What Does it Mean to be a World Heritage Site?

To be listed as a World Heritage Site the area must meet at least one of the ten criteria set by UNESCO and be recognized to have outstanding value.

Benefits of being named a World Heritage Site:

-gives the area global recognition

-increases tourism and therefore boosts the economy

-provides jobs for tourism and management related employment

The Wet Tropics  of Queensland as a World Heritage Site:

-Established as a site in 1988

Met 4 of the 10 criteria

1) Exhibits exceptional natural beauty

2) Contains examples of significant evolution in plants

3) Center of endemism and biodiversity
4) Habitat for many threatened species

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