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World's oldest rainforest given to Indigenous group

In a ceremony on Wednesday the Australian state of Queensland granted land deeds to a local Indigenous group, giving them ownership of the world's oldest rainforest. The Daintree Rainforest, listed as ...
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Idiotfruit and tree kangaroos: here’s why the ancient rainforests of Queensland’s Wet Tropics are so distinctive

Seamus Doherty receives funding from the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage. In Queensland’s northern reaches lie the Wet Tropics, spanning about ...
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Australian state gives world's oldest rainforest to Indigenous group

Queensland, Australia's third most populous state, said on Wednesday it has given ownership of the world's oldest tropical rainforest to a local Indigenous group. CANBERRA, Sept 29 (Reuters) - ...
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Australian Aboriginal Ecotourism in the Wet Tropics Rainforest of Queensland, Australia

The United Nations, which designated 1993 as the International Year for the Indigenous Peoples of the World, identified indigenous peoples as "minorities and tribal populations with special problems ...
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To get to the rainforest canopy, it helps to have a crane

Claire Gely receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Susan Laurance works for James Cook University that runs the Daintree Rainforest Observatory. Susan Laurance has received ARC funding ...
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Scientists make a shocking discovery in the Queensland rainforest

What could be Australia's heaviest insect has been discovered in northern Australia's high altitude rainforests. The supersized stick insect, about 40cm long, was discovered in high altitude trees in ...

University of Queensland researchers say study could show how rainforests will react to climate change

A study of 25,000 trees could show how rainforests will respond to a warming climate, researchers say. University of ...