Yellow crazy ant invasion threatens Queensland world heritage rainforest as funding dries up

Program holding ants at bay in wet tropics suffers from lack of government funding commitment

Funding to keep a voracious invasive ant from establishing super colonies in Australia's wet tropics world heritage area has less than six months of funding left, risking its future, Guardian Australia has been told.

The Wet Tropics Management Authority (WTMA), which manages the vast world heritage area in north Queensland, is asking state and federal governments for a $6m a year package for the next seven years - enough, the authority says, for it to finish the job of eradicating the yellow crazy ant.