1 Natural threats include bush fires and the advance of the eucalypt forest.
2 Even when temprate rainforests are protected inside parks and reserves it, but it is still valnerable to fire.
3 A potential threat comes from humans using fossil fuels such as oil or gas which causes global warming.
4 Scientist say weather patterns will change.
5 Growing plantation forests for logging means wood an be produced without cutting down more old groth forests.
6 Temperate rainforest in Australia is either warm or cool.
7 Cool temperate rainforest occurs mainly in cool mountain regions where there is 1,750-3,000 millimeters.
8 Warm temperate rainforests is rarer in Australia. It survives mainly in small, isolated pokets in Queensland and parts of New South Wales and Victoria.
9 Areas that have cool temperate rainforests include the Snowy Mountains, The Blue Mountains and Tasmania.
10 In New South Wales, warm temperate rainforest is found at altitudes of 450-1,200 meters.
11 These type of forests can be found in the Dandenong and Warburton Ranges near Melbourne and throughout the East Gippsland area.
Australias Temprate Rainforest
1 Natural threats include bush fires and the advance of the eucalypt forest.2 Even when temprate rainforests are protected inside parks and reserves it, but it is still valnerable to fire.
3 A potential threat comes from humans using fossil fuels such as oil or gas which causes global warming.
4 Scientist say weather patterns will change.
5 Growing plantation forests for logging means wood an be produced without cutting down more old groth forests.
6 Temperate rainforest in Australia is either warm or cool.
7 Cool temperate rainforest occurs mainly in cool mountain regions where there is 1,750-3,000 millimeters.
8 Warm temperate rainforests is rarer in Australia. It survives mainly in small, isolated pokets in Queensland and parts of New South Wales and Victoria.
9 Areas that have cool temperate rainforests include the Snowy Mountains, The Blue Mountains and Tasmania.
10 In New South Wales, warm temperate rainforest is found at altitudes of 450-1,200 meters.
11 These type of forests can be found in the Dandenong and Warburton Ranges near Melbourne and throughout the East Gippsland area.