Rainforest Rescue’s Conservation Ambassadors are individuals who share our vision to Protect Rainforests Forever. Our Conservation Ambassadors are directly involved in on-the-ground conservation work, spread the word about our work, and use their public platforms to inspire others to connect with nature and be kinder to our planet.

Jasmine Carey | Photographer and Rainforest Rescue Ambassador

Jasmine Carey has a passion for the ocean. Her beautiful, intimate photographs of the marine life she encounters confirm her deep connection with the sea. She spends most of each year sharing her underwater world–both through her photographs and as a guide and photographer for Whales Underwater and Foto Frenzy. Her work is elegant and spacious, and her signature style takes the viewer with her on journeys into her beloved blue world.

Jasmine’s work was featured in the 2017 Oztek Photo Exhibition in Sydney, Australia;  she was a producer on Australian Geographic’s Day in the Life of the Great Barrier Reef time-lapse project in 2017; and she was the keynote speaker on the 2018 Underwater Tour, an Australia-wide speaking tour promoting ocean inspiration adventure and discovery. Jasmine’s work has featured in commercial publications, books, and magazines and; in exhibitions, including the 2019 and 2020 Loud and Luminous project, a major show celebrating the work of 100 of Australia’s finest women photographers, and; in fotoAID an exhibition raising much-needed funds to aid community and wildlife recover after the tragic 2019/20 Australian Summer of Fires.

“Conservation action is multi-faceted. For me, it’s not just about raising awareness, it’s critically important that I support an organisation that delivers tangible and real conservation results. Rainforest Rescue’s work protecting and restoring damaged rainforests has countless additional eco-benefits, not only on land. The renewed forests naturally filter the water that runs into rivers and streams onto the Great Barrier Reef.’’

– Jasmine Carey

In June 2020, Jasmine was acknowledged as the first woman to have ever won the Hamdan International Photography (HIPA) Grand Prize award with her image of a humpback whale and its two-week-old calf off the coast of Tonga.

Jasmine’s Ocean Day pledge 2020 is an open letter to the ocean, honouring it and calling on humans to look after the ocean including supporting on-land initiatives that plant trees, like Rainforest Rescue, that flow on to benefit the sea.

Click here to view Jasmine’s website.

Darren Jew | Canon Master Photographer, Author, Publisher, 6 x Winner of the AIPP Aus. Science, Env. and Nature Photographer of the Year Award, and Rainforest Rescue Ambassador

Darren was inspired to explore a career in nature photography by his father’s travels in Antarctica, He now pursues a passion for capturing and sharing the wonder of the natural world.

After graduating from the Queensland College of Art, Darren first worked in commercial photography, before taking up a position as a photographer with the Queensland National Parks and Wildlife Service, where he worked for 8 years.

Moved on in 1994, Darren’s work is now published widely in books, magazines, and paper products. He’s had the opportunity to photograph extensively across Australia and in Africa, Alaska, Patagonia, and Antarctica and has introduced many people to the world’s great wildlife and landscape destinations firsthand, through small group photography tours, predominantly to Africa and Antarctica and the Pacific.

Click here to view Darren’s website.

Rainforest Rescue’s Junior Ambassadors are dynamic, young advocates who are fundraising, raising awareness, educating their peers, and using their voices to inspire change. With creativity and passion, they’re helping to protect rainforests and create a greener, more sustainable future for our planet.

DAISY | Student and Rainforest Rescue Ambassador

Daisy began volunteering with Rainforest Rescue in 2022 at just 9 years old. Since then, she has come a long way and is now our first official Junior Ambassador (not to mention our top t-shirt salesperson!).

In 2024, Daisy was nominated for the ‘Young Cassowary Award’, an award given by the Wet Tropics Management Authority (WTMA) to celebrate young people who are making a difference in environmental conservation in the Wet Tropics region.

Daisy’s favourite animal is the Amethystine python, also known as the Australian scrub python (Simalia kinghorni). She loves exploring the rainforest, especially in search of cassowaries, and marvelling at unique plants like the climbing pitcher plant (Nepenthes mirabilis) and the Lance-Leaved Sundew (Drosera adelae), both of which are carnivorous.

You’ll often find Daisy representing Rainforest Rescue at events – and if you do, be sure to say ‘Hi!’ She loves meeting new people and hearing their stories about the rainforest.