15% of the area is protected as national park.
Among the national parks included within the Wet Tropics are:
Barron Gorge National Park
Black Mountain (Kalkajaka) National Park
Cedar Bay National Park
Daintree National Park
Edmund Kennedy National Park
Girringun National Park
Kirrama National Park
Kuranda National Park
Macalister Range National Park
Wooroonooran National Park
and over 700 protected areas including privately owned land.

The Wet Tropics Management Authority was established in 1983; it is responsible for managing the site according to Australia's obligations under the World Heritage Convention.
The agency employed 20 staff in 2012 as a unit within the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection.
It is headed by a board of directors responsible to the Wet Tropics Ministerial Council which contains both Queensland and Federal Government representatives.
15% of the area is protected as national park. Among the national parks included within the Wet Tropics are:
Barron Gorge National Park
Black Mountain (Kalkajaka) National Park
Cedar Bay National Park
Daintree National Park
Edmund Kennedy National Park
Girringun National Park
Kirrama National Park
Kuranda National Park
Macalister Range National Park
Wooroonooran National Park
and over 700 protected areas including privately owned land.
The Wet Tropics Management Authority was established in 1983; it is responsible for managing the site according to Australia's obligations under the World Heritage Convention. The agency employed 20 staff in 2012 as a unit within the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection. It is headed by a board of directors responsible to the Wet Tropics Ministerial Council which contains both Queensland and Federal Government representatives.
Wet Tropics of Queensland