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Tasmanian Wilderness WORLD HERITAGE AREA (AUSTRALIA) Proper t y ID 181bis

PROPOSAL FOR A MINOR BOUNDARY MODIFICATIONFor submission to the World Heri t age Commit tee 1 Februar y 2013

Tasmanian Wilderness WORLD HERITAGE AREA (AUSTRALIA) Property ID 181bis

Proposal for a Minor boundary modification for submission to the World Heritage Committee

1 February 2013

In Response to World Heritage Committee Decision 36 COM 8B.45 paragraph 4

For submission by 1 February 2013

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TASM A NIA N W ILDER NESS WORLD HERITAGE AR EA (AUSTR ALIA) Property ID 181bis2

© Commonwealth of Australia 2013

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Proposal for a Minor Boundary Modification // For submission to the World Heritage Committee // 1 February 2013 3

Australia is pleased to propose a minor modification to the boundaries of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, property ID 181bis. This dossier is submitted for review by the relevant Advisory Bodies and for the consideration of the World Heritage Committee at its 37th session when it meets in Phnom Penh, Cambodia 17–27 June 2013.

The dossier includes the required documentation as set out in Annex 11 of the Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention.

This proposal responds to World Heritage Committee Decision 36 COM 8B.45 paragraph 4:

“The World Heritage Committee:

Reiterates its recommendation that the State Party consider further minor modifications to the boundaries of the property, considering the past decisions of the World Heritage Committee1 on boundaries in relation to the natural [and cultural values].”

The Australian Government is satisfied that this boundary modification will serve better identification of the natural attributes of the Tasmanian Wilderness and enhance protection of its Outstanding Universal Value noting that the cultural values require further study and consultation with the Tasmanian Aboriginal community.

1 Decision 36 COM 8B.45 4 reiterates a number of previous similar requests to consider eventual additions at the discretion of the State Party; most recently Decision 34 COM 8B.46 para 5; Decision 34 COM 7B.38 para 5, and in earlier decisions 332 COM 7B.41 para 5 which requested the State Party to include areas of tall eucalyptus forest, having regard to the advice of the IUCN and 31 COM 7B.43 para 4 which urged the State Party to consider including critical old growth forest to the east and north of the property.

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1. AREA OF THE PROPERTY (IN HECTARES)

a) The area of the property as inscribed is 1 412 183 hectares2. b) The extension to the property is between 170 000 and 174 000 hectares3.

2 Refer to the State Party response to letter from Kishore Rao Director CLT/WHC/PSM/12/AB/APA/264.

3 A more accurate figure, taking into account the exclusions listed in section 2, and accompanied by a more detailed description of the component areas, as shown in Table 1, will form part of the supplementary information to be provided by 28 February 2013.

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2. DESCRIPTION OF THE MODIFICATION

The proposed addition to the property includes areas along the northern and eastern boundary, encompassing extensive stands of magnificent tall eucalypt forest, associated rainforest, significant karst and glacial landforms as well as alpine and sub-alpine environments.

There is no proposed buffer zone4.

Table 1 lists the areas that are proposed for inclusion in the boundary. These additions include those proposed by the Tasmanian Forest Agreement 2012, and those from other existing state managed reserves, together with small areas of privately owned land already managed for conservation.

4 In Australia, most world heritage properties do not have a buffer zone. This is because the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 provides legal protection for world heritage values. Adjacent production forestry areas will continue to be covered by a Regional Forest Agreement and the Tasmanian Forest Practices Act 1985 and Forest Practices Code as discussed in State Party reports on the Tasmanian Wilderness. Aboriginal heritage is protected including under the Tasmanian Aboriginal Relics Act 1975 (new legislation is currently being introduced in Tasmania).

