THE BEST TIME IS NOW TO PROTECT RAINFORESTS FOREVER.
Celebrating 25 years of your support in protecting and restoring rainforests.
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!
340,943 in Australia
33,000 Overseas
44 in Daintree, Queensland
1 in Pyengana, Tasmania
1,222,114 in the Daintree
809,400 in Tasmania
by Nature Refuge status
in Australia
Founded on
25 March 1999
25 YEARS PROTECTING & RESTORING RAINFORESTS
In 1999, our founders set out to protect the under-protected rainforest in Australia. What matters then still matters now. Rainforests are biodiverse, ecologically rich habitats that are important to our planet’s health. To borrow a phrase, “The better time to plant a tree was 25 years ago. The best time is now.”
YOUR SUPPORT WILL HELP THE NURSERY THRIVE
Thanks to your support, we can now purchase the practical items required for our nursery to deliver a tree-planting capacity of 150,000 trees a year. Your support in ensuring the continuing operations of the Daintree’s largest nursery is inspiring, and we can’t thank you enough.
2024 ANNUAL COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING DAY
After what has felt like the longest wet season in recent memory, it was a real joy for the Rainforest Rescue community to come together at Nightwings Rainforest Centre on 18th May.
Thanks to everyone who participated, the day exceeded all expectations!
DONATE NOW
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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Have you heard of the #NextGenRainforestRescuers?
They`re a community of young conservation troopers that have been fundraising, planting trees, making documentaries, educating themselves and their peers, and helping create change in many diverse, impactful, and creative ways 💚.
Help us create a better future for all young people by becoming a Rainforest Guardian today: rainforestrescue.org.au/rainforest-guardians (🔗 in bio) .
Or, if you know a #NextGenRainforestRescuer that you`d like to see featured, DM us here 💬 or email info@rainforestrescue.org.au 💌.
📷: Martin Stringer
#AustralianRainforest #PlantTrees #DaintreeRainforest #RainforestGuardian #YoungPeople #Youth #LoveTrees #RainforestJourney @daintreediscovery @destinationdaintree @portdouglas #AustralianRainforest @qldparks @destinationdaintree @portdouglasdaintree @portdouglasuncovered @cairnstourism @cairnsaustralia #Conservation #Environment #TreesAreTheAnswer #Daintree #DaintreeNationalPark #PlantTrees #MoreTrees #Donate #SupportNotForProfits
This Sunday, 28th July, is @nationaltreeday 🌱💚🌳
What will you be doing to celebrate?
If you’re in need of some inspiration, or want to find an event near you, head over to https://treeday.planetark.org/
Today we wanted to throw it back to our Annual Community Tree Planting day. This year, together with 139 volunteers, local residents, business and conservation partners and Rainforest Rescue team members, we planted 2,400 young and healthy rainforest trees from 82 species into the soil.
2024 marks our 25th anniversary. It’s also the 9th year that our annual planting event has taken place at NightWings Rainforest Centre - a former cane field being transformed into rainforest habitat.
To read more about the 2024 Annual Community Planting day, or our restoration projects, visit our website (🔗 link in bio).
🎥: Martin Stringer Film & Photography
#TreesAreTheAnswer #NationalTreeDay #PlantATree #PlantARainforest #Restoration #Rewilding #NightWingsRainforestCentre #NationalTreeDay2024 @planetark
Travel back in time through the treasured memories of 25 years of restoring and protecting the Daintree. Maybe you`ll find a snapshot of yourself or someone you know: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/25-years-of-incredible-supporter-involvement 😉.
Throughout the year, we want to gather and share more memories with our supporters. If you have a Rainforest Rescue story that you’d like others to hear about - whether you planted a tree, volunteered at an event, voiced your conservation views, or fundraised to protect rainforests - your stories are invaluable.
Send them directly to us at giving@rainforestrescue.org.au and please do indicate if you would prefer to remain anonymous.
We cannot wait to hear from you 💌.
#DaintreeRainforest #Rainforest #TreesAreTheAnswer #PlantTrees #DaintreeNursery #Conservation #Daintree #EcoWarriors #Donate #ProtectDaintree #ConservationGoals #LoveTrees #LoveDaintree #ProtectForests
Rainforest Connections 2024, held between 4–7 June 2024, was the first conference in over two decades dedicated to the restoration, rehabilitation, and management of Australia’s unique rainforest habitats. Our GM Finance & Operations, Tate Brammer, talked about growing the Restoration Economy in Far North Queensland as a case study for applying elsewhere in the world, which offered great opportunities to share our knowledge and grow stronger in unison with like-minded organisations.
