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RECLAIMING FOREST LAND
Thanks to the many Rainforest Rescuers that supported our last campaign, our 33rd Rainforest property, Lot 30 Cape Tribulation Rd, has been purchased and rescued! Everyone who supported this effort – you did it. Well done!
Now for the next property, Lot 27. This is also part of the Cape Kimberley Wildlife Corridor, which provides essential habitat for endangered and threatened species.
Click below to find out more and help rescue it.
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COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING DAY 2019 – 3000 TREES PLANTED AT NIGHTWINGS
With climate change looming, planting trees may be our best opportunity to preserve the land and help reduce carbon in the atmosphere while expanding precious habitat and protecting biodiversity. Rainforest Rescue believes in the power of trees to help regulate our climate and ensure a more sustainable world. Rainforests provide rich ecosystem services that support and enhance life on our planet.
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#ForestFacts - Did you know that Australia's tallest waterfall is located in the Wet Tropics?⠀
Wallaman Falls is located in Girringun National Park and boasts a main drop of 268 metres (879 ft) which makes it the country's tallest single-drop waterfall. The pool at the bottom of the waterfall is 20 metres (66 ft) deep and the site has an estimated to attract 100,000 visitors annually. We can see why!!! 😍⠀
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“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” - Jane Goodall⠀
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💚The Next Rescue💚⠀
Lot 27 Cape Tribulation Rd, like Lot 30, borders the National Park and is adjacent to the Cape Kimberley Wildlife Corridor – we know this area well. ⠀
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We're currently at 85% of our fundraising goal, thanks to your support! With your help, we will protect this rainforest property forever.⠀
Visit our website (link in bio) for full details and to give a meaningful gift to Nature today.⠀
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Sitting on top of the world 😍⠀
Located in the Mossman Gorge, Daintree National Park, the Devils Thumb (Manjal Jimalji) trail begins at Little Falls Creek & is a significant cultural site that tells the story of fire creation.⠀
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Photo courtesy of @allastalladventures 🙏⠀
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"We have not inherited this earth from our parents to do with it what we will. We have borrowed it from our children and we must be careful to use it in their interests as well as our own."⠀
- Moss Cass⠀
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Photo taken by our Daintree Supporters Coordinator, Emily 🙏⠀
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💚The Next Rescue💚⠀
Lot 27 Cape Tribulation Rd, like Lot 30, borders the National Park and is adjacent to the Cape Kimberley Wildlife Corridor – we know this area well. ⠀
We're currently at 83% of our goal, thanks to your support! With your help, we will protect this rainforest property forever.⠀
Visit our website (link in bio) for full details and to give a meaningful gift to Nature today.⠀
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Yesterday, Branden & Kristin caught up with Rainforest Rescue’s Ambassador @DarrenJew to chat about our plans for 2020. ⠀
With the combined efforts of Rainforest Rescue, @GBRLegacy, @DarrenJew & @pxlexplorer, big and impactful things are coming… STAY TUNED! 🌳🌊⠀
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#ForestFacts courtesy of @queensland 🙏⠀
🌳The Wet Tropics covers an area of 894,420ha which is equivalent to 162 Sydney Harbours. ⠀
🌳79% of the Wet Tropics area is protected by 31 National Parks and State Forests. ⠀
🌳The Daintree is just one of those National Parks that covers 17,000ha which is about 25,000 football fields.⠀
🌳The Daintree Rainforest is one of the oldest continually surviving rainforests on Earth & is the most biologically diverse tropical rainforest in the world! ⠀
🌳This is the only place in the world where two natural World Heritage Sites meet. The Daintree Rainforest meets the Great Barrier Reef at Cape Tribulation. ⠀
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Photo taken by RR's Media Mogul, @MartinStringerPhotography 🙏⠀
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💚The Next Rescue💚⠀
Lot 27 Cape Tribulation Rd, like Lot 30, borders the National Park and is adjacent to the Cape Kimberley Wildlife Corridor – we know this area well. Because of the connectivity to the National Park and World Heritage Area, and with a lack of protection on several of the properties still outside of the refuge, this property is high priority for rescue and protection.⠀
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As of today, we're 57% of the way to reaching our goal. With your help, we will protect this rainforest property forever! Full details and link to donate are on our website (link in bio). ⠀
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#CritterCorner - Would you believe me if I told you that there are Kangaroo's that climb trees in the Daintree Rainforest?⠀
Introducing the Lumholtz’s and Bennett’s Tree Kangaroo, only found in the Wet Tropics!⠀
Us mupee’s, as we’re known in the local indigenous dialect, live high in the rainforest canopy and are best described as a blend between the possum and the kangaroo, which evolved over 50 million years ago. ⠀
Fun Fact: Our forearms, feet, claws and tail have evolved in response to the canopy... and we're the only ‘roos that can move backwards!⠀
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Beautiful image of a Bennett’s Tree Kangaroo by Bill Hatcher, courtesy of @AustralianGeographic 🙏⠀
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Daintree Dreaming 😍🌳💚
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Photo courtesy of @fnqmagazine 🙏⠀
