Protected areas of Victoria


is the smallest mainland state in Australia. it contained separate protected areas with a total land area of . Of these, 45 were national parks, totalling .
The parks are managed by Parks Victoria, a state government agency. There are also many smaller state areas which are subject to commercial activity such as logging.

Coastal and marine parks

The state of Victoria has protected approximately 5.3% of coastal waters. In June 2002, legislation was passed to establish 13 marine national parks and 11 marine sanctuaries. Victoria is the first jurisdiction in the world to create an entire system of highly protected marine national parks at the same time.

Historic and heritage areas and parks

s are "areas of land and sea managed by Indigenous groups as protected areas for biodiversity conservation through voluntary agreements with the Australian Government". The following IPAs have been declared in Victoria:
As of 2011 there are 45 national parks in Victoria.

State parks

Metropolitan parks

Wilderness parks

There are 328 nature conservation reserves including:
There are natural feature reserves.