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TABLE 1: PROPOSED ADDITIONS

1 Nelson Falls Catchment

2 Dove River

3 Upper Mersey

4 Mole Creek Karst

5 Great Western Tiers (Northern)

5 Great Western Tiers (Eastern)

6 Upper Derwent

7 Florentine

8 Mount Field

9 Mt Wedge-Upper Florentine

10 Styx-Tyenna

11 Weld-Snowy Range

12 Huon-Picton

13 Hartz-Esperance

14 Recherche

Total Area between 170 000 and 174 000 hectares

Note the proposed modification excludes: small lengths of roads managed by local councils and the Tasmanian Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources and associated quarries; access corridors for some forestry activities: in the Picton enclave; and to link the Tyenna and Florentine areas; any transitional logging coupes not completed by June 2013 (refer to

Section 6); as well as areas of hydro electricity generating infrastructure. Also excluded from the proposal is the infrastructure associated with the Warra Long Term Ecological Research site in the Southern Forests (flux tower, weirs, weather station, and including established research plots where some logging may occur for scientific purposes).

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3. JUSTIFICATION FOR THE MODIFICATION

the values of these areas and available timber reserves was undertaken. This process considered a number of areas identified as having old growth forest contiguous with and providing connectivity to the world heritage property.

Australia notes concerns have been expressed in past decisions of the World Heritage Committee5 and by environment groups in relation to the potential for logging activities adjacent to the world heritage property to compromise options for future extensions to the world heritage property to the east and the north of the property.

The Australian and Tasmanian governments have strongly supported the efforts of the forestry industry, unions and environment groups in their bid to develop a constructive way forward to secure a sustainable future for the timber industry and its workers while working to protect high conservation value public native forests including in areas to the north and east of the Tasmanian Wilderness.

5 For example: 32COM7B.41 para 3e) manage the forestry areas outside the inscribed property in order to protect cultural sites of potential Outstanding Universal Value; para 3f) ensure logging roads in areas adjacent to the TWWHA consider the ecological integrity, possible cultural sites and aesthetic values of the property, and reclaim roads no longer required; para 3g) prepare and implement a vegetation management plan covering the TWWHA and the adjoining forest reserves jointly by national parks and the forestry authorities, to address representativity of vegetation types and to reduce risks, particularly from fires and climate change; and earlier decisions such as 31 COM 7B.43 para 3. Notes with concern the issues raised by NGOs in relation to the impacts of logging adjacent to the world heritage property and the commencement of the North Weld Road which compromises options for future extensions to the world heritage property; para 4. Urges the State Party to consider the extension of the world heritage property to include critical old-growth forests to the east and north of the property, or at least to manage these forests in a manner which is consistent with a potential World Heritage value;

In 2012 the State Party report on the State of Conservation of the Tasmanian Wilderness reported on a new process, the Tasmanian Forests Intergovernmental Agreement. The Agreement was entered into by the Australian and Tasmanian governments to further protect high conservation value areas of Tasmania’s native forests, including possible nomination of appropriate areas for inclusion in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. The Prime Minister, the Hon Julia Gillard MP, and the Tasmanian Premier, the Hon Lara Giddings MP, signed the Tasmanian Forests Intergovernmental Agreement on 7 August 2011.

Under the terms of the agreement, significant iconic areas adjacent to the Tasmanian Wilderness were given interim protection from logging activities, including the Upper Florentine and areas within the Styx, Huon, Picton and Counsel River Valleys, while an independent verification process to assess

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In November 2012, key forestry industry, union, community and environmental groups (after considerable effort), developed an agreed position on the future of Tasmania’s forest industry and environment – the Tasmanian Forest Agreement 2012. The agreement included the recommendation “that governments nominate to the World Heritage Committee, for consideration in June 2013, 123 650 hectares as a proposed minor extension to the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area”.

This historic agreement paved the way for development of a proposal for a minor boundary modification. The resulting proposal is comprised of areas that were recommended for inclusion in an extension as a result of the Tasmanian Forest Agreement; as well as existing reserves under the Tasmanian Nature Conservation Act 2002 or Forestry Act 1920, and small areas of privately managed conservation land, which extend or link the property and the Tasmanian Forest Agreement areas.

The various parcels of land are included in a more rational and contiguous boundary. The proposed new boundaries recognise connectivity and improve integrity of natural heritage, notably karst systems, glacial landforms, and areas of better developed tall eucalypt forest combined with rainforest on different geology and more productive soils.

