thumb|300px|Rock carvings at the [[Ewaninga Rock Carvings Conservation Reserve]]
The protected areas of the Northern Territory consists of protected areas managed by the governments of the Northern Territory and Australia and private organisations with a reported total area of being 24.8% of the total area of the Northern Territory of Australia.
Summary by type and jurisdiction
As of June 2018, the Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory managed 86 ‘parks and reserves’ including 22 that have not been declared with a total reported area of .
As of 2016, the protected areas within the Australian government jurisdiction included two national parks with a total area of and 15 Indigenous Protected Areas with a total area of .
- Channel Point
- Arnhem
- Limmen
- Wessel
National Parks
thumb|From the [[Larapinta Trail in Tjoritja / West MacDonnell National Park]]
- Barranyi (North Island)
- Angas Downs
- Anindilyakwa
- Crocodile Islands Maringa
- Dhimurru
- Djelk
- GanaIanga-Mindibirrina
- Katiti Petermann
- Laynhapuy
- Marri-Jabin
- Marthakal
- Northern Tanami
- South-East Arnhem Land
- Southern Tanami
- Wardaman
- Warddeken
- Yanyuwa
National parks
The following national parks are managed by the Director of National Parks on the behalf of the Australian government and indigenous land owners:
- Kakadu
- Uluru-Kata Tjuta
Private protected areas
Northern Territory jurisdiction
See Conservation Covenants above
Australian Wildlife Conservancy sanctuaries
Australian Wildlife Conservancy owns and operates the following private protected areas in the Northern Territory:
- Fish River Station
- Henbury Station (in progress)
- Newhaven