Location of Wet Tropics of Queensland in Australia
The Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Site consists of approximately 8,940 km2 of Australian wet tropical forests growing along the north-east Queensland portion of the Great Dividing Range. The Wet Tropics of Queensland meets all four of the criteria for natural heritage for selection as a World Heritage Site.[1] World Heritage status was declared in 1988,[2] and on 21 May 2007 the Wet Tropics were added to the Australian National Heritage List.[3]
The tropical forests have the highest concentration of primitive flowering plant families in the world.[4] Only Madagascar and New Caledonia, due to their historical isolation, have humid, tropical regions with a comparable level of endemism.[2]
The Wet Tropics rainforests are recognised internationally for their ancient ancestry and many unique plants and animals. Many plant and animal species in the Wet Tropics are found nowhere else in the world. The Wet Tropics has the oldest continuously surviving tropical rainforests on earth.[5]
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^ abSteve Goosen & Nigel I. J. Tucker (1995). "Wet Tropics Overview" (PDF). Repairing the Rainforest: Theory and Practice of Rainforest Re-establishment in North Queensland's Wet Tropics. Wet Tropics Management Authority. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
^"Wet Tropics of Queensland". Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
^"Wet Tropics". Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing. 14 May 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
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Great Barrier Reef, the WetTropicsofQueensland and Riversleigh, Australia's largest fossil mammal site. Far North Queensland lays claim to over 70 national...
Barron Gorge and surrounding areas within the WetTropicsofQueensland. Djabugay belongs to the Yidinic branch of the Pama–Nyungan language family, and is...
Daintree Rainforest as part of the WetTropicsofQueensland, and the Great Barrier Reef, one of the seven natural wonders of the world. Prior to British...
1,290 kilometres (800 mi) northwest of Brisbane. The park is one of the WetTropics World Heritage Area series of national parks, and is a gazetted World...
(190 mi). The Greater Blue Mountains Area, Gondwana Rainforests and WetTropicsofQueensland World Heritage Areas are located in the Range. The highest place...
and surrounding rainforest area are contained as part of the Wet TropicsofQueensland, sitting between the Daintree Rainforest and Mount Lewis National...
such as the WetTropicsofQueensland rainforests, are likely to experience the highest impacts. A cost–benefit analysis by the Queensland government undertaken...
and scientific developments relevant to the WetTropicsofQueensland World Heritage Area." "WetWetTropics Management Authority". www.wettropics.gov.au...
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Aboriginal People and Carbohydrate Resource Management in the WetTropicsofQueensland, Australia". Human Ecology. 31 (1): 27–52. doi:10.1023/A:1022830123349...
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North Queensland, Australia. The river is located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) northwest of Cairns in the UNESCO World Heritage–listed WetTropicsof Queensland...
morphologically and genetically distinctive species of skink endemic to rainforests of the WetTropicsofQueensland World Heritage Area, in north-eastern Australia...
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values due to the fact that it is located in a protected area (WetTropicsofQueensland World Heritage Area), has maintained reasonable habitat integrity...
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