Unnamed Conservation Park is a reserve in South Australia (Australia) in the southern Great Victoria Desert and northern Nullarbor Plains, close to Maralinga and 450 km northwest of Ceduna. It is one of twelve United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World BiosphereReserves [1] (http://www.deh.gov.au/parks/biosphere/) in Australia and contains arid zone wilderness and possesses cultural significance. The park is managed jointly by the traditional owners (the Maralinga Tjarutja Community) and the South Australian Department for Environment and Heritage (DEH). The park may only be visited by those who have obtained the minimum impact code and can demonstrate experience using that code. Permits are required to travel to the park and will take 4 to 6 weeks to arrange. Motto: United for the Common Wealth Nickname: Festival State Other Australian states and territories Capital Adelaide Government Governor Premier Const. ... Maralinga is a small town in the desert of South Australia, famous for nuclear tests that took place there in the 1950s. ... UNESCO logo The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, commonly known as UNESCO, is a specialized agency of the United Nations system established in 1946. ... The biosphere is that part of a planet earths outer shell—including air, land, and water—within which life occurs, and which biotic processes in turn alter or transform. ... A Biosphere Reserve is an international conservation designation for reserves designated by UNESCO under the MaB (Man and the Biosphere) Programme. ... Australian Aborigines are the main indigenous people of Australia. ...
Fact sheet
Area: 2,132,600 hectares;
Coordinates: 28°05' to 30°11'S; 129°00' to 131°00'E
Date of establishment: Designated as a Biosphere reserve in 1977.
Managing authorities: jointly by the traditional owners (the Maralinga Tjarutja Community) and the South Australian Department for Environment and Heritage (DEH)
See also:Protected areas of South Australia This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (vertically) and longitude (horizontally); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which... The World Conservation Union or International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ... South Australia contains 324 separate Protected Areas with a total land area of 216,310 km² (21. ...
External links
UNESCO lising for the Unnamed Biosphere Reserve (http://www2.unesco.org/mab/br/brdir/directory/biores.asp?code=AUL+05&mode=all)
Park fact sheet (http://parks.camping.com.au/sa/sa_west_unnamed.htm)
Eyre Peninsula Tourism information (http://www.tep.com.au/nationalparks/np_unnamed.htm)
It also pre-empts the promised regional conservation assessment for the western forests and woodlands, which was to determine the extent and location of the conservation reserves, new national parks, which are needed for the long-term protection of nature in the west.
The national park common that is being rapidly eroded is the opportunity for peaceful, low-impact appreciation of the waterways in a natural state.
The National Parks Association of NSW Inc. is a non-profit community organisation which seeks to protect and conserve the complete range and diversity of natural habitats, features and species as well as significant cultural items and landscapes within New South Wales.
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