Tourism is perhaps the most detrimental
environmental force to the Daintree’s vulnerability. The Daintree Rainforest is
a massive 1 200 square kilometres and is the largest rainforest in Australia yet
it is still facing major environmental impacts because of the sheer amount of
tourists visiting every year. Despite the fact that the forest has now been
heritage listed as of 9th December 1988 people are still able to buy
the land and build on it, whether its apartments, roads or town houses this is
unacceptable. Because of all the tourists there is more and more deforestation
happening in the Daintree to make space for the increased amount of hotels and
roads that are needed. As well as this the water is being polluted due to the
increase of the number of ferries required for
transport.
environmental force to the Daintree’s vulnerability. The Daintree Rainforest is
a massive 1 200 square kilometres and is the largest rainforest in Australia yet
it is still facing major environmental impacts because of the sheer amount of
tourists visiting every year. Despite the fact that the forest has now been
heritage listed as of 9th December 1988 people are still able to buy
the land and build on it, whether its apartments, roads or town houses this is
unacceptable. Because of all the tourists there is more and more deforestation
happening in the Daintree to make space for the increased amount of hotels and
roads that are needed. As well as this the water is being polluted due to the
increase of the number of ferries required for
transport.