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The Tarkine is the largest tract of unprotected wilderness in Tasmania. It also contains the largest rainforest in Australia. On a global scal, the Tarkine contains one of the world's most significant remaining tracts of temperate rainforest, second only in size to those in western Canada.
A relic from the ancient supercontinent, Gondwanaland, the Tarkine rainforest exists largely on the 'Arthur Lineament'. This is the most extensive basalt plateau in Tasmania which still retains its native vegetation.
Temperate rainforest is the rarest of the rainforests, and more highly threatened even than tropical and subtropical rainforests.
The Tasmanian Tarkine, with its rugged coastline, grand and wild rivers, waterfalls, plateaus and cave systems, is truly a unique ecosystem of international importance. |
