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Time to Grow Where to start? Let’s start in the here and now. Rainforest Rescue has embarked on a bold new project that will increase the number of local, endemic, genetically diverse and [...]
It’s a sad day when you lose a friend. It’s harder when they’re one of your heroes. And it’s even harder when they’re still actively working for the environment and [...]
Northern Boundary of Eastern Portion of Lot 83 RAINFOREST RESCUE AND QTFN FURTHER LEVERAGE POWER OF PARTNERSHIP FOR THE DAINTREE Our partnership with Queensland Trust for Nature is strong and [...]
It’s official: Lot 24 Cape Tribulation Road is safe from development. YOU DID IT! Thanks to you, our community of Rainforest Rescuers & Rainforest Guardians who believe in the importance of [...]
What do rainforests and sea turtles have in common? Not a lot really! But here at Rainforest Rescue, we love all things nature, so when we heard that Australian Seabird Rescue and NSW TurtleWatch [...]
We believe Trees are the Answer. We have said it before – and we will say it many, many times again – WE BELIEVE TREES ARE THE ANSWER. Alongside Rainforest Rescue’s important role in buying back [...]
Spotlighting our Partners for Protection because Businesses can be a powerful proponent for change. Make saving rainforests your business. Moving on up! BioPak’s latest investment as a Platinum [...]
While the Daintree wasn’t affected by the fires, many other significant Australian forests were. The wildfires that swept through Australia in 2019 and 2020 burnt over 10 million hectares [...]
We warmly invite you to join us at our Tree Planting on Friday 18 September. Our goal for the day is to plant 2,000 rainforest seedlings at NightWings (2125 Mossman Daintree Road Wonga Qld), to [...]
The 22nd annual Big Scrub Rainforest day 2020 will be held on Sunday 20th September in an online format and you’re invited! This year’s topical theme, ‘Saving our Rainforests from Fire’ [...]
Rainforest Rescue imagery master Martin Stringer takes us behind the scenes, sharing insights behind his film ‘Growing a Rainforest Community’, inviting us to further immerse [...]
Businesses can be a powerful proponent for change. And with the right ethos and commitment to doing ‘good’, businesses may not only encourage, but actually change consumer behaviour towards more [...]
Interns make a big difference at Rainforest Rescue. Natalie Parma talks about utilising her skillset for Rainforest Conservation. [Original article posted at Oliver Wyman] Rainforest Rescue [...]
Rest In Peace, Reinhard Behrend – The driving force behind Rainforest Rescue Germany Rainforest Rescue is grateful for the partnership of Rainforest Rescue Germany – Rettet den [...]
At Rainforest Rescue, the health and safety of our staff, our supporters and the greater community is of utmost importance to us, as such our response to COVID-19 has been led by government and [...]
Spotlighting our Partners for Protection because Businesses can be a powerful proponent for change. Make saving rainforests your business. Welcoming our newest Partners for Protection We’ve [...]
A Powerful New Partnership – Queensland Trust for Nature and Rainforest Rescue for the Protection and Restoration of the Daintree Rainforest in Far North Queensland Partnerships are formed [...]
It’s all about ‘from the ground up’…For decades we’ve been working in rainforest restoration and are proud of what these efforts have achieved. This restoration work has primarily focused on semi [...]
Rainforest Rescue’s Scientific Advisor, Dr Robert Kooyman, shows us the beautiful Booyong Tree (Argyrodendron peralutum) in the Daintree Rainforest. Argyrodendron actinophyllum is a large [...]
We are thrilled to announce the appointment of Dr Adrian Volders to the Rainforest Rescue board. Adrian comes with a wealth of knowledge and experience, with a PhD in Environmental Economics and [...]
HOT OFF THE PRESS: MARTIN STRINGER WINS FILMS FOR THE FOREST AUDIENCE AWARD! Rainforest Rescue is excited to announce that our media mogul, Martin Stringer, has won the Audience Award for [...]
Another successful Tree Planting at NightWings in celebration of International Day of Forests 2020! [pictured below] On Saturday 21 March 2020, just before social distancing came into play which [...]
A Conservation Coalition and an Environmental Bridge to Economic Recovery post-COVID Earlier in the year, Rainforest Rescue joined a coalition of organisations to voice our support for private [...]
A 1000 more trees for the emerging Daintree – International Tree Planting Day – March 21 2020 Before the Coronavirus sent us indoors, we were able to get a special planting done in [...]
