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Daintree Rainforest
The Daintree Rainforest is a tropical rainforest region on the north east coast of Queensland, Australia north of Mossman and Cairns. At around 1,200 km2〔Daintree Discovery Centre. About The Daintree: http://www.daintree-rec.com.au/daintree/〕 the Daintree is the largest continuous area of tropical rainforest on the Australian continent. Along the coastline north of the Daintree River, tropical rainforest grows right down to the edge of the sea.〔Russell, Rupert (1985) 'Where the Rainforest Meets the Reef - Our Last Paradise at Risk', Published by Kevin Weldon & Australian Conservation Foundation; 1st edition〕
==Description==
The rainforest is named after Richard Daintree, an Australian geologist and photographer (1832-1878).
The area includes the Daintree National Park, some areas of State Forest, and some privately owned land, including a residential community of upwards of 5 people. Some of the privately owned land north of the Peninsula Range is being progressively purchased for conservation purposes under a $15 government scheme involving equal contributions from the municipal (Cairns Regional Council, which includes the former Douglas Shire council), State (Queensland) and Australian Federal governments. As of May 2011, 72% of the properties earmarked for buyback or compensation had been secured. These 'buyback' areas of tropical rainforest included 215 blocks of land purchased by the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, and 13 purchased by private conservation agencies.〔Daintree buyback. Cairns Regional Council. http://www.cairns.qld.gov.au/building-planning-and-infrastructure/strategic-land-use-planning/daintree-buyback〕〔Rainforest Rescue. Daintree Buy Back & Protect Forever project. http://www.rainforestrescue.org.au/ourprojects/save-a-rainforest-daintree.html〕
The Daintree Rainforest contains 3% of the frog, reptile and marsupial species in Australia, and 90% of Australia's bat and butterfly species. 7% of bird species in the country can be found in this area. There are also over 12,000 species of insects in the rainforest. All of this diversity is contained within an area that takes up 0.1% of the landmass of Australia. Part of the forest is protected by the Daintree National Park and drained by the Daintree River. The roads north of the river wind through areas of lush forest, and have been designed to minimize impacts on this ancient ecosystem.
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