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Management Plans

The department is responsible for preparing and implementing management plans for marine and terrestrial parks and reserves in accordance with the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984.

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Rock Art Echidna
Aboriginal engagement

Working together on Country.

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Hopeland bushfire, January 2020. Photo by Jayden Vitler/DBCA
Fire management

Parks and Wildlife Service at the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions is responsible for managing fire in forests, parks, nature reserves and other lands that it manages.

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Walpole Wilderness
Forests

Western Australia has close to 18 million hectares of forests and woodlands.

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Kangaroos - Photo Nathan White / Adobe
Kangaroo management in Western Australia

Management plan, quotas and annual reports for kangaroo management in WA. 

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Photo Adobe
Land use planning

Western Australia's land use planning system coordinates planning, land use and development through the review, approval and monitoring of planning schemes, policies, strategies, structure plans and subdivision and development applications.

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Management
Management

How we manage fire, and the lands and waters in our care.

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Humpback whales
Marine environment

Our marine areas are unique and many of them rival their terrestrial counterparts in scenic grandeur.

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Muir's Corella
Muir's corella management in Western Australia

Muir’s corella, one of four corella species in the southern part of Western Australia, once inhabited most of the south-west of Western Australia from the Swan and Avon Rivers south to Broomehill and Augusta. 

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100 Year Forest. Photo by Michael Pez/DBCA
Parks

Western Australia’s conservation lands and waters extend over more than 31 million hectares.

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Hamersley Range
Pilbara

The Pilbara is recognised as one of Australia’s biodiversity hotspots, and is an area of high conservation value with a largely intact ecosystem that can be protected, and potentially enhanced, through focused and directed land management.

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Swan Canning Riverpark - Photo Tourism WA
Swan Canning Riverpark

The Swan Canning Riverpark and the rivers at its heart are the centrepiece of Perth.

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Close up of a fox, cane toad and arum lily plant with a dieback infested landscape in the background
Threat management

Managing key invasive pest animals, weeds and plant diseases.

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A flock of Carbaby's Cockatoos - large black birds with red feathers under their tails - flying across a blue sky
Threatened species and communities

The Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 provides for the listing of threatened native plants, animals and ecological communities that need protection.

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Planting on Penguin Island. Photo/DBCA
Urban Nature

Providing technical advice and on-ground support for land managers working to protect, manage and restore bushlands and wetlands in the department's Swan Region and beyond.

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The everchanging sand tombolo that separates Wedge Island Nature Reserve from the mainland, and South Wedge Beach from North Wedge Beach.
Wedge and Grey reserves

Wedge and Grey reserves on the Turquoise Coast.

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Lake Joondalup Photo Fiona Felton/DBCA
Wetlands

Western Australia is home to many different varieties of wetlands, from tidal mangroves and billabongs, to salt lakes and fresh water springs.

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Cathedral Gorge, Purnululu National Park Photo by Sean Scott Photography
World Heritage areas

World Heritage areas are the most exceptional and unique places on Earth.

Acknowledgement of Country

The Government of Western Australia acknowledges the traditional owners throughout Western Australia and their continuing connection to the land, waters and community. We pay our respects to all members of the Aboriginal communities and their cultures; and to Elders both past and present.

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