We're celebrating 25 years of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Listing.
On 29 November 2000, the Greater Blue Mountains Area (GBMA) was added to the World Heritage List.
The GBMA has diverse eucalypt trees, habitats and plants. It's home to more than 130 rare or threatened species, including:
- the Wollemi pine
- the brush-tailed rock wallaby.
The GBMA holds deep cultural significance for First Nations communities. It is home to thousands of recorded cultural heritage sites. The Darkinjung, Dharawal, Dharug, Gundungurra, Wonnarua and Wiradjuri First Nations peoples have cared for and managed the region for countless generations.
World Heritage listing provides the highest level of protection. This ensures sites are preserved into the future.
The GBMA is under pressure from invasive species and habitat loss. Bushfires and climate change also impact the region.
We're working to protect the GBMA to preserve it for generations to come, through:
- Providing nearly $550,000 from the First Nations Heritage Grant Program for 3 projects that are seeking to identify and record previously unlisted First Nations heritage values within the GBMA.
- The Threatened Species Action Plan. It is guiding over $6.4 million to improve the condition of the GBMA as a priority place.
- The National Environmental Science Program's Resilient Landscapes Hub is undertaking research to support on-ground management to increase resilience of the GBMA.
