Tag: World Heritage

THE World Heritage Listed Wet Tropics of Queensland are one of 19 Australian iconic ecosystems under threat. Dangers to the ecosystem include “habitat fragmentation, fringe livestock grazing, increased urbanisation, more frequent and severe fires and invasive plants and animals. Climate change poses perhaps the greatest threat overall…”

The Douglas Shire Council’s ‘Daintree River Crossing – Options Assessment Report’ gives the costs of the four bridge options as between $53 and $75 million with the average of $60 million compared to the double ferry option of $2.8 million. The two lowest cost bridge options require the clearing of endangered forest types. It is highly unlikely that permits would be issued to clear this endangered vegetation when there are other options .

The environmental and economic impacts of such an unnecessary project are not worth gambling within the new COVID-19 world!