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Wet Tropics World Heritage Area

Locality: Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Phone: +61 7 4241 0500

Address: Cairns Port Authority building, Cnr Hartley and Grafton St 4870 Cairns, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.wettropics.gov.au

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25.01.2022 Who is this rainforest local? I hunt by stealth and cunning and am one of the smartest of my kind. Thanks to Alan Henderson for this image. #wettropics #worldheritage #rainforest #rainforestconservation #acceptactadapt #biodiversity #spiders

24.01.2022 Science and Smashed Avocados

24.01.2022 Stand by for the livestream of the 18th Cassowary Awards in Cairns... #wettropics

23.01.2022 Even the local insects enjoyed the Science and Smashed Avocado breakfast - Dry Rain: Changing Weather Patterns and Climate Change Impacts in the Wet Tropics - this morning. Can you see him? :) Many at the forum and watching our live stream asked what positive actions they could take to support local ecosystems impacted by climate change. Please look in comments below for events and organisations you can participate in to make a difference.

23.01.2022 Thanks to Tropic Now for this story about our18th Cassowary Awards. Tropic were also a sponsor of the event. https://www.tropicnow.com.au//local-leaders-awarded-for-we

23.01.2022 Today, World Cassowary Day is a day of celebration to draw international attention to the reasons why cassowaries are globally important and need to be protected. On World Cassowary Day, we celebrate and showcase the Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) and the conservation efforts of people working to protect them, their home, and the other unique and endangered animals of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. These iconic birds have been described as the gardeners of the forest; they have been recorded eating over 238 species of plant and play an important role in distribution and maintaining diversity in the rainforests.

22.01.2022 Hey guys with school holidays coming up next week, it’s a great opportunity to get out there and be part of the Terrain Changer’s contest. Using your phones or tablets, shoot a short film about environmental impacts on the Wet Tropics to be in the running for some awesome prizes. This initiative is proudly supported by the Wet Tropics Management Authority, Terrain NRM and Cockatours. And remember, be a Terrain Changer and become a game changer.

21.01.2022 Friday #fungi. The colour purple is often associated with magic and we think these purple cortinarius are magical. These cortinarius, photographed near the Herberton Range National Park in the #wettropics #worldheritage Area, could be any one of three very similar species that can only be positively identified on spore features. What we do know, however, is how beautiful they are. #acceptactadapt #ForNature #biodiversity #rainforest Explore Tropical North Queensland Terrain NRM Cairns and Far North Environment Centre

21.01.2022 Proud to be supporting this event.

21.01.2022 Happy #NAIDOC Day from the staff at the Wet Tropics Management Authority. We at the Authority acknowledge and celebrate that the Wet Tropics of Queensland Always Was, Always will Be and Still is Rainforest Aboriginal Peoples’ land.

21.01.2022 Tuesday 24 November 10am AEST Become a Wet Tropics Ambassadorjoin our FREE online workshop coming up this Tuesday morning! Key topics include:... About World Heritage Why is the Wet Tropics so special? The people of the Wet Tropics Experiencing the Wet Tropics what to look for! https://fb.watch/1xJQ9Dcvwv/

21.01.2022 "If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water." - Loran Eisely Water is the magic that makes the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area one of the most remarkable places on earth. From the sclerophyll forests of the Great Dividing Range to the many types of #rainforests found within the World Heritage Area of Far North Queensland, water is the uniting source that runs through the landscape to create a rich biodiversity of flora and fauna. Rainforest perspectives remind us how truly special this place is. #wettropics #worldheritage #rainforestconservation #biodiversity #mindfulness #meditation

