Who looks after National Parks?
Even though they carry the title national park, most national parks are managed by state or territory governments. This is because the Australian Constitution gives these governments control over management of public land. State and territory governments have organisations to look after parks and to provide facilities in them. For the state of Victoria, the park management agency is Parks Victoria. Parks Victoria manages the state’s national parks but also many other types of parks, reserves and built assets. In total Parks Victoria’s estate is made up of approximately 18% of the state, 4.1 million hectares of public land. Currently this includes; • 39 National Parks • 13 Marine National Parks • 11 Marine Sanctuaries • 3 Wilderness Parks • 30 State Parks • 31 Metropolitan Parks • 63 Other Parks and • Over 3000 Crown Land Conservation Reserves.
