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The Wet Tropics Management Authority was established on 1/11/1993.

It is the Queensland Government statutory authority responsible for the wet tropics area.

The statutory authority has been part of multiple portfolios since 1 November 1993.

Establishment
Wet Tropics Management Authority, based in Cairns, was established as a statutory authority under Queensland legislation, Wet Tropics World Heritage Protection and Management Act 1993, proclaimed on 1 November 1993. The Authority ensures that Australia's obligation to ensure the protection of the wet tropics area for future generations under the World Heritage Convention is met. The Authority has a team of scientists, planners and outreach specialists managing the World Heritage Area. United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) adoption of the World Heritage Convention and World Heritage listing of the Wet Tropics Area led the Australian and Queensland governments to set in place a management framework. The Wet Tropics World Heritage Area Management Scheme was the intergovernmental agreement signed by the Prime Minister and Premier of Queensland in November 1990. It set out broad structural and funding arrangements for the management scheme and is scheduled in the Queensland Act and given effect by s.3 of the complementary Commonwealth legislation, Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area Conservation Act 1994.

Portfolios
The statutory authority has been part of Ministerial portfolios as follows:

The statutory authority has been controlled by governmental bodies as follows:

Function
The agency has the following responsibilities:
 * The Authority's functions in relation to the wet tropics area, defined under s.10 of the Queensland Act, are to:
 * develop and implement policies and programs in relation to the management of the area
 * formulate performance indicators for the implementation of policies and programs approved by the Ministerial Council
 * advise and make recommendations to the Minister and the Ministerial Council in relation to the area's management
 * administer funding arrangements
 * facilitate and enter into cooperative management agreements with land-holders, councils, and tourism and business sectors
 * enter into arrangements for the provision of land rehabilitation and restoration works
 * gather, research, analyse and disseminate information
 * promote the area locally, nationally and internationally
 * monitor the state of the area.
 * In performing its functions the Authority must consider Aboriginal tradition and liaise and cooperate with Aboriginal people concerned with the area.

Administrative structure
The Authority is responsible to both the Australian and Queensland governments through the Wet Tropics Ministerial Council. An independent board of directors, appointed by both governments is set up under the Queensland legislation.The chair of the Authority reports to the Ministerial Council and the Authority's executive director is the secretary to the Ministerial Council. The Authority comes under the portfolio of the Queensland Minister for Environment. The executive director is responsible to the director general regarding compliance with State government legislation, standards and policies relating to administrative matters.

Attribution
Category:Government agencies of Queensland Category:1993 establishments in Australia Category:Government agencies established in 1993