Elsewhere, much of this forest type has been cleared for farming and it’s now uncommon.
Fan Palm is also important as Bush Heritage’s only reserve within Queensland’s Wet Tropics World Heritage Area – a national biodiversity hotspot that’s home to more than half of Australia’s bird species and 60% of both our butterfly and bat species.
One of these bird species, the nationally endangered Southern Cassowary, plays a critical role in keeping tropical ecosystems alive through seed dispersal and germination.
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