Commonwealth of Australia
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth)
Section 327(1)
Extension of the boundaries of wetlands included in the List of Wetlands of International Importance kept under the Ramsar Convention.
I, GREGORY JAMES MANNING, Assistant Secretary, Wetlands Policy and Northern Water Use Branch, delegate for the Minister for the Environment, hereby give notice, pursuant to section 327(1)(b) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth), of the extension on 1 September 2015 of the boundary of a wetland included 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):
Narran Lake Nature Reserve
Narran Lake Nature Reserve Ramsar site is situated in the north-west of New South Wales, approximately 75 kilometres north-west of Walgett. The boundary has been extended by 3104 hectares to give a total area of 8447 hectares for the Ramsar site.
Geographic coordinates are in degrees, minutes, seconds referenced to the Geocentric Datum of Australia (GDA94).
The Narran Lake Nature Reserve Ramsar site comprises the following portions of Narran Lake Nature Reserve as gazetted under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 (NSW) as at 28/02/2007:
- the parcels with DP765343, excluding the road reserve in the north east and north west corners of the Nature Reserve
- the western parcel of DP765344
- a portion of Narran Lake Nature Reserve to the west, adjacent to the western boundary of DP765343. The boundary commences from the corner of DP765343 nearest to 147°25'37.499"E 29°45'47.877"S (marked as point A on Annex A), the Ramsar boundary follows the Narran Lake Nature Reserve in a generally western direction to the point nearest to 147°22’18.985” E 29°45’56.750” S (marked as point B on Annex A) where the Ramsar boundary leaves the Nature Reserve boundary and follows the floodplain boundary defined by the extent of hydric soils and floodplain vegetation using ADS40 imagery, in a generally northern direction to where the point nearest to 147°22’8.237” E 29°42’23.354” S meets the Narran Lake Nature Reserve boundary (marked as point C on Annex A). The Ramsar boundary follows the Narran Lake Nature Reserve boundary in a generally northern direction to the point nearest to where 147°22’6.492” E 29°42’10.308” S meets the Narran Lake Nature Reserve boundary (marked as point D on Annex A) and then heads in a generally eastern direction along floodplain boundary as defined by the extent of hydric soils and floodplain vegetation using ADS40 imagery until it again meets the boundary of the cadastral parcel DP765343 at the point nearest to 147° 24’58.352” E 29° 43’5.516” S (marked as point E on Annex A).
- a portion of Narran Lake Nature Reserve adjacent to the east of the parcels listed above, starting at the point on the eastern boundary of DP765343 at the point closest to 147°27’21.579” E 29°42’44.759” S (marked as point F on Annex A), the Ramsar boundary heads in a generally easterly then southerly direction along the floodplain boundary distinguished by the extent of hydric soils and floodplain vegetation using ADS40 meeting the cadastre again on the boundary of the western parcel of DP765344 at the point closest to 147°28’23.242” E 29°43’47.865” S (marked as point G on Annex A).
- a portion of Narran Lake Nature Reserve adjacent to the east of the parcels listed above, starting at the point on the eastern boundary of western parcel of DP765344 at the point closest to 147°28’37.848” E 29°44’5.131” S (marked as point H on Annex A), the Ramsar boundary heads in a generally easterly then southerly direction along the floodplain boundary as distinguished with the ADS40 imagery meeting the cadastre again on the boundary of the western parcel of DP765344 at the point closest to 147°28’41.020” E 29°45’30.253” S (marked as point I on Annex A).
The Narran Lake Nature Reserve Ramsar site is identified in the maps at Annex A.
Dated this 3rd day of November 2015
G. Manning
Gregory James Manning
Assistant Secretary
Wetlands Policy and Northern Water Use Branch
Department of the Environment
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: www.environment.gov.au/wetlands or wetlandsmail@environment.gov.au.
Annex A Map of the Narran Lake nature Reserve Ramsar site, showing the Ramsar boundary including the extension