For example, the inclusion of Mt Field National Park adds to the diversity of glacial landforms, adds further areas of tall eucalypt forest and captures the deepest parts of the outstanding Junee karst and cave system.

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4. CONTRIBUTION TO THE MAINTENANCE OF THE OUTSTANDING UNIVERSAL VALUE

Criteria (vii) – contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance

The enhanced property boundary will add additional areas of exceptional beauty, particularly majestic stands of tall eucalypt forests and the Great Western Tiers escarpment. Superlative karst features will be included. There will be protection of further areas of wild land around the existing property. The additions will ensure core wilderness landscapes are more remote from external resource extraction activities. Incorporation of adjacent areas will provide greater integrity for the natural landscape values of the property once managed for the purpose of conservation within a single management arrangement.

Criteria (viii) – be outstanding examples representing major stages of the earth’s history, including the record of life, significant ongoing geological processes in the development of landforms, or significant geomorphic or physiographic features

The additions will contribute to the already substantial geodiversity in the property, adding a number of important glacial and karst features, major escarpment sections of the Central

Plateau landform and improving the protection of significant geomorphic and physiographic features which extend beyond the current property boundaries. Karst additions greatly add to the diversity of values and integrity of the Mole Creek karst, including the Marakoopa, Croesus and other caves systems.

The additions will include additional primitive floral and faunal groups within the property and will extend the representation of groups already included in the property.

Criteria (ix) – be outstanding examples representing significant ongoing ecological and biological processes in the evolution and development of terrestrial, freshwater, coastal and marine ecosystems and communities of plants and animals

The property already has very high levels of endemism. The additions will increase the representation of endemic species included in the property and add species not currently known from the property.

The addition of some important stands of tall eucalypt forest will incorporate a significant eucalypt corridor wholly within the new boundary, greatly enhancing integrity of this globally important forest ecosystem. The greater expanse

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and connectivity increases the area of interaction between tall eucalypt forest and rainforest thus allowing for better representation of ongoing ecological process of reciprocal interaction between these temperate communities.

Criterion (x) – contains the most important and significant natural habitats for in-situ conservation of biological diversity, including those containing threatened species of Outstanding Universal Value from the point of view of science or conservation

The extensions will significantly enhance the representation of wet eucalypt forests within the property, including tall eucalypt forests which have long been of scientific interest.

Additional important habitat would be added for a number of rare and threatened species, including species of Outstanding Universal Value for science and conservation eg Tasmanian devil, spotted-tailed quoll and Clarence galaxias. The additions will add rare and threatened species that are not currently included, or known to be included, in the property.

The cultural values will need further identification and consultation with the Tasmanian Aboriginal community

The Tasmanian Wilderness is a mixed property which has important cultural values. Additional work is required to identify cultural values that would enhance criteria (iii), (v), and (vi). Further evaluation must involve consultation with the Tasmanian Aboriginal community which has not yet taken place. It is for this reason that this proposal for a minor boundary modification is made on the basis of the four natural criteria (vii), (vii), (ix) and (x) for which the property is inscribed.

The State Party will report progress on identification of cultural values for the property in the next State of Conservation report prepared in response to Decision 36 COM 7B.36 for consideration at the 39th session of the World Heritage Committee.

INTEGRITY AND IMPROVED CONSERVATION OF OUTSTANDING UNIVERSAL VALUE

The Tasmanian Wilderness was first inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1982 for natural and cultural values. At that time it was recommended that a larger area would improve the conservation of the site, and in 1989 a reformulation of the original site with significant revision of its boundary (representing a 78 per cent increase) was accepted by the World Heritage Committee.

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While it was recognised at the time in the IUCN technical evaluation that the boundaries of the new property were an immense improvement on the original, it was also apparent that timber values in areas outside the boundaries of the site had led to the exclusion of other areas with potential Outstanding Universal Value.

Potential threats to environmental, visual and wilderness values of the property from extractive forestry operations outside the eastern boundary have been the subject of ongoing reactive monitoring including a UNESCO/IUCN/ICOMOS monitoring mission in 20086. Further minor additions were made in 2010 and 2012.

