abstract:The Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Site consists of approximately 8,940 km² of Australian wet tropical forests growing along the north-east Queensland portion of the Great Dividing Range. The Wet Tropics of Queensland meets all four of the criteria for natural heritage for selection as a World Heritage Site.
The reportsaidmanyhorticulture producers wereusing practices considered unacceptable, and that the sugar cane industry in the wet tropicsofnorthernQueensland was particularly to blame.