Rainforests cover only 0.3 % of Australia’s landmass, but they contain more than half of all known plant families and over one third of the country’s mammal and bird species. Selected as
World Heritage sites for their exceptional biodiversity or rarity, the
Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves (now officially known as Gondwana Rainforests of Australia) have a truly unique conservation value and are home to more than 200 rare or threatened plant and animal species. Temperate and subtropical rainforests in more than
50 World Heritage listed National Parks and reserves stretching for more than 500 km from
Boonah in QLD to
Gloucester in the NSW Hunter region make up total area of 365,000 ha