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The Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, formerly known as the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves, are the most extensive area of subtropical rainforest in the world. [1] Collectively, the rainforests are a World Heritage Site with fifty separate reserves totalling 366,500 hectares (906,000 acres) from Newcastle to Brisbane .
It is part of the World Heritage Site Gondwana Rainforests of Australia (formerly known as the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves). It protects the western part of a semicircle of mountains in South East Queensland known as the Scenic Rim. This includes the largest area of rainforest in South East Queensland. [1]
Central Savai'i Rainforest, largest patch of continuous rainforest in Polynesia; Fagaloa Bay – Uafato Tiavea Conservation Zone; Falealupo, rainforest reserve, created by village covenant; Safata Marine Protected Area; Tafua, rainforest reserve, created village covenant
The Central Suriname Nature Reserve was created in 1998 by Conservation International and the government of Suriname from the fusion of three existing nature reserves: Ralleighvallen, Tafelberg and Eilerts de Haan gebergte. [2] It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000 for its pristine tropical rainforest ecosystem.
Ambatovaky is the largest protected lowland rainforest after Masoala and the largest of Madagascar's special reserves. 75% of the 291 plant species here are endemic. The reserve harbors 11 species of lemurs, 110 bird species, 113 species of amphibian and 34 fish species. Amber Forest Reserve: Diana: 1958: 11,886 acres (48.1 km 2)
In the municipality of Taft, Eastern Samar, 3,728.98 hectares (9,214.5 acres) of rainforest have been protected as a wildlife sanctuary since 1999. [12] The area is a known nesting site and natural habitat of the critically endangered Philippine eagle.
The Iwokrama Forest is a 3,716 square kilometres (1,435 sq mi) nature reserve of central Guyana located in the heart of the Guiana Shield, [2] one of the four last pristine tropical forests in the world (Congo, New Guinea, and the Amazon rainforest are the others). [3]
In October 1937, the Korup forest was established as a ‘native administration forest reserve’ by Order No. 25. In October 1986, the Korup forest was made a national park by Presidential Decree No. 86/1283; [2] at the same time the boundaries of the forest reserve were extended eastwards to include the villages of Ekundu Kundu, Ikenge and Bareka Batanga to cover the current surface area of ...