At the Conference, we were able to share and validate our methodologies and learnings with 300 delegates from a wide range of backgrounds including scientists, program managers, on-ground practitioners, community members and specialists implementing projects in the field. It’s reassuring to remind ourselves that we’re not alone in fighting for Nature, and that Rainforest Action is Climate Action.
Read more highlights on our website: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/rainforest-connections-2024 💚.
📸: @nswdcceew
#RainforestConnections2024 #ProtectRainforest #DaintreeRainforest #LoveTrees #Rainforest #ClimateAction #ClimateChange #ForestRestoration #Conservation #RainforestAction @rainforestconnections @theclimatecouncil
#CritterCorner: The Peppermint stick insect (Megacrania batesii) is almost invisible in its chosen foliage 💚.
It`s a fascinating Daintree dweller - has wings but doesn’t fly, can produce young without mating, and when threatened it releases a minty fresh smelling but irritating spray.
Learn more: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/critter-corner-peppermint-stick-insect (or use the `Rainforest Rescue News` link in our bio) 💚.
If you`ve come across those stunning critters and taken a photo, we`d love to see it 👀.
📸: Martin Stringer Photography
#PeppermintStickInsect #MegacraniaBatesii #StickInsect #ForestFauna #ProtectRainforestsForever #Daintree #DaintreeRainforest #DaintreeWildlife #Conservation #DaintreeEcoSystems #ProtectDaintree #RainforestWildlife #RainforestInsects #LoveDaintree #LoveRainforest @davidattenborough @daintreediscovery @qldparks
Have you heard of the #NextGenRainforestRescuers?
They`re a community of young conservation troopers that have been fundraising, planting trees, making documentaries, educating themselves and their peers, and helping create change in many diverse, impactful, and creative ways 💚.
Help us create a better future for all young people by becoming a Rainforest Guardian today: rainforestrescue.org.au/rainforest-guardians (🔗 in bio) .
Or, if you know a #NextGenRainforestRescuer that you`d like to see featured, DM us here 💬 or email info@rainforestrescue.org.au 💌.
📷: Martin Stringer
#AustralianRainforest #PlantTrees #DaintreeRainforest #RainforestGuardian #YoungPeople #Youth #LoveTrees #RainforestJourney @daintreediscovery @destinationdaintree @portdouglas #AustralianRainforest @qldparks @destinationdaintree @portdouglasdaintree @portdouglasuncovered @cairnstourism @cairnsaustralia #Conservation #Environment #TreesAreTheAnswer #Daintree #DaintreeNationalPark #PlantTrees #MoreTrees #Donate #SupportNotForProfits
22 May 2024 marked our first-ever corporate tree planting event organized in collaboration with National Australia Bank (NAB) and Reforest 🌳🌳🌳. And what a day it was!!
A packed bus of 42 eager @nab staff members arrived at the NightWings, a 15-hectare former cane field undergoing a remarkable transformation, ready to dig in. Among the team was Andrew Irvine, the newly appointed NAB CEO and @reforestyourfootprint CEO, Daniel Walsh, out of office and sans suit and tie, ready to try their hand at repairing a patch of rainforest.
The day wasn`t only about tree planting; but a celebration of collaboration and commitment to environmental stewardship. By working together with NAB and Reforest, we help raise awareness of the critical need for the biodiversity of flora and fauna that rainforests support, and take tangible steps towards its restoration.
Read more on our website: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/from-boardrooms-to-bush-nab-digs-into-tree-planting 🌳🌳.
#PartnersForProtection #DaintreeRainforest #Daintree #Rainforest #LoveDaintree #Ecowarriors #ClimateChange #Sustainable #ProtectTheRainforest #BusinessPartnerships #FNQ @smallbusinessqueensland
Did you know that the Daintree is an old growth forest?
You may already know that it`s one of the most ancient rainforests on the planet - as old as 180 million years!
However, the old growth forest title doesn`t only reference the age but the complexity within the ecosystems, including a multi-layered canopy made of different tree species at different ages and heights, rich vegetation on the forest floor, diverse understory, standing dead trees, dead wood on the forest floor, and much, much more.
New growth forests are generally younger than 120 years and take up more CO2 than old growth forests. However, the amount of carbon stored in these forests is less than old growth forests due to their age. And of course, new growth forests lack the diversity and complexity that helps to support life on our planet.
