Bunkers Conservation Reserve
Conservation reserves of South Australia is a class of protected area used in the Australian state of South Australia where crown land under the control of the responsible minister has been dedicated for conservation purposes. This class of protected area has been in use as early as 1985 and as of 2016, there are fifteen conservation reserves that cover an area of 194.7 square kilometres (75.1 sq mi) or less than 1% of South Australia's land area.
In South Australia, a conservation reserve is a class of protected area concerned with "(crown) land set aside for conservation of natural and cultural features under the Crown Land Management Act 2009" and its predecessor, the Crown Lands Act 1929. This class of protected area has been in use since at least 1985.
Conservation reserves only concerns land under the control of the responsible government minister and which has been dedicated for conservation purposes.
Declaration of a parcel of crown land as a conservation reserve can be an interim step towards declaration as a reserve under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972.
As of 2016, conservation reserves are managed by the Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources.
As of June 2016, reserves declared under the Crown Land Management Act 2009 totalled fifteen with a total area of 194.71 km2 (75.18 sq mi) or less than 0.1% of South Australia's area. As of 2014, all fifteen declared conservation reserve reserves have been classified as IUCN Category VI protected areas.
As of December 2016, the following conservation reserves were listed by the Government of South Australia.
Bernouilli Conservation Reserve (36°58′21″S 139°41′09″E / 36.972430°S 139.685770°E) was established on 11 November 1993. It is located on 265 hectares (650 acres) of land in the locality of Cape Jaffa in the state's Limestone Coast.
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