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The Department of Parks and Wildlife (DPaW) is a department of the Government of Western Australia that is responsible for implementing the state's conservation and environment legislation and regulations. The Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) was separated on 30 June 2013 forming the Department of Parks and Wildlife (DPaW) and the Department of Environment Regulation (DER) which both commenced operations on 1 July 2013.〔http://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/about-us〕 DPaW focuses on nature conservation and the community’s enjoyment and appreciation of Western Australia’s world-class network of national and marine parks. DER focuses on environmental regulation, approvals and appeals processes, and pollution prevention. ==Status (at 30 June 2015):〔Department of Parks and Wildlife 2014–15 Annual Report, Department of Parks and Wildlife, 2015, ISSN 2203-9198 (Print), ISSN 2203-9201 (Online).〕== The Department of Parks and Wildlife has management responsibilities in: * 99 national parks (6,243,904 ha), * 16 conservation parks (848,344 ha), * 13 marine parks (2,206,612 ha), * 1 marine nature reserve (132,000 ha), * nature reserves (10,247,195 ha), * State forests (1,304,251 ha) and * other lands and waters throughout the state. At 30 June 2015, the total area under Parks and Wildlife’s care was 28,544,745 ha. The land area managed by the Department is about 10.3 per cent of the land area of Western Australia. The lands and waters managed by the Department received in 2014-15 18.6 million visits a year, with visitor satisfaction at a high level of 89%. 10,910 people are registered volunteers with the Department that help in a range of projects across the State with 610,000 hours contributed.〔http://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/get-involved/volunteering-opportunities〕 Parks and Wildlife is responsible for the wildlife conservation project Western Shield〔http://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/management/pests-diseases/westernshield〕 which is pest animal control (4 million hectares of conservation reserves and State forests baited for feral animal control) as well as weed control on more than 89 million hectares of unallocated Crown land and unmanaged reserves.〔http://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/management/pests-diseases〕 There are a number of internationally recognised biodiversity hotspots within Western Australia and in particular in the South West of the State.〔Australian Geographic, "Biodiversity hotspot in WA explained", Lydia Hales, 19 February 2014.〕 Parks and Wildlife also manages two of the world’s greatest long distance trails: the 1,000 km Bibbulmun Track〔https://www.bibbulmuntrack.org.au/〕 for walkers, and the 1,000 km Munda Biddi Trail〔http://www.mundabiddi.org.au/〕 for cyclists. An important duty of the Department (with the help of the Forest Products Commission crews) is to be responsible for bushfire prevention and suppression on its lands as well as fire prevention in unallocated Crown land and unmanaged reserves by:〔http://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/management/fire〕 * managing fuel loads through prescribed burning and other means, * responding to bushfires and * undertaking research into fire behaviour and effects. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Department of Parks and Wildlife (Western Australia)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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