Ecosystems at Risk: Daintree Rainforest

The Nature Conservation Act 1992 (Qld) (NCA) requires a management plan to set high level strategies and priorities for managing each of Queensland’s national parks. Management plans are succinct, management-oriented documents, which focus on maintaining or improving the condition of key park values and outlining how we will meet management standards (or ‘levels of service’) for the park.

Academic Article - Climate change is impacting ecosystems worldwide, and tropical rainforests, in particular, are extremely vulnerable. Tropical rainforests are predicted to experience drought events with increasing frequency, duration and severity. Understanding how drought will impact these ecosystems is critical to management strategies. In particular, understanding how drought will impact tropical leaf-litter invertebrates will provide insight into broader impacts across the entire ecosystem.

The Wet Tropics Management Authority was established to fulfil Australia's international obligation to protect, conserve, present and rehabilitate the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area, and to ensure its survival for future generations.
Our mission is to lead, inspire, advise and support the Australian and global community to protect and share the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area in perpetuity.

ABC NEWS ARTICLE - The Daintree is believed to be the oldest continual patch of tropical rainforest in the world — and opinions vary over what should happen to it.