Chowilla Game Reserve

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Chowilla Game Reserve
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources) [1]
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Chowilla Game Reserve
Location South Australia
Nearest city Renmark
Coordinates 33°56′27″S140°54′41″E / 33.94083°S 140.91139°E / -33.94083; 140.91139
Area18.176 km2 (7.018 sq mi) [2]
Established4 April 1993 [2]
Governing body Department for Environment and Water
Website http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/parks/Find_a_Park/Browse_by_region/Murray_River/Chowilla_Game_Reserve_Regional_Reserve

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]

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The Chowilla floodplain is also protected as part of the Riverland Ramsar site, [6] designated by the Ramsar Convention as a wetland of international importance. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab )". CAPAD 2016. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 25 November 2014)" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Chowilla Game Reserve". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
  4. ↑ 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
  5. ↑ 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
  6. ↑ "Riverland Ramsar site". Department for Environment and Water, Government of South Australia . 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "New partnership to restore Riverland Ramsar site (Commonwealth Environmental Water Office media release)". Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Australia. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
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