Seven Worlds – One Planet
The first episode of Sir David Attenborough’s new series commenced in the heart of the world’s longest surviving rainforest. Here, Big Bertha, Grand Dame of Cassowaries, reigns supreme. She is almost 2-metres in height when [...]
Protection through partnership
Protection through Partnership Protection through Partnership has been the World Heritage mantra since 1988. What makes the concept of World Heritage exceptional is its universal application. World Heritage sites belong to all [...]
Living with Cassowaries – Part 2
Living with Cassowaries - Part 2 Living with Cassowaries has revealed Big Bertha becoming accustomed to public admiration. She was first described as The Grand Dame of the Daintree, in the Port Douglas [...]
The art of camouflage
The art of camouflage Daintree Rainforest showcases the art of camouflage and is renowned as the World’s longest surviving rainforest. This claim is based on the number of families of primitive flowering [...]
Thornton Peak Landslide
THORNTON PEAK LANDSLIDE IN THE HEART OF REFUGIA 1 JULY 2018 Heavy, unseasonal rainfall brought a tumultuous 137-mm in a relatively short period overnight, precipitating the slumping of a significant portion of [...]
Research
An area possessing some of the most biologically diverse rainforest on the planet has extraordinary research potential to reveal valuable insights into the past, provide foods and medicines and yield secrets that will ensure preservation [...]
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