"Biodiversity is first and foremost a local issue,
 and local governments
are the front-line guardians of natural resources"
themeda/kangaroo grassland
Endangered grassland on Clump Point overlooking Dunk Island
lowland rainforest
Garrett Corridor saved in buyback
rainforest to the shore
Critically endangered littoral rainforest at Mission Beach

Mission Beach
World Heritage Values

Mission Beach is a high biodiversity area situated between the World Heritage  Wet Tropics and the Great Barrier Reef.  It has has exceptionally high scenic values with the rainforest growing down to the sea, pristine beaches and off shore islands.

Surrounded by World Heritage the whole of the Mission Beach area has World Heritage values with all the natural vegetation mapped as essential Cassowary habitat.

There is a wide range of threats to the biodiversity and scenery of the Wet Tropics.

The Mission Beach area is particularly under threat due to inadequate  planning schemes that have allowed destruction and fragmentation of natural areas including important wildlife corridors.