The proposed additions will markedly improve the conservation of the natural values of the property along the northern and eastern borders. Sweeping landscapes of exceptional natural beauty, especially associated with tall eucalypt forests, will now be protected. Significant features, notably remarkable karst systems and glacial features extending beyond the existing boundary, will be brought into the property. The boundary will be more robust and manageable. Active management of threats and incursions in the new additions can improve conservation of the existing property.

The additions also provide a more landscape-based boundary for the Tasmanian Wilderness and hence an improved capacity to manage the property’s Outstanding Universal Value.

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Northern boundary

The Great Western Tiers escarpment is a significant landscape feature and the proposed new boundary includes most landforms previously only partly included in the property, notably entire karst systems and also the sites of valley glaciers and moraines associated with the Pleistocene Central Plateau icecap. Also, its forest-cloaked slopes add significantly to the range of forest types represented.

Eastern boundary

Proposed additions along the eastern boundary make a major contribution to the integrity of tall eucalypt forests, achieving connectivity of all of the major stands of tall eucalypt forests in the property. The representation and conservation of karst and glacial values, and their inter-relationship, is also enhanced, notably in the vicinity of Mt Field National Park.

In summary, both individually and collectively, the parcels of land proposed for addition have contributions to make to the Tasmanian Wilderness property. Furthermore, there are important thematic links between many of the parcels as well as between the additions and the existing property. These considerations for the extension will be elaborated in supplementary information that will be provided separately for each of the sections listed in Table 1 and labelled in Map 1.

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5. IMPLICATIONS FOR LEGAL PROTECTION

Under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 approvals are not required for certain forestry operations if they are within a Regional Forest Agreement region;7 this applies to harvesting of forest products and related land clearing, land preparation, regeneration (including burning) and transport operations if they are taken in accordance with the Regional Forest Agreement; however this exception does not apply in a property included in the World Heritage List8.

Further information and a copy of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 can be found at:

http://www.environment.gov.au/epbc/about/index.html.

The proposed additions include areas of forest identified through the Tasmanian Forest Agreement 2012 for reservation under Tasmanian legislation. These areas will be provided with interim protection from forestry activities through a conservation agreement signed by the Australian and Tasmanian governments, and Forestry Tasmania under the Australian Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

7 Listed under Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999:Part 4: Div 4: s 38 (1) Cases in which environmental approvals are not needed: Forestry operations in certain regions: Part 3 not to apply to certain RFA forestry operations.

8 see Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999:Part 4: Div 4: s42.

All world heritage properties in Australia are matters of national environmental significance protected and managed under national legislation, the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. This Act is the statutory instrument for implementing Australia’s obligations under a number of multilateral environmental agreements including the World Heritage Convention. By law, any action that has, will have or is likely to have a significant impact on the world heritage values of a world heritage property must be referred to the responsible minister for consideration. Substantial penalties apply for taking such an action without approval. Once a heritage place is listed, the Act has provisions for management plans which set out the significant heritage aspects of the place and how the values of the site will be managed. This requirement is met by the existing Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Management Plan, which is due to be reviewed in 2015.

Importantly this Act also aims to protect matters of national environmental significance, such as world heritage properties, from impacts even if they originate outside the property or if the values of the property are mobile (as in fauna). It thus forms an additional layer of protection designed to protect values of world heritage properties from external impacts.

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The Tasmanian Forest Agreement has established a process for progressing formal reservation of these areas. The Tasmanian Forest Agreement Bill provides the mechanism to provide protection for the proposed reserves and is due to be further debated in the Tasmanian Parliament from March 2013. The subsequent reservation process will involve further stakeholder consultation to develop appropriate and manageable boundaries for the individual reserves.

The proposed additions also include areas of land that are already legally protected under the Tasmanian Nature Conservation Act 2002 or Forestry Act 1920. For copies of these Acts, see:

http://www.thelaw.tas.gov.au/tocview/index.w3p;cond=;doc_id=63%2B%2B2002%2BAT%40EN%2B20130108160000;histon=;prompt=;rec=;term=

and

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6. IMPLICATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS

The Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service will continue to be the lead agency managing the property in line with existing well-developed Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area management systems and processes.

