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Killalea State Park
The state parks of New South Wales are 18 protected areas in New South Wales, Australia reserved for camping, water sports and recreational uses. State parks are maintained by the New South Wales Department of Lands and managed by community trust boards. They are: * Bellinger Heads State Park, near Coffs Harbour at the mouth of the Bellinger and Kalang Rivers. * Belmont State Park, Lake Macquarie (or Belmont Wetlands), of wetlands and dunes, established as a state park in 2005. * Burrinjuck Waters State Park (officially Burrinjuck State Recreation Area) , near Yass, of bushland on the southern escarpment of Mount Barren Jack. * Coffs Coast State Park (officially Coffs Coast Regional Park) , near Coffs Harbour . * Copeton Waters State Park (officially Copeton State Recreation Area) near Armidale, on the southern shore of Copeton Dam on the Gwydir River * Cronulla State Park. * Goolawah State Park, near Crescent Head. *Grabine Lakeside State Park, , near Bigga, near W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protected Area
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international organizations involved. Generally speaking though, protected areas are understood to be those in which human presence or at least the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewood, non-timber forest products, water, ...) is limited. The term "protected area" also includes marine protected areas, the boundaries of which will include some area of ocean, and transboundary protected areas that overlap multiple countries which remove the borders inside the area for conservation and economic purposes. There are over 161,000 protected areas in the world (as of October 2010) with more added daily, representing between 10 and 15 percent of the world's land surface area. As of 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