The Daintree is indeed one of the most precious rainforests on Earth and we absolutely must protect it.
Discover more about the Daintree on our website: rainforestrescue.org.au/conservation-value-of-the-daintree (🔗 in bio).
Learn about some of the current threats: rainforestrescue.org.au/threats-to-daintree-lowland-rainforest (🔗 in bio).
And how you can help: rainforestrescue.org.au/rainforest-guardians (🔗 in bio).
📷: Martin Stringer
#AncientRainforest #OldGrowthForest #DaintreeRainforest #Daintree #Rainforests #Trees #TreesAreTheAnswer #AustralianRainforest #AustralianForest #Conservation #RainforestsOfInstagram #ForestsOfAustralia #ForestsOfInstagram
Thank you for helping fund the largest nursery in the Daintree! Because of you, we will propagate and plant more trees than ever before 🌱🌳.
Because of your generous support during our recent tax appeal, our ambition to grow 150,000 a year is now on track to becoming a reality.
Our FNQ team are excited to put your money to good use. They recently restocked on a few of the items needed to propagate thriving seedlings for our restoration work, as well as getting security cameras installed to ensure the nursery is safe and secure.
These are just a few of the items from a very long list of critical things required to help the nursery, and in turn the Daintree, thrive.
The future is looking greener, and it’s thanks to you 🙏💚.
#TreesAreTheAnswer #TheBestTimeIsNow #DaintreeRainforest #ProtectRainforestsForever #Restoration #Rewilding #Propagation
Have you read `The Daintree Blockade: The Battle for Australia’s Tropical Rainforest` by @billwilkie_author?
Many of your may remember that on 30 November 1983, a small group of local residents organised a protest to stop work on a road being built from Cape Tribulation to Bloomfield, in far north Queensland. The protest brought a stop to construction, the media arrived, the police were called in, and protesters were arrested. When supporters of the protest arrived from southern states, the confrontation escalated into a full-blown environmental protest: The Daintree Blockade ✊.
The final outcome of the Daintree Blockade was a determined effort by the conservation movement to protect all tropical rainforests in north Queensland by having them listed under World Heritage protection. The Queensland Government opposed the anticipated listing but their efforts failed; and the Wet Tropics of Queensland claimed its rightful place on the world Heritage List on 9 December 1988 🌳💚.
Learn more at www.billwilkie.com.au
#DaintreeRainforest #FarNorthQueensland #PlantingTrees #RainforestGuardians #ProtectRainforestsForever #Daintree #Conservation #AncientRainforest #AustralianRainforest #LoveDaintree #Reforestation #Ecosystems #NorthQueensland #ProtectRainforestsForever #TreesAreTheAnswer #TheBestTimeIsNow #TimeToGrow #TheDaintreeBlockade #EnvironmentalProtest
Repost from one of our Diamond level #PartnersForProtection - @treadright
💚🙏💚
“We are thrilled to announce that we have renewed our partnership with @rainforestrescueau, extending our support for the non-profit working to protect and restore rainforests since 1999. We joined forces with Rainforest Rescue last year, with our grant supporting the purchase of Lot 17 - a vulnerable and invaluable plot of rainforest that will now be protected forever.
This year, our support will go towards Rainforest Rescue’s ‘restoration powerhouse:’ the New Native Nursery, where they will grow upwards of one million trees to restore the Daintree rainforest within a decade. In 2024, our funds will contribute to growing 48,000 seedlings, which is the first of a 10-step canopy-restoration process.
We are so honoured to have a Diamond level partnership with Rainforest Rescue and excited to be involved with rescuing and restoring the ancient and magical Daintree Rainforest of Australia!
TreadRight’s investments into nature-based solutions to the climate crisis support @travelttc’s Climate Action Plan and journey to net zero.”
Richard Fine, Co-Founder of @biopak.packaging rightfully noted that business today has a responsibility towards the environment – we cannot keep endlessly extracting resources without consequence.
Many great businesses like BioPak seek to partner with Rainforest Rescue to help enable real change, contributing towards the restoration and protection of the Daintree 🌳🌳🌳.
Our #PartnersForProtection are committed to protecting, conserving and restoring the natural world – specifically the Daintree Rainforest, the oldest rainforest in the world.
Head over to our YouTube channel youtube.com/@rainforestrescueau to hear Richard share his reasons for the partnership, what the commitment means to him personally and the impact of this on his life.
Make rescuing and restoring rainforest your business: rainforestrescue.org.au/business-tiers (🔗 link in bio) 💚.