Formal community engagement in management of the areas will continue to involve the statutory National Parks and Wildlife Advisory Council which has recently been merged with the former World Heritage Area Consultative Committee. The Council consists of people with an interest in and ability to contribute to the objectives of the Tasmanian National Parks and Reserves Management Act 2002 and the capacity to offer independent advice, taking into account community views and expectations.

The new areas will be incorporated in the existing Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area Management Plan (see http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=6158) when it comes up for a full review in 2015. Until that process is complete the new areas will be managed in accord with the objectives and general management strategies of this plan.

The Management Plan recognises that the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area provides opportunities for a wide range of recreation pursuits. Protocols for management of transport corridors and significant electricity infrastructure that have been excluded from the proposed area will be developed with the relevant

management agencies to ensure management is compatible with the surrounding world heritage property.

There are current management plans for some existing reserves: • Mt Field National Park, Marriotts Falls State

Reserve and Junee Cave State Reserve (see: http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=6250)

• Mole Creek Karst National Park (see: http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=6242)

These management plans can continue to be used to manage these areas pending their inclusion in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Management Plan. Planning for the additions will involve consultation with a wide range of stakeholders including existing commercial users such as bee-keepers; other users; and local communities. Emphasis will be on community engagement to ensure the Outstanding Universal Value is protected and presented to visitors, whilst providing for a range of compatible and sustainable activities that support local communities.

The Tasmanian Forest Agreement 2012 recognises that there will need to be a transitional period to allow wood requirements to be met while logging schedules are redirected to areas outside the agreed reserves. This transitional period will involve some short-term logging in

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some areas identified for reservation, to avoid stand-down of workers and contractors, and mill closures.

A transitional schedule that minimises any impacts on the agreed reserves, including any adverse impacts on potential Outstanding Universal Value of the areas that are proposed for inclusion within the boundaries of the Tasmanian Wilderness, has been developed. Within the areas that were recommended by the Tasmanian Forest Agreement 2012 to be included in the Tasmanian Wilderness, transitional arrangements have meant that a small number of coupes may be logged after June 2013. Harvesting in these areas will be complete by September 2013. These areas are excluded from the proposed boundary modification. There will be processing and removal of felled trees and appropriate remediation on these sites in 2013–14.

Any forestry activities undertaken as part of the transitional phase will be subject to the existing Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement, the Tasmanian Forest Practices Act and Forest Practices Code guidelines and standards which cover natural and cultural values, and

associated management and planning systems, including systems accredited under ISO 14001 (environmental management systems) and the Australian Forestry Standard. Once logged, some of these areas may require active management to assist ecological recovery.

Within some of the proposed additions there are areas that have been previously logged and are in the process of revegetation, and there is also infrastructure associated with previous forest harvesting, including roads, bridges etc. Initial planning for these areas will consider the usefulness of this infrastructure for management of the property for conservation of its Outstanding Universal Value. Some exotic species and disease infestations, particularly associated with gravel roads and disturbed areas, have been recorded in the proposed additions and will require prompt attention. However, with careful management, there are opportunities to minimise the impacts of disturbances, to progressively restore the condition of any degraded areas and improve the resilience of the existing property.

Funding for management of the proposed additions has been agreed as part of the Tasmanian Forest Agreement. The Australian Government has committed to provide $AU9 million per annum for management of all new reserves, including those proposed for inclusion in the property, following formal legislative protection by the Tasmanian Government. This funding is in addition to the $3.4 million per annum that the Australian Government currently provides for management of the World Heritage Area which is more than matched by the Tasmanian Government.

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7. MAPS:

Maps are included at the end of this document (back cover):

Map 1: Showing the original delimitation of the boundary and new areas in proposed revision.

Map 2: Showing the proposed revised boundary.

8. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Supplementary information to be provided:

The Australian and Tasmanian governments are currently compiling supplementary information on the proposal. This will include a more accurate figure for the area that takes into account the exclusions listed in Section 2. The extra time beyond the submission date of 1 February 2013 is necessary to allow for further spatial analysis of information on values held by the Australian and Tasmanian governments. Supplementary information on the component areas listed in Table 1 on their contributions to Outstanding Universal Value, including species lists, and a bibliography, will be included.

