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Gondwana Rainforests of Australia

Australia
Date of Inscription: 1986
Extension: 1994
Criteria: (viii)(ix)(x)
Core zone: 370000 ha
States of New South Wales and Queensland
S28 15 0 E150 3 0
Ref: 368bis

Brief Description

This site, comprising several protected areas, is situated predominantly along the Great Escarpment on Australia’s east coast. The outstanding geological features displayed around shield volcanic craters and the high number of rare and threatened rainforest species are of international significance for science and conservation.

Notes

  • Extension of the "Australian East Coast Temperate and Subtropical Rainforest Park".

    name changed 2007 from 'Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves (Australia)'

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