Declared Indigenous Protected Areas in Queensland
Guanaba Indigenous Protected Area
At the foot of Mount Tamborine near the Queensland-New South Wales border, the 100 hectares of Guanaba features dense rainforest and vine thickets, eucalypt woodlands and picturesque creeks.
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Kaanju Ngaachi Wenlock and Pascoe Rivers Indigenous Protected Area
Kaanju Ngaachi Wenlock and Pascoe Rivers stretches across nearly 2,000 square kilometres of wet tropical forest and sand ridge country between Lockhart River, Coen and Weipa on Cape York. The Chuulangun Aboriginal Corporation manages the area and it is a place of significant social, cultural, spiritual, historical and economic value for its traditional owners.
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Warul Kawa Indigenous Protected Area
The small tropical island of Warul Kawa lies off Cape York Peninsula in the Torres Strait. Also known as Deliverance Island, the uninhabited sand cay is of spiritual and cultural significance to the Indigenous Western Island communities.
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