CANOPY AWARDS
Your shutter might only be open for a moment but your pictures could help Protect Rainforests Forever.
The Rainforest Rescue Canopy Awards creates a platform to promote the beauty and fragility of the rainforests and their unique ecology and biodiversity.
Inviting photographers to contribute their perspectives provides a richer tapestry upon which to focus our intentions for both the Daintree’s forever protection, as well as the protection of rainforests and rainforest creatures all over the world. Join us to support these Awards, and reach more people who care about the long-term future of these most precious ecosystems. It’s our Nature to protect, after all.
Make sure you follow us on Facebook, and/or sign up for our eNews mailing list to be kept in the loop… the 2023 Canopy Awards Entries are open from 8:00am (AEST) Monday 10th April 2023 until 8:00pm (AEST) on Monday 29th May 2023.
Enter ANY photo, of ANY rainforest, taken at ANY time.

ABOUT THE RAINFOREST RESCUE CANOPY AWARDS
“To enhance and promote the art of rainforest photography, and to help raise awareness about the nature and culture of rainforest habitats, and to encourage their protection”
Photographers from around the globe are invited to contribute their unique interpretations and creative perspectives on the world’s rainforests.
Benefits of Entry:
- Every Entry Protects 1 square meter of Rainforest Forever
- Great Prizes: Grand Prize, Category Winners, and the People’s Choice Vote
- Chance to feature on your own Biopak Art Series Cup
- Review of every entry and feedback via Report Card
Sign up to the Canopy Awards mailing list to receive the latest updates direct to your inbox (look for the pop-up in the bottom right-hand corner of your screen). Can’t see it? Send us an email.

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Keen to learn about sponsorship or partnership opportunities for the 2024 Rainforest Rescue Canopy Awards?
Get in touch with our Partnerships Director, Kristin, to lodge your expression of interest.
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It's #WorldParrotDay 🦜🦜🦜.
At just 14cm long from beak to tail, the Double-eyed fig parrot (Cyclopsitta diophthalma) is a little critter with a large head and gorgeous colours on its face, often found in the Daintree Rainforest (and even in Northern New South Wales). Have you seen one 'in the wild' 👀?
We love Double-eyed fig parrots, especially because they are seed dispensers, helping us reforest the Daintree.
We are committed to planting a LOT more native trees, helping restore and protect the rainforest.
Donate to support the native nursery 🔗👆.
And/or join us for our next Tree Planting Day. More details coming soon.
🎥: @martinstringerphotography
#DoubleEyedFigParrot #RainforestParrots @birdsofaustralia #AustralianRainforest #lovebirds #TreesOfInstagram #BirdsOfAustralia #birdsofinstagram @birdsofaustralia @birdlifeoz @daintreelife #ProtectRainforestsForever #ProtectDaintree #nativenursery @nightwings.centre @portdouglasuncovered #birds #parrotsofaustralia #parrotsofinstagram #loveparrots #DaintreeNationalPark @qldparks
Our 2023 Annual Community Tree Planting Day was our biggest tree planting yet 🌳🌳🌳.
On 6 May, 141 individuals and Partners undertook the journey to NightWings Rainforest Centre. Together we put a record breaking 3,300 trees into the ground (90 different rainforest species!) - all under 1.5 hours - transforming 15 hectares of old sugarcane fields back into thriving rainforest habitat. WOW! Thank you, ALL. We couldn’t have done it without you.
Check out some of the highlights online - visit the News page of our website (or send us a message) - link in bio.
📷: Silvia Di Domenicantonio & Martin Stringer
#PlantARainforest #TreesAreTheAnswer #DaintreeRainforest #FarNorthQueensland #RainforestsOfAustralia #TimeToGrow #rainforestrescue #DaintreeNationalPark #TreesOfInstagram #lovedaintree @cairnscouncil @destinationdaintree @portdouglasuncovered @portdouglasdaintree @theclimatecouncil @thedailyaus @australiangeographic #conservation #treestreestrees #daintreelife #ClimateChange #RainforestsOfAustralia #protectrainforests
#CritterCorner: The Bennett’s Tree Kangaroo (𝐷𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑔𝑢𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑢𝑠) is the larger of the two tree-kangaroos endemic to Australia.
