Protected area in South Australia
Chowilla Game Reserve is a protected area covering the floodplain on the north side of the River Murray in South Australia from about 8 kilometres (5.0 miles) north-east of Renmark to the New South Wales border. It was proclaimed 8 April 1993 in conjunction with the Chowilla Regional Reserve , after a community consultation process which recommended that "hunting of waterfowl be a permitted activity in selected areas of the Chowilla floodplain ". The game reserve is classified as an IUCN Category VI protected area .[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 1]
The Chowilla floodplain is also protected as part of the Riverland Ramsar site ,[ 6] Ramsar Convention as a wetland of international importance.[ 7]
See also
References
^ a b "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab )" . CAPAD 2016 . Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018 .^ a b "Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 25 November 2014)" (PDF) . Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 8 January 2015 .^ "Chowilla Game Reserve" . Gazetteer of Australia onlineGeoscience Australia , Australian Government.^ South Australia. Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Murraylands Region (1995), Chowilla Regional Reserve and Chowilla Game Reserve management plan : Murraylands, South Australia , The Dept, p. 1, ISBN 978-0-7308-4697-0 ^ Boating Industry Association of South Australia (BIA); South Australia. Department for Environment and Heritage (2005), South Australia's waters an atlas & guide , Boating Industry Association of South Australia, pp. 147–152, ISBN 978-1-86254-680-6 ^ "Riverland Ramsar site" . Department for Environment and Water , Government of South Australia . Retrieved 20 June 2021 .^ "New partnership to restore Riverland Ramsar site (Commonwealth Environmental Water Office media release)" . Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment , Australia. Retrieved 20 June 2021 .
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