Protected areas of Queensland

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Queensland is the second-largest state in Australia. As at 2020, it contained more than 1,000 protected areas. In August 2023, it was estimated a total of 14.5 million hectares or 8.38% of Queensland's landmass was protected.

List of terrestrial protected areas

Conservation Parks

Conservation Reserves

Feature Protection Areas

National Parks

{{Legend|#EAF2CE|* National park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) jointly managed park |outline=silver}} {{Legend|#F2D7CE|^ National park (scientific), under IUCN protected area category 1a |outline=silver}}

Resources Reserves

Scientific Areas

List of marine protected areas

Marine protected areas within the Queensland jurisdiction consist of fish habitat areas declared under the Fisheries Act 1994 and marine parks declared under the Marine Parks Act 2004.

Fish habitat areas

Fish habitat areas are listed in two lists - 'A' and 'B'.

List 'A'

List 'B'

Marine parks

The Queensland jurisdiction only included the following three marine parks as of 2016; the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is located within the Australian government's jurisdiction.

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