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Kakadu National Park

Kakadu National Park. By: Jay Kumar Class : 9GT. In the world heritage, Kakadu National Park is one of the four Australian sites for natural and cultural values . Kakadu National Park is located in the Northern Territory of Australia.

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Kakadu National Park

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  1. Kakadu National Park By: Jay Kumar Class : 9GT

  2. In the world heritage, Kakadu National Park is one of the four Australian sites for natural and cultural values. • Kakadu National Park is located in the Northern Territory of Australia. • The area that Kakadu National Park has covered is 19,804 kilometres squared. Background information of Kakadu National Park

  3. Fauna – Kakadu is home to 68 mammals (almost one-fifth of Australia's mammals), more than 120 reptiles, 26 frogs, over 300 tidal and freshwater fish species and over 10,000 species of insects. It provides habitat for more than 290 bird species (over one-third of Australia's birds). List of endangered and vulnerable species – • Gouldian finch • Yellow chat • Loggerhead Turtle • Olive Ridley Turtle • Freshwater tongue sole • Spear tooth shark • Australian Bustard • Masked Owl • Partridge Pigeon • Northern River shark, etc. Native Flora and Fauna of Kakadu National Park

  4. Flora – • Kakadu's flora is among the richest in northern Australia and more than 2000 plant species have been recorded. • Kakadu has plants that are only seen on certain local environments. For example: The Lowlands – It has some of the last un touched eucalyptus forests in Australia. The plants are influenced by season changes and some such as the Kapok bush shed their leaves annually Cont. Native Flora and Fauna of Kakadu

  5. Species introduced to Kakadu include: • The Asian Water Buffalo • Cattle • Pigs • Horses • Donkeys • Dogs • Cats • European Bees • Cane Toads Introduced species and how they have damaged the Kakadu The species introduced to Kakadu National park spread the weeds, increase erosion and prey on native animals. Taking into consideration the views of Aboriginal Traditional owners, a comprehensive program has been made to reduce the numbers of introduced animals.

  6. The government is keen on protecting Kakadu National Park as it is a major tourist attraction and is a World Heritage Site since 1981. The Government is putting forward plans to keep constant weeding, observation and poisoning of plants introduced to Kakadu. The Government is funding, researching and developing ways to solve this problem So far they have come up with the Conventional Method and Biological method. What is the Government doing to reduce introduced species?

  7. In Australia there are various legal ways to get rid of introduced species of animals and plants • DO NOT introduce any more animal or plant species to Kakadu National Park • Clean boats and all modes of transportation that go to, from, into and out of Kakadu National Park • DO NOT let seeds spread through unclean hiking shoes • Conventional Control: the trapping, baiting and killing of introduced animals • Biological Control: Using predators, viruses, parasites, etc. to kill the introduced species Solutions to assist Kakadu National Park

  8. http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/education/pubs/factsheets/kakadu-national-park.pdfhttp://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/education/pubs/factsheets/kakadu-national-park.pdf http://www.kakadu.com.au/bio/fauna.html http://www.kakadu.com.au/bio/flora.html http://learnline.cdu.edu.au/tourism/kakadu/values/pdf/plantsofthekakaduregion.pdf http://www.pbs.org/edens/kakadu/seasons.html Bibliography

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