Myola Basin:

Kuranda Envirocare will be planting as many as 7,500 different species of trees as part of the Envirolink Corridor to conserve and repair degraded rainforests in this ecological haven. The area acts as a critical buffer for the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area and is home to the endangered Kuranda Tree Frog and Southern Cassowary.

Site Description

• The Myola Basin site within the Envirolink corridor is adjacent to a Wet Tropics World Heritage Listed area containing Barron Gorge National Park. The Wet Tropics World Heritage Area contains Australia’s greatest diversity of animals and plants within an area of just 0.26% of the continent.
• The sites act as a buffer zone for the World Heritage Listed area.
• Myola is a small township on the railway line and adjacent to the Barron River just upstream of Kuranda and 30 kms north-west of Cairns.
• The township was subdivided into small urban allotments when the railway was built in the early years of the twentieth century, and the surrounding land was cleared for farming, at various times supporting a small cattle grazing industry, coffee and pineapple plantations and various other crops. Little of this remains.
• The Myola area is a 'hotspot' for biodiversity with several new endangered species, a rainforest frog (Kuranda Tree frog or Myola frog) and a palm, occurring in Warril Creek and various other creeks in this area.
• The endangered Kuranda Tree frog (Myola frog) is endemic to the localities of Kuranda, Myola, Mantaka, Kowrowa and Oak Forest.
• The site is also home to the endangered Southern Cassowary, world’s third largest bird that is rarely seen.
• Kuranda Envirocare’s Envirolink Corridor is the major revegetation project within the Kuranda area aiming to link the Wet Tropics World Heritage rainforest areas on both sides of the Barron River.

The Group

Kuranda Envirocare has been working for over ten years to conserve and repair biodiversity and to educate the Kuranda community to value and protect biodiversity.

The group has put in a large number of volunteer hours over the years to and many thousands of trees have been planted, and degraded and weed infested areas are returning to rainforest as these plantings develop a canopy. A successful nursery has also been established thanks to the efforts of dedicated volunteers. Community education is an ongoing part of Envirocare’s work. With about 100 members, Kuranda Envirocare directly involves a significant proportion of the local population.

Project Details

7,500 indigenous species that would support the Envirolink Corridor with a focus on the Myola Basin home to the Kuranda Tree frog and the Southern Cassowary.
 

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