Photographs

Photographs are used throughout the document to highlight key values and to show improved integrity. Refer to list of photo credits (following).

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PHOTO CREDITS

PAGE PHOTO DESCRIPTION

cover Tall eucalypts in the upper reaches of the Styx Valley, snow-capped Mt Mueller in the background, some logging disturbance. Rob Blakers Values: biodiversity, tall eucalypt forest, aesthetic values.

inside front cover A pair of giant Eucalyptus regnans trees, Styx Tall Trees Forest Reserve, Styx Valley. Geoff Law Values: biodiversity, tall eucalypt forest, aesthetic values.

header (right) Isolated pandani on the Navarre Plains grasslands. Rob Blakers Values: biodiversity, aesthetic values.

header (left) Peaks above the Florentine Valley – these are within the current WHA. Rob Blakers Values: wilderness, integrity, aesthetic values.

3 Myrtle Beech, Nothofagus cunninghamii, Weld Valley. Grant Dixon Values: biodiversity, aesthetic values.

4 Tall eucalypt forest, Weld Valley. Rob Blakers Values: integrity, wilderness, biodiversity, tall eucalypt forest, aesthetic values.

5 A giant Eucalyptus regnans named Gandalf’s Staff, an official giant at 285 cubic metres and 84 metres tall, Big Tree Forest Reserve, Styx Valley. Geoff Law Values: biodiversity, tall eucalypt forest, aesthetic values.

8 Tall Eucalyptus regnans and snow-covered tree fern, Styx Valley. Ted Mead Values: biodiversity, tall eucalypt forest, aesthetic values.

12 (top) Giant stringybark, Eucalyptus obliqua, Weld Valley. Rob Blakers Values: biodiversity, tall eucalypt forest, aesthetic values.

12 (bottom) The forests of the upper Florentine Valley. The Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area incorporates the mountains in the background but not the forests in the valley. Rob Blakers Values: integrity, wilderness, biodiversity, tall eucalypt forest, aesthetic values.

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13 (top) Old growth rainforest, Dove River. Dennis Harding dennisharding.com.au Values: biodiversity, aesthetic values.

13 (bottom) Forests of the Great Western Tiers, on the north-eastern margin of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, extending below the top of the escarpment which is the current boundary of the World Heritage Area. Rob Blakers Values: biodiversity, tall eucalypt forest, aesthetic values.

14–15 The Weld Valley, with the Weld River at the left. The current Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area is in the far background, upstream of the forested skyline ridge in the centre of the photo. Tall eucalypt forest and rainforest in the foreground is proposed for addition to the property. Rob Blakers Values: integrity, wilderness, wild river, biodiversity, tall eucalypt forest, aesthetic values.

16 (top) String bog at Newdegate Pass, Mt Field National Park. Tim Rudman Values: biodiversity, aesthetic values.

16 (bottom) Mt Bridges, Lake Seal and Platypus Tarn, upper Broad River Valley, Mt Field National Park. Joe Shemesh Values: geodiversity (glaciation), aesthetic values.

17 (top left) A forest floor dwelling fungus, Cortinarius archeri, upper Florentine Valley. Alan Lesheim Values: biodiversity, aesthetic values.

17 (top right) Speleothem, Mole Creek karst area. Rolan Eberhard Values: geodiversity (karst), aesthetic values.

17 (bottom) Cave formations, Mole Creek karst area. Ross Anderson Values: integrity, geodiversity (karst), aesthetic values.

19 Frond of a young Batswing fern, Histiopteris incisa, upper Florentine Valley. Alan Lesheim Values: biodiversity, aesthetic values.

21 Spotted-tailed quoll, Dasyurus maculatus. Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service Values: biodiversity, aesthetic values.

Inside back cover Tall eucalypts (Eucalyptus obliqua) in the Picton Valley. Ted Mead Values: biodiversity, tall eucalypt forest, aesthetic values.

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