In 2016 the Queensland Government purchased Springvale Station, a 56,295ha property in Far North Queensland (Figure 2), located just north of and connected to the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area.
In 2016 the Queensland Government purchased Springvale Station, a 56,295ha property in Far North Queensland (Figure 1).
The program will identify solutions to reduce threats affecting the future of the southern cassowary on Cape York, operating across all land tenures, and will include:
the establishment of an Indigenous Fire Mentoring Program to support Indigenous people in cultural fire management
Myrmecodia beccarii was declared Vulnerable under Queensland’s Nature Conservation Act, 1992 because its population is decreasing due to key threats (primarily habitat loss due to clearing of coastal Melaleuca forests for development).
The southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius johnsonii) occurs primarily in rainforest habitats but can also be found in woodlands, swamps, and disturbed vegetation forraging for fruits throughout the Wet Tropics.