#PartnershipsForProtection #DaintreeRainforest #Daintree #Rainforest #LoveDaintree #EcoWarriors #ClimateChange #Sustainable #ProtectRainforestsForever #BusinessPartnerships #FNQ @smallbusinessqueensland
Did you know that in November 2023, the Rainforest Rescue`s Diwan Native Nursery was gifted to Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation (JYAC) @jabalbinaofficial and the original custodians of the land in the region 💚.
Over 12,000 plants a year are grown at the Diwan nursery, with JYAC’s forest rangers team using the native flora to restore lowland rainforest at Wawu Dimbi. This is an important conservation property in the Daintree - read more on our website: rainforestrescue.org.au/daintree-rainforest-plant-nursery 🌱🌱🌳.
And get involved www.rainforestrescue.org.au/rainforest-guardians (link in bio) 💚.
#Daintree #AustralianRainforest #AncientRainforest #NativeRainforest #NativeNursery #DaintreeRainforest #JabalbinaYalanji #TreesAreTheAnswer #ProtectingDaintree #GrowingTrees #PlantingTrees #DaintreeTrees #DaintreeWildlife
We’re always testing, trying and looking at new ways in which we can help improve our methods - efficient, positive outcomes are what the Daintree needs if we are going to be able to restore it and protect it FOREVER. And with the environmental challenges we’re facing, this can’t happen soon enough.
So, right now, we’re testing two approaches with their own methods, benefits and challenges:
1️⃣. The Spacious Path, which requires less resources and time spent maintaining the plantings until they mature; however this method will take longer before a canopy closure takes place.
2️⃣. The Dense Thicket, where the emphasis lies on maximising tree density to outcompete weeds and achieve rapid canopy closure. This method requires manual weeding until natural competition among trees starts to take place.
By documenting and analysing these methods over the course of two years, we’re aiming to identify what will enable the fastest and strongest growing rainforests. As well as purchasing and protecting more of the fractured Daintree in the process.
Learn more about each of the pathways on our website: rainforestrescue.org.au/what-does-it-take-to-rescue-a-rainforest 🌳🌳🌳.
#TreesAreTheAnswer #TheBestTimeIsNow #PlantingTrees #ProtectRainforestsForever #Daintree #LoveDaintree #AustralianRainforest #TreesTreesTrees #AncientRainforest #ProtectDaintree #Reforest
#CritterCorner: The Cairns Birdwing Butterfly (Ornithoptera euphorion) is one of the largest butterflies in Australia, endemic to the rainforests of north-eastern Australia, particularly the region around Cairns in Queensland 🦋💚.
The female butterfly would lay eggs on specific host plants, mainly from the Aristolochia family, which also serve as food sources for the caterpillars born here. Interestingly, the Aristolochia vine is toxic. However, it is not harmful to the caterpillar. Instead, the caterpillars store the toxins in its orange-red spines. This colouration lets predators know that they are poisonous. Clever!
Discover more on our website: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/cairns-birdwing (link in bio).
#Daintree #DaintreeWildlife #Butterfly #Wildlife #Caterpillar #ButterfliesOfInstagram #DaintreeRainforest #AustralianRainforest #MothsAndButterflies #DaintreeForest #DaintreeInsects #insectsofinstagram #FNQ ##BirdwingButterflyCaterpillar #DaintreeInsects #WetTropics
NAIDOC Week 2024 commences today 🖤💛❤️💙🖤💚.
Today (and every day!) we want to celebrate and recognise the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
NAIDOC Week is an opportunity for all Australians to learn about First Nations cultures and histories and participate in celebrations of the oldest, continuous living cultures on earth.
This year`s theme celebrates the unyielding spirit of Indigenous communities and invites all to stand in solidarity, amplifying the voices that have long been silenced.
Today, we want to step back and free up the space for First Nations people who choose to engage, educate and speak up this week.
Links to some of our favourite accounts are included below. Do you have any recommendations? Leave us a comment or send us a message 💌.
🖤 @naidocweek
💛 @_jabalbina_
❤️ @aiatsis
💚 @nitv_au
🖤 @ellanoahbancroft_
💙 @abcindigenous
🖤 @seedmob
💛 @jagunalliance
❤️ @mossmangorge
💚 @commongroundfirstnations
🖤 @clothingthegaps
💙 @sam_harris
#KeepTheFireBurning #BlakLoudProud #NAIDOC #NAIDOCWeek #NAIDOC2024 #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe #AboriginalLand #TraditionalOwners
#NextGenRainforestRescuers are a community of young conservation troopers that have been fundraising, planting trees, making documentaries, educating themselves and their peers, and helping create change in many diverse, impactful, and creative ways 💚.
