Annual and State of Wet Tropics reports

Each year the Wet Tropics Management Authority's Annual Report and State of Wet Tropics Report are tabled in the Australian and Queensland parliaments.

The Annual Report satisfies the requirements of Queensland’s Wet Tropics World Heritage Protection and Management Act 1993 and Financial Accountability Act 2009; and the Commonwealth’s Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Conservation Act 1994.

It includes a State of Wet Tropics Report, as required under section 63(1) of the Queensland Act and section 10 of the Commonwealth Act. Since 2007 the Authority has adopted a thematic approach to the State of Wet Tropics Report, producing it as a standalone document alongside the Annual Report.


2022–23 reports

                                         Annual Report 2022–23 

Partnerships have come to the fore and our Annual Report outlines how the work we have done over the year has borne fruit with constructive partnerships getting off the ground. We are proud to be part of the Wet Tropics Restoration Alliance, we have partnered with Terrain NRM to develop a framework for an Indigenous Advisory Committee to ensure Rainforest Aboriginal Peoples are included in decision making, and our Bama Country and Culture Project is a powerful educational tool to bring their voices forward. The Authority’s Yellow Crazy Ant Eradication Program has clocked up major achievements, all the while demonstrating our commitment to partnerships and the strength of collective efforts, and over the last year we worked on significant legislation banning mining in the World Heritage Area. The Authority’s Board is once again at full capacity with six voting directors, and the Report neatly condenses the Authority’s year of work fulfilling our statutory functions, protecting and presenting World Heritage values for the future.

State of Wet Tropics Report 2022–23

Time is now critical for the Wet Tropics. The latest State of Wet Tropics report, subtitled ‘Rescue and recovery of threatened Wet Tropics species and ecological communities’, clearly illustrates the threats to the endemic animal and plant species of one of Australia’s most treasured World Heritage Areas and the work ahead for land managers as the effects of climate change intensify. The report identifies threats to our animal and plant species from changing fire regimes, introduced disease, invasive plants and animals, climate change and habitat loss. Charting a way forward for this precious region will require new approaches, and the report emphasises and encourages the role of First Nations Peoples, who bring a wholistic approach to caring for and maintaining Country. 


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