Cape York Peninsula

Cape York Peninsula’s extraordinary natural and cultural heritage is under threat from a rampant mining industry. Securing its future as a World Heritage Area would give the region’s Indigenous and non-Indigenous landholders the resources to protect and manage it for the benefit of all of us.

The Cape deserves World Heritage protection alongside the best wilderness areas on the planet. By comparison with other natural World Heritage Areas, Cape York contains larger rainforests than the Daintree, more old growth than Tasmania, more river biodiversity than the Franklin, larger reef systems than Ningaloo, bigger wetlands than Kakadu and larger dune systems than Fraser Island.

Read on to learn more about the staggering beauty and biodiversity of the Cape and how you can help make World Heritage a reality.

Protect Cape York Peninsula's World Heritage values from mining (online petition) »

Cape York • About Cape York • Why it's special • Indigenous Conservation • World Heritage • What the experts say • Cape York Peninsula Heritage Act 2007 • The Wilderness Society's campaign successes • The Wilderness Society's vision for Cape York Peninsula