Gluepot is protected in perpetuity as a conservation reserve by the signing of a SA Heritage Agreement and until very recently, was the largest area of land in South Australia under Heritage Agreement. Gluepot is also part of the National Reserve System, is on the Register of the National Estate and is further protected under the Commonwealth EPBC Act as ‘critical habitat’ for the endangered Black-eared Miner – the first area of land on mainland Australia to have achieved this protection.