Today, we’d like to introduce you to #NextGenRainforestRescuer Nikita – a little legend with a passion for trees!
We loved having Nikita at our 2024 Annual Community Tree Planting Day at NightWings with her mum, sister and some friends. It was her first planting day with us, and she got in touch after the event to thank us and provide some feedback. Check out those happy faces!
While Nikita got her hands dirty at our planting day, another seed was quietly growing – Nikita’s desire to actively help our natural world. Nikita has since approached the principal of her school about holding a tree planting for her classmates. 🌱🌳
Read more about Nikita`s amazing conservation work on our website: rainforestrescue.org.au/nextgenrainforestrescuer-nikita 💚.
And, if you know a #NextGenRainforestRescuer that you`d like to see featured, DM us here 💬 or email info@rainforestrescue.org.au 💌.
#AustralianRainforest #PlantTrees #DaintreeRainforest #RainforestGuardian #YoungPeople #Youth #LoveTrees #RainforestJourney @daintreediscovery @destinationdaintree @portdouglas #AustralianRainforest @qldparks @destinationdaintree @portdouglasdaintree @portdouglasuncovered @cairnstourism @cairnsaustralia #Conservation #Environment #TreesAreTheAnswer #Daintree #DaintreeNationalPark #PlantTrees #MoreTrees #Donate #SupportNotForProfits
Did you know that Far North Queensland is one of the most bat-diverse corners of the continent?
Long-time friends of Rainforest Rescue, Bats and Trees Society of Cairns (BATSOC) 🦇🦇🦇, shared their perspectives on the importance of bats to the Wet Tropics Rainforest.
In this heart-warming conversation with Maree Treadwell Kerr and Sera Steves, captured at Ecofiesta 2024, hear how they first became bat fans, how Branden fell in love with bats and why flying foxes are inspiring cocktails.
There is a common goal of caring for wildlife and the environment, coupled with a desire to deepen our understanding of the relationships between animals, plants and the habitats they live in 💚.
Head over to our YouTube channel youtube.com/@rainforestrescueau to hear more.
#AustralianRainforest #Cairns #DaintreeRainforest #RainforestGuardian #CairnsEcofiesta #AustralianBats #LoveTrees #FlyingFoxes @daintreediscovery @destinationdaintree @portdouglas #AustralianRainforest @qldparks @batsandtreessocietyofcairns @destinationdaintree @portdouglasdaintree @cairnscouncil @portdouglasuncovered @cairnstourism @cairnsaustralia #Conservation #Environment #TreesAreTheAnswer #Daintree #DaintreeNationalPark #PlantTrees #Bats #Donate #SupportNotForProfits
#CritterCorner: Have you ever heard the Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius johnsonii)? If you have, you will never forget one of the lowest frequency sounds made by any bird 🐦👂.
If you`ve ever watched a cassowary "call", with its head tilted down toward the ground and the whole body shuddering as the sound is created, you`ll know that this powerful bird employs its entire body to communicate. When you hear this sound in the wild, you ‘feel’ the sound as it vibrates through the air. Sometimes it`s hard to believe this is a bird`s call.
📸: Emily Silverstone
🎙️: Wild Ambience
#SouthernCassowary #Daintree #DaintreeRainforest #DaintreeBirds #RainforestGardener #FarNorthQueensland #RainforestGuardian #Cassowary #FNQ #TropicalRainforest #AustralianRainforest #AncientRainforest #ProtectRainforestsForever #SupportNotForProfits #Donate #DinoBirds @birdlifeoz @birdsinbackyards @birdsofaustralia
Collecting native seeds helps us ensure that more plants and trees endemic to the Daintree are preserved, propogated and grown. Your support ensures the continuing operations of the Daintree’s largest nursery, where we aim to deliver a tree-planting capacity of 150,000 trees a year 🌳🌳🌳.
So, today we are asking you to be visionary and to help this incredible facility thrive, reforestating the Daintree and protecting precious tropical ecosystems.
Join us - donate today: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/nursery-appeal-thrive (link in bio) 💚.
#DaintreeRainforest #Rainforest #PlantARainforest #TreesAreTheAnswer #PlantTrees #DaintreeNursery #NativeNursery #Daintree #TimeToGrow #Donate #ProtectDaintree
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