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In late August, plant conservation came to our doorstep. The 15th Australasian Plant Conservation Conference (APCC15) was held from 24 to 28 August 2026 at the Port Douglas Community Hall, hosted [...]

The recent Douglas Shire Council decision on the Daintree Oxbow proposal continues to resonate across the region. In this article from Cairns Local News, the outcome—and the broader implications [...]

The future of the Daintree Lowlands is now part of a broader public conversation. Following the recent Douglas Shire Council decision, Rainforest Rescue CEO Branden Barber joined presenter [...]

The future of the Daintree Lowlands is increasingly part of the national conversation. In this ABC News feature, Rainforest Rescue’s vision to restore former sugarcane land back into rainforest [...]

The southern cassowary is often labelled the “world’s most dangerous bird,” but this reputation obscures a deeper truth. Southern cassowary conservation is not about fear — it’s about [...]

The Daintree Oxbow restoration is emerging as one of the most important ecological opportunities in Far North Queensland — and also one of the most complex. As this Yahoo News article explores, [...]

Capturing and utilising data for tree production in our native tree nursery Every seed is a potential source of data that helps make our restoration projects more effective.   Our new [...]

Deep Roots, Shared Futures: A Cross-Cultural Conservation Connection   Nursery Manager, Marine Deliens (far left) and nursery volunteer, Debra Deayton (far right), with the Baru Conservation [...]

Since 1999, Rainforest Rescue has been resolutely working in one of the world’s most extraordinary ecosystems: the Daintree Rainforest in far north Queensland. In a recent feature published by [...]

Replanted Rainforests May Benefit from Termite Transplants—that’s the title of a compelling new article from Phys.org, highlighting the crucial termite role in rainforest recovery. The feature [...]