Carpenter Rocks Conservation Park is a
protected area
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...
located in the Australian state of
South Australia in the locality of
Carpenter Rocks about south-east of the state capital of
Adelaide and about south east of the town centre in Carpenter Rocks.
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The conservation park was proclaimed on 6 September 2001 under the '' National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972'' to protect threatened species and vegetation communities in particular:] A number of threatened species and plant communities are conserved within the park. It protects part of the only known population of Carpenter Rocks Manna Gum (''Eucalyptus splendens'' ssp. ''arcana''), which is a newly-described species, along with several other plants of national, state or regional significance. The park protects significant habitat for the Orange-bellied Parrot (''Neophema chrysogaster''), which is critically endangered at a national level. This important threatened species was recorded more regularly at the Carpenter Rocks site than at any other site in South Australia during the 1980s and early 1990s.
The conservation park is classified as an IUCN
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natu ...
Category VI protected area.[
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References
External links
Carpenter Rocks Conservation Park webpage on protected planet
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Conservation parks of South Australia
Protected areas established in 2001
2001 establishments in Australia