In breaking – even heartbreaking – news, recently released data reveals that far from the already worryingly low number of an estimated 1,000 cassowaries left in Australia, this figure may have been overestimated by six times the real number because of small survey areas. Read the rest of this entry »

Eager adventurers Krista Bernard, from the Byron Shire, and her partner, Daniel Coward, will leave the UK on 10 May for an awe-inspiring journey by bicycle from London to Lhasa. Read the rest of this entry »

Estimates of cassowary numbers in the Wet Tropics areas of Australia may be much less than previously thought, putting the species at much greater risk from human activity in rainforests. Read the rest of this entry »

Thanks to the wonderful contribution of our supporters another piece of the World Heritage value Daintree rainforest has been protected forever.

A 10th property purchased through the Daintree Buy Back and Protect Forever Project was completed on the 6th of May 2008. Read the rest of this entry »