With the current situation regarding COVID-19 Coronavirus, Rainforest Rescue has decided to cancel our Annual Community Tree Planting day to assist in stopping the spread of this virus. Given [...]
Huge Kudos and Huge Thanks to all of you who helped make this latest rescue possible – this is fantastic! At almost 2 Hectares, this beautiful rainforest block is now safe from development. [...]
Rainforest Rescue Photographer Martin Stringer’s film, “Growing a Rainforest Community” is an Official Selection for ATBC Short Video Contest and has been chosen for SXSW Films [...]
The Lemuroid Ringtail Possums (Hemibelideus lemuroides) lives in the Wet Tropics regions of far north Queensland. If you’re in the area, look high up in the trees and you may just see them [...]
Please see updated notice regarding the cancellation of 2020 Annual Community Tree Planting Day due to government advice re: COVID-19. Please sign up for our mailing list to receive updates and [...]
Please welcome César Garcia to the Rainforest Rescue team. César Garcia will work as our engagement coordinator to help us grow and tend our garden of support. Below is Rainforest Rescue’s [...]
#FastFacts: Blackbean – Rainforest Rescue’s Scientific Advisor, Dr. Robert Kooyman, tells us about this fascinating Daintree rainforest tree, Castanospermum Australe, and it’s [...]
Both Big Scrub Landcare and Rainforest Rescue were founded by Dr Tony Parkes, OA. Big Scrub Landcare is our sister organisation, and they do a tremendous amount to protect and restore the [...]
The Rainforest Rescue Business Partners in Conservation Program is an incredibly powerful way to demonstrate to your customers, staff, the country – and in fact, the world – how [...]
It’s official: Lot 30 Cape Tribulation Rd is now part of the Rainforest Rescue portfolio of protection. You did it! Last June many of you stepped up to help rescue a beautiful, pristine [...]
Rainforests are…rainy, right? Up in the Daintree, we see a lot of rain, but how much of that is affected by the forest itself? Or the Great Barrier Reef? Here’s our friendly [...]
Introducing the Azure Kingfisher (Ceyx azureus), one of the smallest and most dazzling kingfishers in Australia and just one of many types of Kingfishers found in the Daintree Rainforest. Azure [...]
Nothing Trivial About It! When it comes to rescuing rainforests there are so many ways you can help. Our Daintree Supporters Wrangler, Emily Silverstone, helped local Quiz Master Kevin “KStar” [...]
Please welcome Grant Morrison to the Rainforest Rescue team. Grant Morrison is responsible for all of the properties you’ve helped us rescue and he’s in charge of our restoration activities. What [...]
Recently we were contacted by ABC Far North Queensland’s Sharnie Kim. She’d heard about the work Rainforest Rescue supporters made possible to rehabilitate Lot 46 – you know, that oil palm [...]
How an oil palm plantation owned by Christopher Skase was replanted by hand and transformed into a lush rainforest on the edge of the World Heritage-listed Daintree National Park. ABC Far North [...]
Rainforest Revival Day at Hotel Brunswick was a Great Success! Hotel Brunswick hosted a great day for Rainforests Rescue and our sister organisation, Big Scrub Landcare in September. It was [...]
Welcome Marine Deliens to the Rainforest Rescue Team! Marine Deliens comes to us from Belgium and made her way to Australia to start a new life in Far North. She brings excellent qualifications [...]
One of the favourite creatures of Far North Queensland, the Spectacled Flying Fox is an essential part of the rainforest’s web of life. The greatest threats to these rainforest pollinators [...]
Rainforest Rescue acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands on which our organisation is located, where we work and where we live. We respect ancestors and Elders past, present and [...]
Not like you needed more … but here’s another 3000 reasons to Love the Daintree! This year’s Community Tree Planting was terrific for so many reasons. We had a great turnout with [...]
Meet Flynn Hawkey! Flynn is a year 11 student at Trinity College South Australia who has a keen interest in the cassowary and it’s natural habitat. One of Rainforest Rescue’s four key [...]
We warmly invite you to our annual Community Tree Planting Day on Saturday 4th May 2019. We’d love you to help us plant over 4,000 rainforest seedlings to help us Protect Rainforest [...]
Thanks to Rainforest Rescuers who contributed to our holiday campaign, our 32nd Daintree Property is set to be rescued thanks to Rainforest Supporters! This 32nd Daintree property represents a [...]
