Can anyone describe Kakadus Ecosystem?

Question

I'm doing an assignment, and would like to know info onkakadus ecosystem, genetic diversity, utility value, heritage, and management and protection.

Thankyou for your help,

Becky.

Answer 1

Hi Becky, hope this helps:

Kakadu's Natural Values

In 1981, Kakadu became the first Australian place to be listed as a World Heritage site and is one of only 17 sites in the world listed for both its cultural and natural values.

Formed many millions of years ago, the 500km long Arnhem Land Escarpment towers over Kakadu's lushly vegetated wetlands, creating an awesome mosaic of eroded sandstone, plunging waterfalls, rivers, billabongs, flood plains, paperbark swamps, mangroves, monsoon forests and extensive tropical woodlands.

Kakadu is one of Australia's most ecologically complex and important regions. The sheer scale of Kakadu's wilderness, and the complex diversity of its ecosystems, means the Park provides a refuge for an astonishing array of plants and animals:

at least 1682 plant species

more than one-third of Australia's migratory bird species are found here - two and a half million birds flock in the wetlands of Magela and Nourlangie floodplains alone

60 species of reptiles and amphibians

more than 50 species of fish

over 100 species of termites and more than 300 species of ants