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WELCOME to our new research eBulletin
Edition 1: Friday, 22nd September 2017
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SuperSites are Super Important... and why the FNQ Supersite is particularly special
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Daintree Rainforest Observatory Canopy Crane
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The Wet Tropics World Heritage Area is exceptional for many reasons. Its rich biodiversity, vibrant cultural heritage and incomparable beauty are just some of the attributes that make it such an extraordinary place.
Lesser known is the fact it is also home to Far North Queensland's (FNQ) Rainforest SuperSite, one of only ten such research facilities in Australia and the only one located primarily within a World Heritage Area.
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Indigenous knowledge, cultural values and climate change
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New research into the likely impacts of climate change on the cultural values of two Indigenous communities in North Queensland has recently been published.
With the recent addition of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area's Indigenous cultural values to the National Heritage list, the study, headed by Dr Susan McIntyre-Tamwoy, highlights the imperative for sharing knowledge about climate change and for collaborative decision-making in developing responses.
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Dr Susan McIntyre-Tamwoy
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Genetic diversity of the Wet Tropics rainforest - key to effective conservation
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A research team, headed by Professor Darren Crayn from the Australian Tropical Herbarium (ATH) in Cairns, are working on a National Environmental Research Program (NERP) project to identify and map the genetic diversity of the plants and fungi of the Wet Tropics rainforests. The information will be used by land management agencies to better identify and manage regional conservation priorities.
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Red goblet fungus - Cookeina sp.
Photographer: Mike Trenerry
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Rainforest streams and the value of small catchments
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Dr Brendan Ebner has been surveying numerous small coastal catchments in the Wet Tropics region and is finding double the number of fish species compared to published estimates.
His research demonstrates the imperative for increasing our knowledge about these rainforest streams so as to better inform water resource planning and management outcomes.
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Researchers - Dr Ebner and James Donaldson
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Insight by Professor Bill Laurance
The Wet Tropics World Heritage Area is some of the world's most biologically valuable real estate. It's a fantastic resource - a true living laboratory - and we are hugely fortunate to have it right on our doorstep.
Professor Bill Laurance
Distinguished Professor and Australian Laureate
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Postgrad Profile
 David Tng is a Tasmanian Queenslander from Singapore who is currently completing his Ph.D on Giant Eucalypts at the University of Tasmania under the supervision of Professor David Bowman and Dr Greg Jordan. In 2012, David received a Student Research Grant from the Wet Tropics Management Authority to assist with his Ph.D project.
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In The News June 2013
Recent news about topical tropical research issues of relevance to the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area.
- Rain-exclusion experiment in the Daintree rainforest
- Biosecurity Queensland's research on flying fox dispersal
- Significant global vegetation changes in last 30 years
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Rainforest Research Update June 2013
National and global rainforest research of relevance to the Wet Tropics.
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