Paruku Indigenous Protected Area - fact sheet
Australian Government Department of the Environment and Water Resources, February 2007
© Commonwealth of Australia
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Covering around 4,300 square kilometres on the borders of the Great Sandy Desert and Tanami Bioregions, Paruku IPA is located south of the township of Halls Creek. The IPA covers a collection of aquatic habitats known as Lake Gregory, including Mulan Lake (the largest waterbody), Lera Waterhole, and Salt Pan and Djaluwon Creeks. Paruku is the Walmatjarri name for Lake Gregory.
IPA activities help to manage the land in accordance with traditional ways, and support co-operative community works. Traditional plant use has been recorded through ethnobotany field trips, and visitor activities managed through the preparation of a tourism management plan, and construction and maintenance of lakeside campsites. Controlled burning practices, and fencing to monitor the impacts of feral horses and cattle, are helping to care for country and maintain the land's health into the future.
The declaration of Paruku IPA in September 2001 was made under World Conservation Union (IUCN) Category II - Protected Area managed mainly for ecosystem conservation and recreation and Category VI - Managed Resource Protected Area: Protected Area managed mainly for the sustainable use of natural ecosystems.
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