Cassowary helping to revegetate denuded Daintree block
October 7th, 2009
In June this year Rainforest Rescue helped the Daintree Discovery Centre plant 2,000 trees as part of their Carbon Offset/Bio-sequestration project. And there are already visible signs of success with a Cassowary having recently been spotted amongst the newly planted vegetation doing his ‘bit to assist’ in revegetating the denuded block.
Cassowaries assist in seed dispersal by spreading the rainforest seeds via their droppings. According to information obtained at the Cassowary Summit in Cairns last week, Cassowaries are known eat the fruit of some 248 different types of rainforest trees. Read the rest of this entry »