21.01.2022 On the night of 7 September 1936, the last known Tasmanian tiger died in Hobart Zoo. With the death of this animal, the thylacine species became officially extinct. In 1996, on the 60th anniversary of that Tasmanian tiger’s death, 7 September was declared National Threatened Species Daya time to reflect on what happened to the thylacine and how similar fates could await other native plants and animals unless appropriate action is taken. National Threatened Species Day highli...ghts the past and how we can protect Queensland’s threatened plants and animals into the future, while also celebrating species success stories and ongoing threatened species recovery work. So let’s celebrate and continue to work to protect our Wet Topics rainforest locals who are listed as threatened, such as the mahogany glider, the southern cassowary and the armoured mist frog (pictured). https://environment.des.qld.gov.au//threatened-species-day. See more

21.01.2022 Today is #WorldRainforestDay In the #WetTropics we are working at building resilience into one of the world’s important rainforests in the Wet Tropics #WorldHeritage Area, with the Queensland Government’s #ReefAssistProgram, delivered by the #WetTropicsManagementAuthority and NQ Land Management Services, and in partnership with Rainforest Reserves, South Endeavour Trust, Rainforest 4 and Trees for the Evelyn and Atherton Tablelands (TREAT). Here NQ Land Management Services F...ield Assistant Uriah Anning tells what he loves about the work. #rainforest #biodiversity #AcceptActAdapt #treeplanting #NQLMS #RainforestReserves #SouthEndeavourTrust #Rainforest4 #TreesfortheEvelynandAthertonTablelands https://www.worldrainforestday.org/ See more

21.01.2022 Distinguishing features of a yellow crazy ant: o Very long legs and antennae o Frantic movement when disturbed o Slender golden body, brown abdomen (can appear banded) o Sprays acid, doesn’t bite. ... o Their body is approximately 4mm in length This information assists the community to identify yellow crazy ants Assists to distinguish from other similar species The Wet Tropics Management Authority’s Yellow Crazy Ant Eradication Program is able to visit your property and conduct a free yard check (07) 4241 0525. Yellow crazy ants are a threat to the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area and surrounds. If you think you have seen yellow crazy ants, please contact the Wet Tropics Management Authority at [email protected] or call 07 4241 0525.

20.01.2022 Who’s this rainforest local? Some say it’s not easy being green, but it works for me. Thanks to Caitlin Henderson for this image. #WetTropics #WorldHeritage #rainforest #AcceptActAdapt @TerrainWT @CAFNEC @tropicalnorthqueensland

19.01.2022 Our Science and Smashed Avocados event is SOLD OUT! But you can still watch our live stream of the event on our Facebook page from 9am-10am this Thursday, 10 September. Listen to Barry J Hunter and Dr. Peta-Marie Standley discuss 'Future-proofing and fire management of the Wet Tropics: an Indigenous perspective'. Terrain NRM Queensland National Parks NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service Parks Victoria National Indigenous Fire Network ABC Indigenous Cairns and Far North Environment Centre NSW Rural Fire Service Fire and Rescue NSW Queensland Fire and Emergency Services - QFES CFA (Country Fire Authority) Vic Emergency Forest Fire Management Victoria

18.01.2022 Last weekend we held our 18th Cassowary Awards which recognises all the hard work of people and organisations that have contributed to conserving, protecting and educating about the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. We thank all who attended for sharing the evening, as it is good to take stock of what we all do. Thank you to all the nominees and award recipients, it is the tireless hard work that you all do that is helping ensure the #WetTropics #WorldHeritage Area is here for future generations.

18.01.2022 Seeing the world through someone else’s eyes can give us a whole new perspective. Fly with us as we simulate what the iconic Ulysses butterly ((Papilio ulysses) sees as it flies through the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area and the world’s oldest continuously surviving tropical #rainforests. #worldheritage #fornature #wettropics #rainforestconservation #biodiversity #butterflies #mindfulness #acceptactadapt

16.01.2022 Passionate about the environment? In year 10 or 11? This competition is for you! Get into a group of 5 or less and give us your ideas for overcoming one of the natural resource management issues facing the Wet Tropics. Entries close 30 October. #wettropics #worldheritage #rainforestconservation #acceptactadapt #rainforest #biodiversity Cairns and Far North Environment Centre Terrain NRM

