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| | Daintree NP |
 | | It occupies most of a larger region, known as the Wet Tropics of Queensland, which covers an area of about 9,300 square kilometres (3,594 square miles) and also takes in Cape Tribulation and Dagmar Range national parks, as well as several state forests. |
 | | The park was created in order to protect the rainforest from the threat of damage by tin mining, logging, or major road building, each of which was proposed during the 1980s. |
 | | The vegetation in the park includes members of the Proteaceae family (primitive flowering plants), more than 90 species of orchids, and a variety of ferns. |
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