CENTRAL EASTERN RAINFOREST AUSTRALIA
Located in South East Queensland,
the Central Eastern Rainforest
Reserves includes the most extensive
areas of subtropical rainforest in
the world with large areas of warm
temperate rainforest and nearly all
of the Antarctic beech cool
temperate rainforest.
The Central Eastern Rainforests
Reserves World Heritage area
includes expansive rainforest
reserves in both Queensland and New
South Wales. Queensland National
Parks that belong to the CERRA
include: - Lamington National Park -
Springbrook National Park - Mt
Barney National Park - Main Range
National Park
Although rainforests cover only about 0.3 %
of Australia, they contain about half of all
Australian plant families and about a third
of Australia's mammal and bird species.
Selected as World Heritage sites for their
exceptional biodiversity or rarity, the
Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves (CERRA)
have an extremely high conservation value
and provide habitat for more than 200 rare
or threatened plant and animal species.
The parks and reserves are variously
comprised of five major recognised
rainforest types, and include some of the
few remaining stands of old growth
(undisturbed) forest in NSW. The balance are
made up of large remnant pockets and
regrowth areas of rainforest which were able
to meet the criteria for World Heritage
listing.
