The purchase of a sixth property in the Daintree Buy Back and Protect Forever project has saved the worlds only known site of a threatened species of fern.

The Filmy Fern was first discovered in 1954 however the site was lost or destroyed and it was not rediscovered until 1998. The new site of the fern was however on a freehold property threatened with residential development. The purchase of the property in the Cow bay area of the Daintree has saved the site however adjacent properties may still be developed increasing the risk of visitation and damage to the fern. We need to buy these properties too! Please help by making a donation to the project via the Rainforest Rescue web site. Each $20 buys ten square meters.

Thanks to all supporters who have helped save another threatened species.

Good news … Choco-Andean rainforests saved by the hectare!

By Kirstie Fisher, Rainforest Rescue Ecuador project officer

With fifty hectares saved since the launch of our ‘Ecuador “Save a Hectare” project’, we have good cause to celebrate. This new addition contributes to the creation of a vital corridor between the Andean cloud forests and the lowland forests of the Awa Ethnic Reserve in northwestern Ecuador. Read the rest of this entry »