THE BEST TIME IS NOW TO PROTECT RAINFORESTS FOREVER.
Protecting and Restoring Rainforests is Climate Action
How YOU can help
PROTECT A RAINFOREST
Our ‘Protect a Rainforest’ project focuses on purchasing rainforest blocks for conservation and protecting them forever, increasing connectivity and protecting biodiversity.
PLANT A RAINFOREST
Our ‘Plant a Rainforest’ projects replant rainforest and re-establish habitat for plants and animals’ endemic to that specific ecosystem. We believe Trees Are The Answer.
PROPAGATE AND GROW
Rainforest Rescue’s native nursery in Cow Bay propagates and grows all the rainforest trees for our Daintree lowland restoration projects. It’s time to grow!
From little things, big things grow
and look how you’ve helped rainforests grow since 1999!
365,362 in Australia
33,000 Overseas
46 in Daintree, Queensland
1 in Pyengana, Tasmania
1,636,567 in the Daintree
809,400 in Tasmania
by Nature Refuge status
in Australia
Founded on
25 March 1999
HELP US CUT THE RED TAPE
Nature Is Not a Commodity. We’ve all seen it: A mountain traded for a mine. A forest turned into toilet paper. A wild valley bulldozed for a resort. A rainforest makes way for sugarcane. But, there is hope. This is a story of optimism, of ‘breaking new ground’ for Nature with the local authorities, and it’s a story with you at the heart of it.
2025 ANNUAL COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING DAY
Rainforest Rescue’s 2025 Annual Community Tree Planting Day was on Saturday 17th May 2025 and a multi-record breaker!
This event marked the end of an era as we planted out the final plot at NightWings Rainforest Centre.
Check out the details from this historic day!
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When you give generously, you become part of a committed team of individuals who collectively are helping to preserve some of the most biodiverse habitats and the species that live within them on this planet.
Become a Rainforest Rescuer today!
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On 17 May, 183 legends came together to plant the final 3,300 trees at NightWings Rainforest Centre - our last Annual Community Planting Day at this incredible site!
Since 2015, this epic restoration project has seen over 115,000 trees planted. What a journey 🌳💚
Full video coming soon - watch this space! In the meantime, enjoy this bite-sized sneak peek 🎥👀.
📸: Martin Stringer
#ICYMI #RainforestRescue #NightWings #TreePlanting #PlantARainforest #DaintreeRainforest #TreesAreTheAnswer
Shout out to the #NextGenRainforestRescuers - a community of young eco-warriors changing the world! From planting trees and raising funds to making powerful documentaries and educating their communities, they’re not just the future - they’re making an impact right now 🌍✨💚.
Know a young change-maker who’s doing incredible things for nature?
We’d love to feature them!
Shoot us an email: info@rainforestrescue.org.au 💌.
Let’s grow a greener, better world together!
📷: Silvia Di Domenicantonio
#PlantTrees #DaintreeRainforest #RainforestGuardian #YoungPeople #Youth #LoveTrees #RainforestJourney #Conservation #Environment #TreesAreTheAnswer #Daintree #DaintreeNationalPark #MoreTrees #Donate #SupportNotForProfits
We grow native and endemic Wet Tropics trees - tough species adapted to thrive in one of the world’s most intense climates 🌱🌴.
From fast-growing pioneers to slow-maturing, late-successional rainforest species, we’ve got the plants your restoration project needs.
🌿 Find info & order here: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/nursery-orders (link in bio)
#GrowingTrees #RainforestRestoration #DaintreeNursery #NativePlants #DaintreeRainforest #WetTropicsFlora #ConservationInAction #DaintreeTrees #ClimateResilient
We’re breaking new ground to bring rainforest back 🌿.
But restoration like this means navigating a planning system that wasn’t built for Nature. Together with Douglas Shire Council and the local community, we’re making space for trees, and for change.
✂️ Help us cut the red tape: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/red-tape (link in bio) ✂️
📸: Martin Stringer
#PlantARainforest #ForThePlanet #Daintree #RestoreNature #TreesAreTheAnswer #CutTheRedTape #FarNorthQueensland #RainforestRescue #ForTheRainforests
We were thrilled to welcome Mayor Lisa Scomazzon and Douglas Shire Councillors when they visited our Native Nursery and restoration sites recently.
From checking out our `Beneficial Bugs` pilot and coir planter trials to planting trees and talking shared stewardship, this visit was a great reminder that restoring the Daintree is a community effort 💚.
