{"id":6810,"date":"2022-02-17T02:00:13","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T02:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/?page_id=6810"},"modified":"2026-04-24T05:39:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T05:39:23","slug":"biodiversity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/what-we-do\/biodiversity\/","title":{"rendered":"Biodiversity \u2013 Page"},"content":{"rendered":"[mk_page_section bg_image=”https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/rainforest-vine-1675×683-1.jpg” bg_position=”center center” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” bg_stretch=”true” enable_3d=”true” min_height=”500″ js_vertical_centered=”true” padding_top=”” padding_bottom=”” section_id=”donate” el_class=”donate-1″ sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”70px”][mk_fancy_title font_family=”none” align=”center”]BIODIVERSITY[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_padding_divider size=”67″][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=”80″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][mk_page_section][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1730175119274{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n
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PROTECTING & RESTORING NATURE\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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The Wet Tropics is one of the most biologically diverse regions in the world. It is the only place with two interconnected World Heritage Areas – the world\u2019s oldest continuously living rainforest and the 8,000 year old Great Barrier Reef. It has been ranked as the second most irreplaceable World Heritage Area by the IUCN and in 2022 the Australian Government recognised it as one of the country’s Priority Places for threatened species action.<\/p>\n

Despite taking up just 0.26% of Australia\u2019s total area, this bio-region contains half of Australia\u2019s bird species, one third of its mammals, about 3000 plant species and over 600 different coral species.\u00a0Many of these species are under threat from land clearing, urban development, invasive species and climate change.<\/p>\n

The Wet Tropics World Heritage Forest is composed of large areas of habitat fragmented by towns, roads, trainlines and agricultural land. Our vision is to reconnect and buffer these areas to build one large intact system that would benefit multiple species.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1730167216065{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

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Our work involves:<\/strong><\/p>\n