Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary National Park—Winaityinaityi Pangkara

Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary National Park—Winaityinaityi Pangkara South Australia
Dry Creek salt crystallisation pans
Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary National Park—Winaityinaityi Pangkara
Coordinates	34°35′40″S 138°23′54″E / 34.59444°S 138.39833°E / -34.59444; 138.39833Coordinates: 34°35′40″S 138°23′54″E / 34.59444°S 138.39833°E / -34.59444; 138.39833
Established	27 October 2016 (2016-10-27)^[1]
Managing authorities	Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources
Website	Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary National Park—Winaityinaityi Pangkara

The Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary National Park—Winaityinaityi Pangkara is a protected area in South Australia established by the South Australian government on the northeast coast of Gulf St Vincent, between Port Parham in the north and the southern end of Barker Inlet in the south, for the purpose of rehabilitating land used as salt pans, protecting habitat for international migratory shorebirds, managing water quality in adjoining parts of Gulf St Vincent, creation of ‘green’ space, development of niche tourism and creation of opportunities for indigenous people.

This very low-gradient, low-energy coastline, containing a broad lateral extent of subtidal seagrass meadows, intertidal mangroves and supratidal saltmarshes and salinas, extends from the Adelaide metropolitan area as far as the head of Gulf St Vincent, and is also known as the "Samphire Coast". The coastline north of Port Parham, outside the proposed sanctuary, also has a high degree of protection through being in the Port Wakefield Proof and Experimental Establishment, and the Clinton Conservation Park.

Key objectives

The Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary is a protected area established by the SA government for the northeast coast of Gulf St Vincent extending from Adelaide to its immediate north with the view of achieving the five key outcomes:

Protection of habitat particularly used by shorebirds that migrate over large extents of the Earth’s surface.^[2]^[3]
Management of water quality in Gulf St Vincent particularly in respect to stormwater and wastewater produced in the northern suburbs of Adelaide and its treatment prior to release into Gulf St Vincent.^[2]
Creation of ‘green’ space 'on the fringes of the northern Adelaide Plains that will allow stormwater recycling, absorb carbon dioxide and enhance the amenity and attractiveness of the region'.^[2]
Tourism development that ‘provide opportunities for developing exclusive, high-end tourism experiences with a focus on national and international birdwatchers’.^[2]
Indigenous involvement via measures to ‘employ and engage Aboriginal people and use Indigenous knowledge to develop and implement environmental and cultural heritage education and interpretation programs.’^[2]

A driver for the proposal is the need to rehabilitate land previously used at Dry Creek, St Kilda and other localities as salt pans and managing the environmental risks arising from the cessation of salt evaporation process of salt extract such as exposing of acid sulphate soils.^[4]

Extent

The Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary extends from Barker Inlet in the south to Port Parham in the north over a distance of 60 kilometres (37 mi). Its extent overlaps and adjoins existing protected areas such as the Port Gawler and Torrens Island conservation parks, the Upper Gulf St Vincent Marine Park, the Barker Inlet-St Kilda Aquatic Reserve, the St Kilda – Chapman Creek Aquatic Reserve and the Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary.^[5]^[6] The sanctuary will also include 228 hectares (560 acres) of land that adjoins the Port Gawler Conservation Park and Buckland Park lake, which was purchased in 2013 by the SA government with financial contributions from the following non-for-profit organisations - Nature Foundation SA and Birds SA.^[6]^[7] It is stated in 2014 that the sanctuary will be proclaimed as a conservation park under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972, in order to ‘provide one of the highest levels of protection allowed for by state legislation’.^[6]

Timeline

The SA government committed to the proposal at the state election held in March 2014. The 2014-15 State Budget included expenditure of A$0.3 million for the purpose of commencing work.^[8]^[9] A formal announcement about the proposal was made by Ian Hunter, the Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation on 20 August 2014, including the purchase of 2,300 hectares (5,700 acres) of land formerly held by salt operators, but undeveloped, for the sum of A$2 million.^[10] The SA Government has also committed to an expenditure of A$1.7 million over a period of four years for the sanctuary’s establishment and its ongoing maintenance, with a likely completion in 2018.^[10]^[11]

It was proclaimed as a national park under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 on 27 October 2016 with the name Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary National Park—Winaityinaityi Pangkara with Winaityinaityi Pangkara being the national park's name in the language of the Kaurna, the Indigenous Australians whose traditional lands include the Adelaide metropolitan area and the extent of the national park.^[1]^[12]

Citations and references

Citations

1 2 "National Parks and Wildlife (Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary National Park—Winaityinaityi Pangkara—Mining Rights) Proclamation 2016" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. pp. 4240–4243. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
1 2 3 4 5 DEWNR, 2014, page 7
↑ DEWNR, 2014, page 11
↑ DEWNR, 2014, pages 5 & 10
↑ DEWNR, 2014, page 19
1 2 3 DEWNR, 2014, page 17
↑ "Important waterbird habitat secured" (PDF). Government of South Australia. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
↑ "$17.6 million funding boost for SA's tourism industry". Government of South Australian Tourism Commission. 21 June 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
↑ GSA, 2014, page 154-155
1 2 "International Bird Sanctuary takes flight" (PDF). Government of South Australia. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
↑ "International Bird Sanctuary takes flight". Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources, Natural Resources Adelaide and Mt Lofty Ranges (NRAMLR). Retrieved 6 December 2014.
↑ "Migratory bird haven near Adelaide declared national park". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 28 October 2016.

