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The Daintree Rainforest has two world heritages, the wet tropics of Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef. The wet tropics were added to the World Heritage list in 1988. The Great Barrier Reef was added to the list in 1981.
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Is the Daintree rainforest world heritage what does it mean?
yes the daintree rainforest is on the world heritage list, it was added in 1998
What is so significant about the daintree rainforest?
The Daintree Rainforest, North Queenslan, is a beautiful and significant place because itis on the world heritage list and there are very few placesinthe world like it.
Which two world heritage sites are in Queensland?
The Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree Rainforest are two world heritage listed sites, both in Queensland.
What products does the Daintree produce?
The Daintree is a huge tropical rainforest in Queensland, Australia, much of which is protected as the Daintree National Park. It is the oldest tropical rainforest in the world that is still intact. Being protected under World Heritage Listing , it does not produce anything of commercial value.
How many people visit the Daintree Rainforest?
Much of the Daintree Rainforest is preserved as a national park and a World Heritage Site. Those areas obviously don't have any human inhabitants. However, there may be areas of the Daintree Rainforest that are not part of the park and do have a human population (I'm just not sure).
Where is one place that has a rainforest?
The World Heritage Listed Daintree Rain forest is in Tropical Far North Queensland, Australia.
Where is Daintree rainforest?
The Daintree Rainforest is a tropical rainforest region on the north east coast of Queensland, Australia, north of Mossman and Cairns. The Daintree is the largest continuous area of tropical rainforest on the Australian continent.
Are trees being cut down in the daintree rainforest?
It is not possible to know how many trees were logged. Logging was severe in the Daintree rainforest, especially after World War II, 1945, but in 1987 the Daintree was confirmed with World Heritage listing. There has been no logging there since.
What are facts about the Daintree Rainforest?
The Daintree Rainforest is the largest rainforest in Australia, covering an area of about 1,200 square kilometres.The Daintree Rainforest was added to the World Heritage List in 1988.About 30% of Australia's reptile, marsupial and frog species, 65% of the country's bat and butterfly species, and 20% of Australia's native bird species can be found within the Daintree.It is located north of Cairns in far north Queensland.The Daintree Rainforest was named after the nineteenth-century Australian geologist and photographer, Richard Daintree.
What are facts about Daintree rainforest?
The Daintree Rainforest is the 2nd largest rainforest in the world. It contains 30% of frog, marsupial and reptile species in Australia.
What are miners mining for in the Daintree Rainforest?
There is no mining in the rainforest. It is a registered World Heritage listed sight as of 1988. Once leases were given to mine Tin, however, if that happened many plant and animal species would be lost forever. This is the oldest rainforest on our planet and the only one to survive the Ice Age. The Daintree is older than the Amazon Rainforest, and we have learned the value of the Amazon, haven't we?
Why is the Daintree significant?
The Daintree Rainforest in Queensland, Australia contains a huge amount of the biodiversity on the continent in less than a tenth of a percent of its landmass. Much of it is maintained as a UNESCO world heritage site because of the significance of how many unique species live there.
