Oct 05 2024
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park protects one of the largest, most complex, and most biologically important marine ecosystems on Earth. Stretching for more than 2,300 kilometers along the northeastern coast of Australia, the reef system includes thousands of individual coral reefs, hundreds of islands and coral cays, seagrass meadows, mangrove forests, deep-water habitats, sandy seabeds, …
Oct 04 2024
Fiordland National Park protects one of the wildest and most spectacular landscapes in New Zealand. Located in the far southwest of the South Island, the park contains immense glacier-carved fiords, rainforest-covered mountains, alpine lakes, powerful waterfalls, remote valleys, rugged coastlines, and some of the country’s most important wildlife habitat. Covering more than 1.2 million hectares, …
Jan 04 2024
Kosciuszko National Park protects the highest mountains in Australia, sweeping alpine grasslands, glacial lakes, snow gum forests, limestone caves, rivers, historic mountain huts, and some of the country’s rarest wildlife. Covering about 690,000 hectares in southeastern New South Wales, it is the largest national park in the state and the centerpiece of Australia’s Snowy Mountains. …