Big thanks to @douglasshirecouncil for their continued support and commitment to protecting this precious rainforest 🌿.
Read more: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/douglas-shire-council-visit-our-native-nursery (link in bio) 🤓
📷: Rainforest Rescue & Martin Stringer
#RainforestRescue #CowBayNursery #DaintreeRestoration #PartnersForNature #WetTropicsWorldHeritageRainforest #Rewilding #TreePlanting #NativeNursery
#CritterCorner: The Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius johnsonii) is a beloved Rainforest Gardener 🌳🌳🌳.
They help maintain the balance and diversity of their rainforest home through the role of seed disperser.
Cassowaries are known to eat the fruit of at least 238 plant species, of which 149 are woody trees, leaving undamaged seeds in a “compost heap” of dung as they roam the rainforest 💩🌱.
Learn more on our website: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/critter-corner-southern-cassowary and be sure to tell others 😉.
📷: Martin Stringer
#SouthernCassowary #Daintree #DaintreeRainforest #DaintreeBirds #RainforestGardener #FarNorthQueensland #RainforestGuardian #Cassowary #FNQ #TropicalRainforest #AustralianRainforest #AncientRainforest #ProtectRainforestsForever #SupportNotForProfits #Donate #DinoBirds @birdlifeoz @birdsinbackyards @birdsofaustralia
Shout out to all of the #NextGenRainforestRescuers – young eco-warriors transforming our world!
From planting trees and fundraising to creating powerful films and sparking change in their communities, these incredible young leaders aren’t waiting for the future - they are the future. And they’re making a real impact, right now 🌍✨💚.
Do you know a young #NextGenRainforestRescuer who’s making waves for the planet? We’d love to celebrate them!
Drop us a line: info@rainforestrescue.org.au 💌
Together, let’s nurture the next generation of eco warriors and grow a greener, better world 🌱.
📷: Silvia Di Domenicantonio
#YouthForNature #ClimateAction #GenerationRestoration #EcoWarriors #PlantTrees #DaintreeRainforest #RainforestGuardian #LoveTrees @daintreediscovery @destinationdaintree @portdouglas #AustralianRainforest @qldparks @destinationdaintree @portdouglasdaintree @portdouglasuncovered @cairnstourism @cairnsaustralia #Conservation #Environment #TreesAreTheAnswer #Daintree #DaintreeNationalPark #TropicalRainforests
Turns out planting a rainforest can be against the rules 🙃🌿.
Current zoning laws classify restoration as “inconsistent” use of rural zoned land… but, we’re working with Council to change that, and we need your help 💚.
👉 Learn more: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/red-tape (link in bio)
📸: Martin Stringer
🎵: `Escape` by Sappheiros (under a Creative Commons by 3.0 license - music powered by BreakingCopyright)
#RainforestRescue #RestoreNature #CutTheRedTape #ForTheRainforests #ForThePlanet #PlantARainforest #Daintree #FarNorthQueensland #TreesAreTheAnswer
Did you catch our April webinar? If not, it’s now available on YouTube, and it’s well worth a watch/listen: https://bit.ly/apr_webinar (link in bio) 👀.
It’s a great opportunity to learn about the key actions for successfully regenerating native rainforests and to discover our bigger vision for the Wet Tropics and the vital habitats that connect across this special region 🌳🌳.
2024/25 has been a BIG anniversary year for us and we’re excited for even bigger months and years to come.
Join us on the journey: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/make-an-impact/rainforest-guardians (link in bio) 💚.
#RainforestGuardian #DaintreeRainforest #Daintree #ProtectDaintree #AncientRainforest #ConservationGoals #FNQ #WetTropics
The Daintree is Australia’s largest and most biodiverse rainforest, and it’s existed far longer than any other rainforest on the planet 🌳🌳🐌🍄.
Right now, amongst many other threats, habitat fragmentation makes it difficult for plants and animals to move from one rainforest patch to another, which can also limit breeding populations and impact genetic diversity, making species more vulnerable to extinction, particularly in small, isolated pockets of habitat.
It takes ALL of us to help protect the Daintree. We need your help to protect the vulnerable animals by protecting their home, now and for generations to come.
We`re certain we can do this together: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/make-an-impact/rainforest-guardians 💚.