References

"2014–15 Budget Paper 4, Agency Statements, Volume 2" (PDF). The Government of South Australia (GSA). 19 June 2014. ISSN 1440-8589. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
"Saltfields, Creating the Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary" (PDF). The Government of South Australia, Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR). 1 September 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.

External links

Protected areas of South Australia

National parks	Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary Belair Canunda Coffin Bay Coorong Flinders Chase Ikara-Flinders Ranges Gawler Ranges Great Australian Bight Marine Innes Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre Lake Gairdner Lake Torrens Lincoln Malkumba-Coongie Mount Remarkable Murray River Naracoorte Caves Nullarbor Onkaparinga River Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges Witjira

Conservation parks	Acraman Creek Aldinga Scrub Althorpe Islands Angove Avoid Bay Islands Baird Bay Islands Bakara Baudin Baudin Rocks Beachport Beatrice Islet Beyeria Busby Islet Billiatt Bird Islands Black Hill Breakaways Butchers Gap Cap Island Cape Blanche Cape Gantheaume Cape Willoughby Carpenter Rocks Carribie Chadinga Cleland Clinton Cooltong Cox Scrub Cygnet Estuary Danggali Deep Creek Douglas Point Dudley Eba Island Ediacara Elliot Price Eric Bonython Ewens Ponds Fairview Ferguson Finniss Fort Glanville Fowlers Bay Franklin Harbor Gambier Islands Gawler Ranges Giles Goose Island Greenly Island Guichen Bay Gum Laqoon Kelly Hill Hacks Lagoon Hale Hallett Cove Hincks Horsnell Gully Ironstone Hill Kaiserstuhl Kellidie Bay Lake Gilles Lake Newland Lashmar Lathami Laura Bay Lesueur Leven Beach Lincoln Lipson Island Little Dip Mamungari Mantung Marino Martindale Hall Minlacowie Moana Sands Montacute Moody Tank Morialta Mount Brown Mount Dutton Bay Mount Magnificent Mount Taylor Munyaroo Nene Valley Nepean Bay Neptune Islands Newland Head Nicolas Baudin Island Ngarkat Nuyts Archipelago Nuyts Reef Olive Island Para Wirra Paranki Lagoon Parndana Peebinga Penguin Island Pelican Lagoon Pigface Island Point Bell Point Davenport Point Labatt Piccaninnie Ponds Pinkawillinie Port Gawler Pualco Range Pullen Island Rocky Island (North) Ramsay Rocky Island (South) Salt Lagoon Islands Sceale Bay Scott Creek Seal Bay Searcy Bay Seddon Simpson Simpson Desert Sinclair Island Sir Joseph Banks Group Sleaford Mere Spring Gully Talisker Tallaringa Telowie Gorge The Dutchmans Stern The Pages Torrens Island Troubridge Island Tumby Island Venus Bay Vivonne Bay Wabma Kadarbu Mound Springs Wahgunyah Waitpinga Waldegrave Islands Warrenben West Island Whidbey Isles Whyalla Wills Creek Winninowie Wittelbee Yumbarra

Game reserves	Bool Lagoon Bucks Lake Chowilla Currency Creek Lake Robe Loch Luna Moorook Mud Islands Poocher Swamp Tolderol

Recreation parks	Anstey Hill Blackwood Forest Brownhill Creek Caratoola Cobbler Creek Granite Island Greenhill Long Island O'Halloran Hill Onkaparinga River Shepherds Hill Sturt Gorge Totness

Regional Reserves	Chowilla Innamincka Lake Frome Nullarbor Simpson Desert Strzelecki Yellabinna

Conservation reserves	Bernouilli

Wilderness Protection Areas	Billiatt Cape Bouguer Cape Gantheaume Cape Torrens Danggali Hambridge Hincks Investigator Group Memory Cove Nullarbor Nuyts Archipelago Ravine des Casoars Western River Yellabinna

Aquatic reserves	American River Aldinga Reef Bales Beach Barker Inlet-St Kilda Blanche Harbour-Douglas Bank Coobowie Goose Island Great Australian Bight Marine Park Whale Sanctuary Point Labatt Port Noarlunga Reef Seal Bay St Kilda – Chapman Creek Troubridge Hill West Island Encounter Bay Whyalla - Cowleds Landing Yatala Harbour

Other protected areas	Arkaroola Protection Area

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