In far northern Queensland, a new partnership brings real conservation action to the fight to protect the Daintree Lowlands and rescue our Great Barrier Reef… Rainforest2Reef by Madeleine [...]
Putting Nature Back is Working in the Lower Daintree as cassowary habitat extends. All of us at Rainforest Rescue this past week were thrilled when Joe Reichl, our Daintree Land Manager, got word [...]
Australia has lost one of its true environmental champions – Celebrated Conservationist, Margaret Thorsborne, 1927-2018 Photo: Shae Beplate, The Australian Margaret’s deep love of the [...]
The Big Scrub was the largest expanse of lowland subtropical rainforest in Australia, covering an area of approximately 75,000 hectares on rich volcanic and alluvial soils between Byron Bay, [...]
Lot 2 Forest Creek Road: Rescued! Thanks to those of you who supported this effort with meaningful contributions to the June 2018 appeal, we have now saved Lot 2 Forest Creek Road! You made this [...]
Rainforest Rescue’s new CEO – Branden Barber Hello Rainforest Rescuers! It’s a great honour to be the new steward at Rainforest Rescue. Having spent many years working as an [...]
Chair of Rainforest Rescue Madeleine Faught with research assistant Melissa Bautista celebrating their cassowary award. Photo Aslan Shand. Courtesy Echo Net Daily At the Wet Tropics Management [...]
I’m writing to share some news with you. I’ve had a wonderful time as CEO and together we’ve achieved some amazing wins for Rainforest conservation. However, illness in my extended family means [...]
LOT 19: RESCUED! Thank You… amazing result! We’ve reached our target two weeks before the deadline and have rescued our No.1 priority vulnerable rainforest property in the Daintree. [...]
A Rainforest Rescue Research Project Elle McDonald, Research Intern, Rainforest Rescue This article is part of a wider research project undertake by Elle McDonald for Rainforest Rescue to help [...]
17 painters, illustrators, photographers and digital artists have joined a campaign to help protect Australian rainforest and reef. The Wet Tropics and Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Areas in [...]
Even in remote areas such as the Daintree, dumped tyres are an environmental issue. Rainforest Rescue has been working with Bridgestone Australia to find one solution to this continuing problem [...]
Rainforest Rescue has a rare opportunity to buy a block of rainforest to create a new corridor in the heart of the Daintree. This will link a key Rainforest Rescue property at the foot of [...]
Our next community tree planting day is being held on Saturday 13 May in the Daintree. We warmly invite you to our Community Tree Planting Day on Saturday 13th May 2017. We’d love you to [...]
Thanks to your support the 28th block of rainforest has been rescued in the lowland Daintree Rainforest Update 27th March: We’ve just heard that the settlement has gone through for the [...]
The Daintree Lowland hosts an ancient rainforest with a genetic lineage going back 135 million years. This amazing place sits between the Wet Tropics and Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Areas [...]
Thanks to your support the 27th block of rainforest has been rescued in the lowland Daintree Rainforest Lot 32 Cape Tribulation Road, Kimberley is the 27th Daintree rescue, saved by Rainforest [...]
Rescued Rainforest named after Daintree conservationist, Chris Bennett A rescued block of Daintree rainforest is being named after local conservationist Chris Bennett. The rainforest property is [...]
Joe Reichl, Rainforest Rescue’s Daintree Land Manager, talks about a recent river bank revegetation project along the Daintree River. Last summer sadly saw the most extensive coral bleaching [...]
International Postgraduate Intern Daniel Perlaki is working with Rainforest Rescue to ensure that international best practice is helping underpin invasive weed management. As part of his [...]
Join us at our upcoming Tree Planting! Supporters will join Rainforest Rescue in planting 1,000 native trees at the Nightwings Project this Saturday to help recreate unique and internationally [...]
Eleven rainforest properties protected forever with Nature Refuge covenants across the Daintree lowlands. Working with the Queensland Trust for Nature the covenanted properties include the [...]
Daintree: the ‘engine-room’ of evolution Dr Robert Kooyman, Scientific Adviser, Rainforest Rescue In an era of decline, it is hardly surprising that one of the key objectives for conservation [...]
Conservationists are celebrating news of two new species discovered in the Daintree, Far North Queensland. However, the unique rainforest habitat that supports these and many other rare species [...]
BioPak has announced its continuing commitment to the planet through a partnership with Rainforest Rescue, helping Protect Rainforests Forever. BioPak, Australia’s leading provider of [...]