📷: Martin Stringer
#RainforestGuardians #DaintreeRainforest #Daintree #Conservation #ProtectARainforest #AncientRainforest #FarNorthQueensland #Community #TropicalRainforest #FNQ #Restoration #RainforestRestoration #ProtectRainforestsForever
#ForestFlora: Callicarpa means ‘beautiful fruit’ 💚. This evergreen shrub or small tree is a very useful plant, used in traditional medicine practices of First Nation Peoples. It’s also believed that early settlers utilised the leaves as a mosquito repellent for themselves and their horses.
Today, it`s commonly cultivated as an ornamental in gardens, often selected for its colourful fruits.
Have you been growing it in your garden as well? Learn more on our website: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/forest-flora-great-wooly-malayan-lilac 🌿.
#GreatWoolyMalayanlilac #TropicalPlants #TropicalWildlife #DaintreePlants #AncientRainforest #DaintreeRainforest #RainforestPlants #MosquitoRepellent #TraditionalMedicine #Plants
Thanks to your incredible generosity, Lot 8 Idriess Close in Degarra will be protected forever 🌿.
This special patch of Wet Tropics rainforest will stay wild and thriving, just as the previous landowner wished.
This is our northernmost rescue yet, and it means more safe habitat for wildlife such as the Southern Cassowary, Spotted-tail Quoll & Bare-rumped Sheathtail Bat.
Thank you for being a force for Nature 💚. And a special shoutout to The @treadright Foundation, one of our incredible #PartnersForProtection, for matching donations and doubling the impact of this rescue 🙌.
Looking for a list of properties that you’ve helped protect forever? Check out our #ProtectionPortfolio
👉 www.rainforestrescue.org.au/properties (link in bio)
What’s next, you ask? Something different, something BIG 💥.
Keep your eyes peeled for more details 👀.
#NatureRestoration #WetTropicsWorldHeritageRainforest #ProtectRainforestsForever #RainforestRescue #WildlifeHabitat #Rewilding #LandForNature #RainforestConservation #NatureRefuge #ProtectBiodiversity #TreesAreTheAnswer
It`s World Environment Day 💚 and here, at Rainforest Rescue, we’re big fans of a day that brings an environmental cause to the fore.
Our reliance on plastic is, at times, astounding. While the material may have revolutionised our consumer lives, plastic turns river systems into pollutant sources, choking our marine life.
Profound change isn’t easy. But it’s necessary! And the one thing we can control is our individual actions.
Let`s do it together!
Check out our 2023 article "From Rubbish to Rainforests" to help you connect some important dots: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/from-rubbish-to-rainforests-reflecting-on-world-environment-day-2023 💚.
#BeatPlasticPollution #WorldEnvironmentDay #ProtectMarineLife #ProtectRainforest #DaintreeRainforest #AncientRainforest #Environment #Daintree
Your ongoing support allows us to purchase and protect high conservation value rainforest and to preserve its essential biodiversity 💚.
And there are SO MANY ways you can help. For example, our fantastic `Plant a Rainforest` t-shirts (modelled here by our friends at Morris Family Foundation) 👕👕👕.
Sourced by our friends at @organic_tees and screen printed by our friends at @nedlandstudio the front of the t-shirt features artwork by Leunig, and the back has our website address, so others can look us up.
Visit our shop to get yours today:
👉️ www.rainforestrescue.org.au/shop
T-shirts not your thing? Consider becoming a Rainforest Guardian:
👉️ www.rainforestrescue.org.au/make-an-impact/rainforest-guardians
(Links in Bio)
#RainforestGuardians #DaintreeRainforest #Daintree #Conservation #ProtectARainforest #AncientRainforest #FarNorthQueensland #Community #TropicalRainforest #FNQ #Restoration #RainforestRestoration #ProtectRainforestsForever
#CritterCorner: The Australian Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius johnsonii)`s one of the approx. 1% of bird species that exhibit male-only parental behaviour 🐦🥚🥚.
Interestingly, male parental care may also have occurred in theropod dinosaurs, the ancestors of modern birds 🦕🦖.
Discover more about cassowaries on our website: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/explore-the-rainforest/save-the-cassowary/cassowary-fast-facts (link in bio) 💙❤️.
📷: Robert Tidey
#SouthernCassowary #Daintree #DaintreeRainforest #DaintreeBirds #RainforestGardener #FarNorthQueensland #RainforestGuardian #Cassowary #FNQ #TropicalRainforest #AustralianRainforest #AncientRainforest #ProtectRainforestsForever #SupportNotForProfits #Donate #DinoBirds @birdlifeoz @birdsinbackyards @birdsofaustralia
The next generation is here, and they’re protecting and restoring rainforests 💚.
