Caryapundy Swamp - Gazette Notice

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Section 327(1)

Caryapundy Swamp - Designation of wetlands for inclusion in the List of Wetlands of International Importance kept under the Ramsar Convention

I, BRUCE MALE, Acting Assistant Secretary, Wetlands, Policy and Northern Water Use Branch, delegate for the Minister of the Environment, hereby give notice, pursuant to section 327(1)(a) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, of the designation on 17 December 2021 of the following wetland for inclusion in the List of Wetlands of International Importance kept under the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat, done at Ramsar on 2 February 1971 (Ramsar Convention):

68. Caryapundy Swamp

The Caryapundy Swamp Ramsar site comprises the wetland and waterways of Caryapundy Swamp and the Bulloo Overflow that are within the Narriearra Caryapundy Swamp National Park boundary. The site does not include the entire area of the national park. The area of wetland is 70,176.24 ha, measuring a maximum length of 47.26 km from north to south, and a maximum width of 37.4 km east to west. The site borders Queensland along the dingo fence to the north, and Pindera Downs Aboriginal Area to the south. The site sits within the boundaries of the Narriearra Caryapundy Swamp National Park, which borders Queensland to the north (delineated by the dingo fence), pastoral stations to the east, west, and south, except for Pindera Downs Aboriginal Area which borders a section of the park to the south. The site map provides detailed spatial boundaries of the site, which is irregularly shaped, following flood extent boundaries. A detailed boundary description forms part of the Ramsar Information Sheet for the site.

The Caryapundy Swamp Ramsar site is identified in the map at Annex A.

Dated this 23 day of August 2022

Bruce Male

Acting Assistant Secretary

Wetlands, Policy and Northern Water Use Branch

Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Notes:

The maps at Annex A have been reduced for the purposes of publication. Copies of the map and further information can be obtained from:

Director, Wetlands Section, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, GPO Box 3090, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia CANBERRA ACT 2601, or at https://www.dcceew.gov.au/water/wetlands/australian-wetlands-database/australian-ramsar-wetlands.

The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water has allocated a number to the Caryapundy Swamp site to assist in recording the details of its designation. This number is indicated before the name of the wetland in this notice.