BURDEKIN DRY TROPICS NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN 2016-2026
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~ 6 % of region conserved land 25 National Parks
34 nationally important wetlands 1 Ramsar wetland
500 km coastline of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area; part of the Wet Tropics World Heritage area
1,860,000 megalitres of water stored in Burdekin Falls Dam( 4 times Sydney Harbour); Burdekin River is 4th largest in Australia by volume
21 endangered species; 2 critically endangered
REGIONAL SCENE SETTING