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💚Lot 27 Cape Tribulation Road💚⠀
This property is our next step on this journey of conservation and protection. We will keep rescuing rainforest, block by block, and protect it forever, but only with your help.⠀
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Our 33rd and most recent rescue in the Daintree, Lot 30 Cape Tribulation Road was successfully rescued because of people like you who recognise the power and importance of conservation, let's make it 34!!!⠀
We are successful together 🙏 With your help, we will #ProtectRainforestsForever⠀
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Visit our website (link in bio) for full details and to give a meaningful gift to Nature today.⠀
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"And I dream of the vast deserts, the forests, and all of the wilderness of our continent, wild places that we should protect as a precious heritage for our children and for our children's children. We must never forget that it is our duty to protect this environment."⠀
— Nelson Mandela.⠀
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Thanks to @allastalladventures for the beautiful photo 🙏⠀
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Wise words from John Muir for the New Year: ⠀
ʺIn every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeksʺ ⠀
Thanks for a fantastic 2019, Rainforest Rescuers 💚🙏🌱🌳 We can't wait to see what this year brings! Happy 2020!!! 🥳🎉⠀
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💚The Next Rescue💚⠀
Lot 27 Cape Tribulation Rd, like Lot 30, borders the National Park and is adjacent to the Cape Kimberley Wildlife Corridor – we know this area well. Because of the connectivity to the National Park and World Heritage Area, and with a lack of protection on several of the properties still outside of the refuge, this property is high priority for rescue and protection. We have it on good authority that Lot 27 will likely qualify for inclusion into this protected corridor and is a real win for Nature and for everyone who stands for conservation.⠀
With your help, we will protect this rainforest property forever.⠀
Visit our website (link in bio) for full details and to give a meaningful gift to Nature today.⠀
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#CritterCorner - Oh hey there! Don't mind me, I'm just hanging around, I wasn't expecting visitors! ⠀
I'm a Spectacled Flying-fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) and I live in the Wet Tropics in Far North Queensland, but you can also find relatives of mine in Papua New Guinea, parts of Indonesia and the Solomon Islands. We're a pretty helpful species, as we often distribute seeds which helps the rainforest regenerate.⠀
Our wingspans can reach up to 1.6 metres, we have pale, straw-coloured fur around their eyes that look like a pair of spectacles, and we are called flying foxes because of our large eyes, pricked ears and long snouts that make us look a little bit like a dog or fox.⠀
We're vegetarians and eat mainly nectar and fruit and we spend the day in communal tree-top camps found in the upper canopy of tall trees in rainforest, freshwater swamps and mangroves. ⠀
We are part of the Megabats family and we don’t use sonar or echolocation, instead we depend on our vision and excellent sense of smell. 🦇⠀
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Thank you to Cairns Post for the great photo! 🙏⠀
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Pictured here is one of the 10,000 - 15,000 Rainforest Rescue propagated seedlings grown each year at our Daintree Rainforest Nursery in far north Queensland. ⠀
This little guy will soon take his place as part of the Daintree Rainforest. Paul Kelly was right... "From little things, big things grow!" 🌱⠀
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Photo courtesy of our mate @MartinStringerPhotography 🙏⠀
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Wishing you the very best for your holidays and the New Year!⠀
Whether you've been a supporter, a volunteer, a reader or a sharer, we're grateful for you and your being part of Rainforest Rescue. Rescuing pristine rainforest from development and restoring damaged and degraded land to renew and expand rainforest ecosystems is only possible because of you. ⠀
Over the last 20 years you've contributed to the rescue of 34 properties in Australia, 22 nature reserves, 5 wildlife corridors, put 2 properties back into the Daintree National Park / World Heritage Area, restored rainforest to full health at Lot 46 and the continued transformation of legacy sugarcane fields into habitat at NightWings. ⠀
This year alone you've put over 10,000 trees back onto the land to catalyse renewed rainforest ecosystems, started the process of qualifying two more significant nature reserves, extended a growing wildlife corridor, and you rescued two more magnificent rainforest blocks. Thank you for being a part of this remarkable effort and thank you for being an integral part of Rainforest Rescue.⠀
May your holidays be exactly what you wish for.⠀
With love and for the rainforests,⠀
Branden, Emily, Kristin, MaryBeth Grant, and Marine 🌱💚🌳⠀
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#ForestFacts - Did you know that the Daintree Rainforest is home to a diverse array of colorful, unique fungi species? Rainforest fungi come in all shapes, colors, and sizes and they flourish in the hot, wet summers of Tropical North Queensland. Fungi are critical to life in the rainforest - they break down wood and soil into nutrients that fuel the spectacular plants and animals surrounding them! ⠀
What a BEAUTIFUL part of the intricate Daintree ecosystem! 🍄 ⠀
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Credit to @MartinStringerPhotography for this fantastic fungi photo 🙏⠀
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This stunning triptych hangs in our office & was painted for us by Caspar Brace 😍🙏⠀
Visit our profile to see all three parts and check out more of Caspar's beautiful work at http://casparbrace.com⠀
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