16.01.2022 Singing in the rain. Wednesday is friends day and this glorious little Litoria xanthomera or orange thighed tree frog is singing because he is keen to make lots of friends. #biodiversity #rainforest #fornature #frogs #wetseason #rainforestconservation #acceptactadapt #worldheritage #wettropics @terrainnrm @cafnec TTNQ

15.01.2022 Today is World Rivers Day, which is a celebration of the world's waterways. It highlights the many values of rivers and strives to increase public awareness and encourages the improved stewardship of rivers around the world. The Wet Tropics Management Authority ensures the universal value of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, including our rivers, are looked after to protect the region for generations to come. As founder of World Rivers Day, Mark Angelo said: Rivers are the arteries of our planet; they are lifelines in the truest sense.

15.01.2022 Rainforest perspectives - the rainforest's recycling engine room. The orange bracket fungi (Stereum ostrea) are the ‘fruiting bodies’ of mycelia forming a network of threads through the log. This decomposition action through the fungi gaining nutrients allows for the rapid recycling of organic matter in tropical rainforest like those found in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area.

14.01.2022 The Wet Tropics is a living museum. It has the oldest continuously surviving tropical rainforests on earth and is home to Australia’s largest diversity of animals and plants; many are found nowhere else in the world. It is home to one of the world’s oldest living cultures. The Wet Tropics World Heritage Area covers almost 9000 km2 extending from west of Townsville to just south of Cooktown. #rainforests #rainforestconservation #wettropics #worldheritage #acceptactadapt #biodiversity

11.01.2022 #greenbluerecovery #acceptactadapt

11.01.2022 Who’s this #rainforest local (on the left of this photo)? I like the night life, I’m a relative newcomer and I’m one copper you won’t mind having a brush with. Thanks to Thomas of Atherton Birdwatcher's Cabin for this photo. #biodiversity #fornature #wettropics #worldheritage #acceptactadapt #rainforestconservation #conservation Explore Tropical North Queensland

11.01.2022 The Wet Tropics Management Authority works with many organisations across the #WetTropics #WorldHeritage to ensure its outstanding universal value is preserved. This walking track in #Kuranda is currently under construction and due to open by Christmas, weather permitting. It follows the #BarronRiver. The Authority has been liaising with Mareeba Shire Council who is managing the track’s construction. @MareebaShire @TerrainWT @CAFNEC @tropicalnorthqueensland #rainforest #AcceptActAdapt

10.01.2022 It’s Flora Friday in the Wet Tropics!!! Today we celebrate one of the amazing 2800+ plant species in 221 families in the World Heritage Area and about 4000 species in the bioregion, including mainly ancient plants like cycads, ferns, conifers and some of the first flowering plants. Today we showcase the green dinosaur, also known as ribbonwood or idiot fruit (Idiospermum australiense) which is a living relic from 88 million years ago. All modern flowering plants produce seeds... which have either one seed leaf (monocots) or two seed leaves (dicots) but the seeds of the Idiospermum can have between 2 to 6 seed leaves. Thought extinct from land clearing, in 1971 the species was rediscovered - not because someone identified the tree from its unusual tree-ring pattern - but because its fruit was turning up in the stomachs of dead cattle! We now know that its fruit is toxic. #biodiversity #fornature #wettropics #worldheritage #acceptactadapt #rainforestconservation #conservation Explore Tropical North Queensland https://www.wettropics.gov.au/the-green-dinosaur

10.01.2022 Standby for our live stream of Science and Smashed Avocadoes - coming to you from the Wet Tropics.

09.01.2022 #greenbluerecovery #culturalburning #indigenousfiremanagement #acceptactadapt

09.01.2022 Who are these rainforest locals? While we look as smooth as velvet, we spit sticky slime to capture prey and have an odd way of courting. #WetTropics #WorldHeritage #rainforest #AcceptActAdapt

08.01.2022 The Wet Tropics Management Authority is proud to be supporting this important project. #biodiversity #rainforest #rainforestconservation #fornature #wettropics #worldheritage #acceptactadapt https://www.australianwildlife.org/homecoming-planned-for-/

08.01.2022 Standby for our Science and Smashed Avocado livestream coming soon from the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area...

