TABLE 1 PARK MANAGEMENT ZONES AND OVERLAYS Strategic directions ZONE 2 3 4 1 5 CONSERVATION RECREATION REFERENCE & RECREATION AREA EDUCATION 5440 ha, 4% of Park. 79 390 ha, 60% of 45 865 ha, 34% of 15 ha,<1% of Park. 1350 ha, 1% of Park. AREA/ Comprises Little Desert Park. Substantial Park and all of Comprises the Catiabrim Education (West) (2240ha) and parts of the Public Purposes picnic and camping Area. Little Desert (East) western, central and Reserve areas and a (3200ha) Reference eastern blocks of (60 ha). Natural and surrounding buffer Areas. the Park. undeveloped areas of 200 m. of the Park mostly surrounding the Conservation Zone. Relatively undisturbed Areas of high Important natural Sites with facility A natural area with VALUES land types and associated conservation value. values with scope for development in a scope for adventure vegetation. low impact natural or semi- activities with the recreation. natural setting. emphasis on education and social skills. Protect viable samples of one Protect sensitive Protect less sensitive Provide primarily Provide primarily for GENERAL or more land types that are natural environments, natural environments, for high use visitor environmental MANAGEMENT relatively undisturbed for and provide for and provide for nodes with a education in a relatively AIMS undisturbed area. comparative study with minimal impact sustainable concentration of similar land types elsewhere, recreation activities dispersed recreation recreation and/or by keeping all human and simple visitor activities and interpretation interference to the essential facilities subject to recreation facilities. minimum and ensuring as far ensuring minimal facilities without as practicable that the only interference to significant impact long-term change results natural processes. on natural processes. from natural processes.
Strategic directions TABLE 1 PARK MANAGEMENT ZONES AND OVERLAYS ZONE 1 REFERENCE AREA 2 3 CONSERVATION & RECREATION 4 RECREATION 5 EDUCATION AREA/ 5440 ha, 4% of Park. Comprises Little Desert (West) (2240ha) and Little Desert (East) (3200ha) Reference Areas. 79 390 ha, 60% of Park. Substantial parts of the western, central and eastern blocks of the Park. 45 865 ha, 34% of Park and all of Public Purposes Reserve (60 ha). Natural and undeveloped areas of the Park mostly surrounding the Conservation Zone. 15 ha,<1% of Park. Comprises the picnic and camping areas and a surrounding buffer of 200 m. 1350 ha, 1% of Park. Catiabrim Education Area. VALUES Relatively undisturbed land types and associated vegetation. Areas of high conservation value. Important natural values with scope for low impact recreation. Sites with facility development in a natural or semi- natural setting. A natural area with scope for adventure activities with the emphasis on education and social skills. GENERAL Protect viable samples of one Protect sensitive Protect less sensitive Provide primarily Provide primarily for MANAGEMENT or more land types that are natural environments, natural environments, for high use visitor environmental AIMS relatively undisturbed for comparative study with similar land types elsewhere, by keeping all human interference to the essential minimum and ensuring as far as practicable that the only long-term change results from natural processes. and provide for minimal impact recreation activities and simple visitor facilities subject to ensuring minimal interference to natural processes. and provide for sustainable dispersed recreation activities and recreation facilities without significant impact on natural processes. nodes with a concentration of recreation and/or interpretation facilities. education in a relatively undisturbed area.