Littoral Rainforests of New South Wales

Littoral Rainforests of New South Wales
Littoral Rainforest at Brunswick Heads Nature Reserve, Australia
Governing bodyNSW National Parks and Wildlife Service
WebsiteOfficial website

The Littoral Rainforests of New South Wales is a group of fragmented and endangered ecological communities found by the coast in eastern Australia.[1] Much of this seaside form has been destroyed by mining, tourist development or housing. It is threatened by extinction in the near future.[2] 90% of the 433 sites are less than ten hectares in size.[2] Littoral rainforest amounts to 0.6% of the rainforests in New South Wales.

The littoral rainforests of Australia extends from North Queensland to Victoria and many offshore islands, with a minority found within New South Wales.[3][2]

  1. ^ "Littoral Rainforest in the South East Corner, Sydney Basin and NSW North Coast bioregions" (PDF). Threatened Species. NSW Government. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Littoral Rainforest An Endangered Ecological Community" (PDF). Wetland Care Australia. Northern Rivers Catchment Authority. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
  3. ^ http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicshowcommunity.pl?id=76&status=Critically+Endangered [bare URL]