04.01.2022 Wednesday is Friends’ Day. Show us your favourite place in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area and let’s share the joy of this remarkable place. Pristine creeks and mist covered mountains are a key feature of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. This magical morning moment was captured by Rueben Nutt in the Mount Lewis National Park. Thanks for tagging @wettropicsworldheritage! #wettropics #worldheritage #rainforest #rainforestconservation #biodiversity #acceptactadapt #Fornature Explore Tropical North Queensland Cairns and Far North Environment Centre Terrain NRM

04.01.2022 The work of people and organisations that have contributed to conserving, protecting and educating about the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area (the Area) were recognised at the 18th Cassowary Awards on 19 June. Over 170 people enjoyed the gala event at TANKS 3 at the Cairns Botanical Gardens where ten awards were presented for leaders in the fields of conservation and rehabilitation, tourism, innovation, education and climate change. Congratulations to the 18th Cassowary Award ...winners: 1. Thorsborne Award for Community Conservation & Rehabilitation: Lisa O’Mara 2. Tourism and Presentation Award: Kuranda Visitor Information Centre 3. Innovation Award: Dominic Chaplin 4. Education Award: Jodie Creek 5. People Country Culture Award: Barry Hunter 6. Peter Hitchcock Community Champions Award: Adrian Watson 7. Local Government & Industry Initiatives Award: Tablelands Regional Council Community Revegetation Nursery 8. Climate Change Leadership Award: Tropical Mountain Plant Science Collaboration 9. Young Cassowary Award: Mission Beach State School 10. Chair’s Award: TTNQ

04.01.2022 Who’s this rainforest local? A bit of a rainbow warrior, I am a one of a kind. Thanks to Caitllin Henderson for this image.

03.01.2022 Wednesday is friends’ day. #waterfalls are a magical feature of the #wettropics #worldheritage Area. Life returns in abundance to the Area during the annual wet season. The #rainforests explode with growth in a myriad of greens, the air rings with cicada and frog calls and the many waterfalls thunder as water catchments are replenished. This gorgeous pic of a waterfall in Ngadjon Jii Country near Innisfail has been shared with us by cultureconnect_australia. Thank you Please share your favourite places with us. #cultureconnectoz #biodiversity #rainforestconservation #acceptactadapt #indigenoustourism #forNature

02.01.2022 The tinkling frog (Taudactylus rheophilus) is another critically endangered Wet tropics endemic. It is restricted to four mountaintops from Thornton Peak to Mt Bellenden Ker, n. Qld, at altitudes of 940-1400 m The cause(s) of the decline remains unknown. Research has found no obvious evidence that drought, floods, habitat destruction or pollution by pesticides, inorganic ions or heavy metals were responsible for the population declines. Current research is examining the possibility that disease, such as a viral infection or Chytrid fungus, may have contributed to the decline of this species. https://www.frogid.net.au/ #Fornature #frogs #biodiversity #rainforest #wettropics #worldheritage #acceptactadapt #climatechange #frogcount #frogIDweek Cairns and Far North Environment Centre Terrain NRM

02.01.2022 Wednesday is friend's day! Show us your favourite place in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area and let’s share the joy of this remarkable place. The Daintree River winds it’s way towards Thornton’s Peak like a python. This stunning aerial photograph was taken by @reubannutt. Thanks for tagging @wettropicsworldheritage! #wettropics #worldheritage #rainforest #rainforestconservation #biodiversity #acceptactadapt #daintree

01.01.2022 A great event in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. See below for details to register. #wettropics #worldheritage #acceptactadapt #rainforest #rainforestconservation

01.01.2022 Who’s this rainforest local? I will give you the evil eye if you look at my girlfriend! #WetTropics #WorldHeritage #rainforest #AcceptActAdapt