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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Wet Tropics of Queensland' has mentioned 'Australia' in the following places:
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| natural world heritage site in Queensland, Australia | WIKI |
| QueenslandLocationQueensland, AustraliaIncludescomponents: Main Malbon Thompson and Graham Range Curtain Fig Lake Barrine Lake Eacham Russell River Hugh Nelson Range Malaan Moresby Range Cowley Kurrimine Beach Mission Beach Edmund Kennedy Paluma Range CriteriaNatural:xc2xa0(vii), (viii), (ix), (x)Reference486Inscription1988 (12th session)Area893,453xc2xa0ha (3,449.64xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi)Coordinates15xc2xb039xe2x80xb2S 144xc2xb058xe2x80xb2Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf15.650xc2xb0S 144.967xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / -15.650; 144.967Coordinates: 15xc2xb039xe2x80xb2S 144xc2xb058xe2x80xb2Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf15.650xc2xb0S 144.967xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / -15.650; 144.967171314 Components in QueenslandLocation of Wet Tropics of Queensland in Australia | WIKI |
| The Aboriginal Rainforest People of the Wet Tropics of Queensland have lived continuously in the rainforest environment for at least 5000 years, and this is the only place in Australia where Aboriginal people have permanently inhabited a tropical rainforest environment. | WIKI |
| The World Heritage area includes Australia's highest waterfall, Wallaman Falls. | WIKI |
| The Wet Tropics Management Authority was established in 1983; it is responsible for managing the site according to Australia's obligations under the World Heritage Convention. | WIKI |
| [15] 65% of Australia's fern species are protected here, including all seven of the ancient fern species. | WIKI |
| [1] Australia's rarest mammal[dubious xe2x80x93 discuss], the insectivorous Flores tube-nosed bat (Murina florium), is also found here. | WIKI |
| [13] One quarter of Australia's rodent species are found within the Wet Tropics. | WIKI |
| The Wet Tropics of Queensland, or Wet Tropics, stretches along the northeast coast of Australia for some 450 kilometres. | UNESCO |
| It also presents an unparalleled record of the ecological and evolutionary processes that shaped the flora and fauna of Australia, containing the relicts of the great Gondwanan forest that covered Australia and part of Antarctica 50 to 100 million years ago. | UNESCO |
| All of Australiaxe2x80x99s unique marsupials and most of its other animals originated in rainforest ecosystems, and their closest surviving relatives occur in the Wet Tropics. | UNESCO |
| They also provide important information for the interpretation of fossils of plants and animals found elsewhere in Australia, and about the evolution of Australiaxe2x80x99s sclerophyll flora and marsupial fauna in particular. | UNESCO |
| In addition, all of Australiaxe2x80x99s unique marsupials and most of its other animals originated in rainforest ecosystems, and the Wet Tropics still contains many of their closest surviving members. | UNESCO |
| The diversity of the plant communities and animal habitats of the Wet Tropics is recognised as being the most floristically and structurally diverse in Australia and is also outstanding on a global scale. | UNESCO |
| In an Australian context, the Wet Tropics covers less than 0.2% of Australia, but contains 30% of the marsupial species, 60% of bat species, 25% of rodent species, 40% of bird species, 30% of frog species, 20% of reptile species, 60% of butterfly species, 65% of fern species, 21% of cycad species, 37% of conifer species, 30% of orchid species and 18% of Australiaxe2x80x99s vascular plant species. | UNESCO |
| The Queensland Wet Tropics World Heritage Protection and Management Act 1993 (Wet Tropics Act) and the Commonwealth Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Conservation Act 1994 together give effect to the administrative and operational aspects of the agreement and facilitate the implementation of Australiaxe2x80x99s obligations under the World Heritage convention. | UNESCO |
| The Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) now provides an additional layer of protection for all World Heritage properties in Australia. | UNESCO |