Our #NextGenRainforestRescuers are making waves in conservation -whether it’s planting trees, fundraising, or creating awareness, these future leaders are showing us the power of action 🌍.
Know a #NextGenRainforestRescuer who deserves the spotlight?
💌 Share their story with us at info@rainforestrescue.org.au
Help empower these change-makers by becoming a Rainforest Guardian: 🌿 www.rainforestrescue.org.au/rainforest-guardians (link in bio).
📷: Silvia Di Domenicantonio
#PlantTrees #DaintreeRainforest #RainforestGuardian #YoungPeople #Youth #LoveTrees #RainforestJourney #AustralianRainforest #Conservation #Environment #TreesAreTheAnswer #Daintree #DaintreeNationalPark #MoreTrees #Donate #SupportNotForProfits
This is more than rainforest, it`s a sanctuary for the rare and remarkable 🌿.
Lot 8 Idriess Close, Degarra is an almost 12-hectare haven of towering trees, lush vine forests, and ancient tropical lowlands. It’s a living mosaic of rare and endangered ecosystems and a suitable home for more than 50 threatened species - from the elusive Southern Cassowary to the brilliant Victoria’s Riflebird, this is nature at its most magical - and most vulnerable.
Right now, we have a once-in-a-lifetime chance to protect this wild sanctuary forever. And thanks to our #PartnersForProtection at @treadright your donation will be matched dollar for dollar up to $50,000 💚.
Be part of something lasting.
Be a force for nature 💪🌳.
Donate now at www.rainforestrescue.org.au/lot-8
#NatureRestoration #WetTropicsWorldHeritageRainforest #ProtectRainforestsForever #RainforestRescue #WildlifeHabitat #Rewilding #LandForNature #RainforestConservation #NatureRefuge #ProtectBiodiversity #TreesAreTheAnswer
#ForestFlora: Today we`re shining the spotlight on the beautiful Black Bean tree (Castanospermum australe) 🔦🌳.
This striking rainforest tree has glossy, dark green leaves and wide-spreading branches when grown in the open.
From March to May, it produces huge seed pods - 12–20cm long - that split open to reveal 3–5 massive seeds, each weighing up to 30 grams 🫘.
Discover why this tree holds deep cultural and ecological significance in this #FastFacts video with Dr. Robert Kooyman:
👉 www.rainforestrescue.org.au/fastfacts-blackbean (link in bio)
📷️: Martin Stringer
#RainforestRescue #BlackBeanTree #CastanospermumAustrale #KukuYalanji #DaintreeRainforest #BushTucker #NativePlants #AustralianFlora #IndigenousKnowledge
This land tells a powerful story and you can help write its next chapter 🌿.
Nestled beside Eastern Kuku Yalanji-managed Country, Lot 8 is part of a critical rainforest corridor connecting upland and lowland habitats - a lifeline for wildlife like the Southern Cassowary.
But this place holds more than ecological value. It carries the heartfelt wish of Judy, its long-time custodian, who has asked that we purchase and protect it as a Nature Refuge - forever 💚.
We now have the chance to honour her vision - to protect a rainforest rich in culture, biodiversity, and meaning for future generations.
Right now, every donation is matched dollar for dollar, up to $50,000 thanks to The @treadright Foundation, one of our generous #PartnersForProtection.
YOU can be the force for nature we need 💪🌳.
Donate now: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/lot-8
#ProtectRainforestsForever #WildlifeHabitat #WetTropicsWorldHeritageRainforest #NatureRestoration #RainforestRescue #ProtectBiodiversity #Rewilding #NatureRefuge #TreesAreTheAnswer #LandForNature #RainforestConservation
💚 Today is International Day for Biodiversity (IDB) 💚
Biodiversity isn’t just beautiful — it’s essential. When we protect it, we help prevent pandemics. When we lose it, we increase the risk of zoonotic diseases (UNEP).
This year’s theme: “Be part of the Plan” – for harmony with nature and sustainable development 🌏✨.
At Rainforest Rescue, we’re taking action — our new native nursery in the Daintree is boosting tree production by over 1000% to support restoration and biodiversity.
Learn more: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/our-impact/plant-a-rainforest/native-nursery-cow-bay (link in bio) 🌱🌳
#InternationalDayForBiodiversity #Biodiversity #Sustainability #Nature #Conservation #DaintreeRainforest #PlantTrees #IDB #Impact
