyptus miniata; Eucalyptus microtheca; Eucalyptus brevifolia; Eucalyptus ferruginea; Erythrophleum chlorostachys; Callitris intratropica; Carissa lanceolata; Bossiaea bossiaeoides; Boronia lanuginosa; Calytrix exstipulata; Livistona humilis; Gardenia megasperma; Heteropogon triticeus; Sorghum plumosum; Chrysopogon fallax; tussock grass.

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5.7% 5.6%


Dry rainforest or vine thickets vegetation profile




Wildlife Management

Weed Management


Disease Management

Protect from infrastructure works and maintenance activities involving substrate or vegetation disturbance.

Create buffer zones of native vegetation to protect from adjacent areas of development.

Where appropriate, fence significant remnants in or adjacent to urban or tourist areas and limit access for vehicles.

Protect from changes to water flow through encouraging wise-water use, and monitor and manage for run-off, salinity or pollution.

Avoid extraction of groundwater in surrounding agricultural lands.

Maintain and reconnect remnant patches.

Plant local indigenous vine thicket species, including key indigenous canopy species.

Avoid mid-late dry season fires in adjacent lands, to minimise the risk of fire entering remnant patches.As far as is possible, prevent managed and wild fires from entering buffer zones around remnants.Ensure low fuel loads in surrounding buffers, as well as in adjacent Pindan ecological communities.Discourage the use of fire as a means to control biomass and weeds in, or near to, remnants.

Protect and maintain large native fruiting trees, and shrubs and vines, as well as dead trees, as they provide critical habitat for fauna.

Ensure chemicals or other mechanisms used to eradicate weeds do not have an adverse effect on remnant vegetation.

Discourage the planting of exotic species in residential developments adjacent or near to remnants.

Actively control cats, cattle, donkeys and pigs.

99.38%Remaining

Commonly found species within this communityAcacia auriculiformis; Canarium australianum; Aglaia sapindina; Bombax ceiba; Nauclea orientalis; Welchiodendron longivalve; Acacia midgleyi; Gyrocarpus americanus; Peltophorum pterocarpum; Ficus spp; Diospyros spp; Buchanania arborescens; Aleurites moluccana; Tabernaemontana orientalis; Dimorphocalyx australiensis; Pongamia pinnata; Calophyllum sil; Lomandra sp; Dianella sp; Doryopteris concolor; tussock grass; sedge; fern.

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Heathlands vegetation profile* Heathlands in this zone refers to sandstone heathlands of the Arnhem Plateau. The Heathlands Major Vegetation Subgroup is not mapped comprehensively by the National Vegetation Information System (NVIS) and therefore the extent data is not fully representative. The true extent is probably better reflected by the threatened ecological community listing for the Arnhem Plateau Sandstone Shrubland Complex (approximately 3% of the North Australia Tropical Savanna Woodlands zone).




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Weed Management


Disease Management

Protect from infrastructure works and maintenance activities involving substrate or vegetation disturbance.

Protect from changes to water flow including changes to run-off, sedimentation, seed spread or pollution.

Undertake fine-scale mosaic burns.

Kakadu National Park has developed a fire management plan which incorporates thresholds criteria specifically for the Arnhem Plateau.

Ensure fire intervals are no more frequent than five or more years.

Control weeds including Gamba Grass, Mission Grass, Hairy Fountain Grass and Rattlepod.

Ensure chemicals or other mechanisms used to eradicate weeds do not have an adverse effect on vegetation.

Monitor for and eradicate invasive ants including the African big-headed ant, tropical fire ant or ginger ant and yellow crazy ant.

Control feral cats with trapping and shooting.

83.5%Remaining

Commonly found species within this communityCalytrix exstipulata; Petraeomyrtus punicea; Acacia spp; Banksia spp; Callitris spp; Corymbia spp; Eucalyptus spp; Ficus spp; Pandanus spp; Boronia spp; Calytrix spp; Gardenia spp; Grevillea spp; Hibbertia spp; Hibiscus spp; Jacksonia spp; Lithomyrtus spp; Pityrodia spp; Tephrosia spp; Eriachne spp; Goodenia spp; Spermacoce spp; Stylidium spp; Utricularia spp; Triodia microstachya.

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