New national parks announced on Yinggarda Country
The WA Government has announced the creation of Pimbee National Park and the expansion of the Kennedy Range National Park on Yinggarda Country in the Gascoyne, increasing WA’s conservation estate by 270,000 hectares!
The parks will be jointly-managed and jointly-vested with the Yinggarda Aboriginal Corporation and the WA Government, and will protect Aboriginal heritage and culture, create job opportunities and economic development for Yinggarda Traditional Owners on Country.
The newly created parks will also safeguard 400 species of plants, including 80 species of annual wildflowers such as the iconic mulla mulla and everlastings, and more than than 150 species of animals, including rare species like the peregrine falcon, rainbow bee-eater and Western pebble-mound mouse.
This is a historic milestone in the Cook Government’s Plan for Our Parks initiative and a significant step towards the target of five million hectares of parks by 2024.
Congratulations to Yinggarda Aboriginal Corporation, Yinggarda Traditional Owners and the WA Government on this historic announcement!
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