Tasmanian wilderness
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UNESCO world heritage 
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Scotts Peak in Lake Pedder |
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| National territory: |
 Australia
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| Type: | Culture / nature |
| Criteria : | (iii) (iv) (vi) (vii) (viii) (ix) (x) |
| Surface: | 1,584,233 ha |
| Reference No .: | 181quinquies |
| UNESCO region : | Asia and Pacific |
| History of enrollment | |
| Enrollment: | 1982 ( session 6 ) |
| Extension: | 1989, 2010, 2012, 2013 |
The Tasmanian Wilderness (Engl. Tasmanian Wilderness ) lies on the southeast of the Australian continent lying island Tasmania .
In 1982, various protected areas were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List . In 1989 it was expanded further so that it now covers 15,842 square kilometers, making it the largest protected area in Australia. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott planned in 2014 to reduce the area of the reserve by 74,000 hectares so that the forest could be cleared for logging. This was rejected by the UN. The Tasmanian wilderness covers approximately 23 percent of the area of Tasmania.
This region is home to one of the last temperate rainforests on earth. The finds in limestone caves confirm human habitation for over 20,000 years.
National parks in the world heritage area:
- Cradle Mountain Lake St. Clair National Park
- Franklin Gordon Wild Rivers National Park
- Southwest National Park
- Walls of Jerusalem National Park
- Hartz Mountains National Park
- Mole Creek Karst National Park
- Mount Field National Park
The Central Plateau Conservation Area is also part of the Tasmanian World Heritage Site.
fauna
Of Tasmania's 32 mammal species, 27 are found in the protected region. The best known of these is certainly the Tasmanian devil , which occurs exclusively in Tasmania. The even larger thylacine was last sighted in 1936 and has been considered extinct since the 1940s at the latest. The yellow-bellied parakeet is one of the rarest of the 150 bird species . In addition, 11 species of reptiles, 6 species of frogs and 15 species of freshwater fish as well as numerous invertebrates live in the area.
gallery
Nelson Falls in Franklin Gordon Wild Rivers National Park
Hartz Lake in the Hartz Mountains National Park
Web links
- Entry on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website ( English and French ).
- Parks and Wildlife Service Tasmania
- United Nations Environment Program
- Urs Walterlin: World Heritage : primeval forest threatened: the devil defeats Australia . In: taz , June 24, 2014.
Individual evidence
- ^ Saving Tasmania's forests on Al Jazeera , June 12, 2014, accessed June 17, 2014
- ^ Karl Mathiesen: UN rejects Australia's 'feeble' bid to strip Tasmanian forest's heritage status . The Guardian , June 23, 2014.
Heritage: Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens (2004) | Sydney Opera House (2007) | Australian Prison Camps (2010) | Budj Bim cultural landscape (2019)
Natural Heritage: Great Barrier Reef (1981) | Lord Howe Archipelago (1982) | Gondwana Rainforests of Australia (1986) | Wet Tropics in Queensland (1988) | Shark Bay (1991) | Fraser Island (1992) | Riversleigh and Naracoorte Fossil Sites (1994) | Heard and McDonald Islands (1997) | Macquarie Island (1997) | Greater Blue Mountains Area (2000) | Purnululu National Park (2003) | Ningaloo Coast (2011)
Cultural / Natural Heritage: Kakadu National Park (1981) | Willandra Lake Region (1981) | Tasmanian Wilderness (1982) | Uluṟu Kata Tjuṯa National Park (1987)
Coordinates: 41 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ S , 145 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ E