One hundred million years ago, Australia was covered by a rainforest of ferns and gymnosperms. Today, Australia has 3.6 million hectares of rainforest, 2.7% of the total forest area, key to supporting important biodiversity. Tropical and subtropical rainforests in the north and east, warm-temperate rainforests in New South Wales and Victoria, and cool-temperate rainforests in Victoria and Tasmania, monsoon rainforests in northern Australia.
Picture: The secretive Russet-tailed Thrush, inhabitant of dense rainforest and woodlands of eastern Australia.