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Cattle grazing has been identified as detrimental to World Heritage values, by potentially initiating soil erosion, altering under-storey vegetation and fire regimes. Cattle grazing has also been associated with the introduction of weed species such as pasture crops and assisting in the spread of other weeds.
The Wet Tropics grazing policy is to phase out cattle grazing within the WHA (more…)
The Daintree Rainforest contains a treasure-trove of biodiversity, rare and endemic species. It represents a continuous living history depicting the evolution of plant and animal species over a greater period than any other natural terrestrial landscape on earth.
Cooper Creek Wilderness occupies a strategically significant portion within the middle reach of the celebrated Cooper Creek catchment. This area encapsulates the majority of attributes of the greater Daintree including flora relicts, primitive animals, examples of on-going evolution and speciation, rare and endemic flora and fauna and living links with recent past incursions of flora and fauna from south-east Asia. (more…)
In the late 1990’s, a scientific ‘pig-exclosure’ project was established in the Cape Tribulation section of the Daintree National Park. The project involved the construction of an 80 metre square fence, anchored aggressively to the ground with steel trimmer bar and pegs. The site selection encompassed much of the very restricted, endangered and previously studied laurel, Endiandra cooperana. (more…)
Step into the rainforests of the Daintree lowlands at the moment and you’re likely to whiff the pervasive scent of the rare Javan Ash (Ryparosa javanica). The abundant flowering emits a sweet, slightly off-smell, like five-day-old socks or raw hamburger mince. (more…)
When Stoney Creek treefrogs (Litoria lesueuri) mate, hundreds of males congregate around three or four females. In contrast to their normal olive drab, the much smaller and more numerous males display their state of excitement by becoming brilliant bright yellow.
