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The industry fulfills two crucial objectives for the Australian government: it preserves biodiversity and facilitates public access to nature without damaging the environment. Government agencies, Indigenous communities, non-government organisations and private landowners are responsible for managing Australia's extensive network of protected territories, which is known as the National Reserve System (NRS). There has been a steady increase in landmass covered by the NRS over the past five years. Now covering around 22.1% of Australia's landmass, the ongoing expansion of the NRS supports a continuously growing industry.
Industry revenue has grown at a CAGR of 4.5 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $2.4bn in 2024.
Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.
Company | Market Share (%)
2024 | Revenue ($m)
2024 |
---|---|---|
Office of Environment and Heritage NSW | 496.3 | |
Department of Biodiversity | 462.5 | |
Parks Victoria | 416.7 |
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Strict nature reserves, Wilderness areas and National and state parks. Strict nature reserves is the largest segment of the Nature Reserves and Conservation Parks in Australia.
Governments have expanded habitat and species management areas to protect native species
The industry consists of nature reserves and conservation parks, which preserve flora and fauna in their natural environment. The industry includes national parks, state parks and other parks managed by local, state and federal governments. The industry also includes nature reserves managed by private landholders, communities and non-government organisations.
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ANZSIC 8922 - Nature Reserves and Conservation Parks in Australia
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National parks are increasingly central to the Australian Government’s environmental policies. As national parks are crucial for protecting Australian ecosystems from environ...
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Indigenous Protected Areas have grown as a proportion of the NRS. Indigenous Land Use Agreements and Native Title claims have provided greater involvement to Traditional Owne...
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Over 40.0% of Tasmania’s terrestrial land is covered by the NRS. Tourism is central to Tasmania’s economy, which makes the state’s extensive network of national parks a highl...
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The industry is highly concentrated because national parks are more efficiently run as government monopolies. Governments are better placed to enforce strict regulations and ...
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Ecotourism is increasingly central to most state governments’ tourism strategies. This trend has attracted a surge in government investments towards developing state’s nature...
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International travel to Australia has recovered after Australia’s international borders were reopened. National parks that are popular with overseas visitors, like the Cradle...
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Most industry organisations are run as not-for-profit entities. Operational surpluses are usually reinvested into organisations to improve conservation outcomes or develop be...
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The market size of the Nature Reserves and Conservation Parks industry in Australia is $2.4bn in 2024.
There are 187 businesses in the Nature Reserves and Conservation Parks industry in Australia, which has grown at a CAGR of 2.3 % between 2019 and 2024.
The market size of the Nature Reserves and Conservation Parks industry in Australia has been growing at a CAGR of 4.5 % between 2019 and 2024.
Over the next five years, the Nature Reserves and Conservation Parks industry in Australia is expected to grow.
The biggest companies operating in the Nature Reserves and Conservation Parks market in Australia are Office of Environment and Heritage NSW, Department of Biodiversity and Parks Victoria
National and state parks and Strict nature reserves are part of the Nature Reserves and Conservation Parks industry.
The company holding the most market share in Australia is Office of Environment and Heritage NSW.
The level of competition is moderate and steady in the Nature Reserves and Conservation Parks industry in Australia.