They are endemic to Wet Tropics rainforest in Far north Qld north of the Daintree River, found in the canopy and classified as Near Threatened (NT) on the IUCN Red List.
Their maximum weight is between 11-14kg when mature, body length ranges from 690–760mm and tail length can be 740–840mm long.
Threats to these magnificent creatures include habitat loss and fragmentation resulting in tree-kangaroos being exposed to predators, and road traffic.
Bennett’s Tree Kangaroo are folivores (i.e. leaf-eater) – eating mostly leaves, fruit or flower off potentially more than 33 different rainforest plant species. This is why the protection of the rainforest in the Daintree is so important.
Have you spotted a Bennett's tree-kangaroo on your Daintree visits?
📷: Matt Cornish
#BennettsTreeKangaroos #DaintreeRainforest #AustralianRainforest #TreeKangaroo #ProtectRainforest
HURRY! Entries are closing on Monday! The Canopy Awards 💚🏆, a global competition for rainforest photography, aims to help raise awareness about the nature and culture of rainforest habitats, encouraging their protection.
Share your unique interpretation and creative perspective on the world’s rainforests.
The #2023CanopyAwards entries are closing on Monday, 29 May 2023.
Every entry protects 1 square meter of rainforest FOREVER 💚.
Join the movement. Make a difference. Submit your photography - link in bio 🔗👆.
📷: @rajbose_photography People's Choice Winner 2022
With the help of people like you, people who care an awful lot, we will purchase and protect Lots 11 & 12 Forest Creek Rd forever 💚.
Purchasing these rainforest properties will increase the area of the Rainforest Rescue Nature Refuge & Forest Creek Wildlife Corridor.
These corridors provide essential connectivity; protecting and sustaining the many rare and threatened species of the Daintree. Animals like the Spotted-Tail Quoll, Lumholtz Tree Kangaroo and the iconic Southern Cassowary, all benefit, expanding our conservation impact in the Daintree.
Your donation today can make a HUGE difference - follow the link in our bio 🔗👆.
🎥: Martin Stringer
#PlantARainforest #TreesAreTheAnswer #DaintreeRainforest #FarNorthQueensland #RainforestsOfAustralia #TimeToGrow #rainforestrescue #DaintreeNationalPark #TreesOfInstagram #ProtectDaintree #ProtectRainforest #NatureRefuge #southerncassowary #cassowary #quoll #FarNorthQueensland #RainforestWildlife #ProtectRainforestsForever #lovenature #TreesTreesTrees
Have you seen Phallus multicolor reveal its veil 🍄?
Commonly referred to as Yellow Netted Stinkhorn or Yellow Bridal Veil, a species of fungus in the family Phallaceae or “stinkhorns” has a cone or bell-shaped cap on a stalk and a delicate “lace skirt” (indusium) that hangs from beneath the cap almost reaching the ground.
This time lapse was taken over the period of only a couple of hours.
This Forest Fungi can be found within the leaf litter on the Rainforest floors of Australia, Sumatra, Guam, Papua New Guinea, Java, Borneo, Tobago, Zaire, Hawaii and New Caledonia.They are common in Queensland and can be found all year round.
🎥 : Malcolm Schuyl (on YouTube)
#ForestFungi #RainforestMushrooms #Daintree #DaintreeRainforest #LoveMushrooms #ProtectRainforests #Mushrooms #Fungai
Thank you to everyone who came along to our 2023 Annual Community Tree Planting Day 🌱🌱🌳💚.
Read MORE about it on our website - link in bio 🔗👆.
Stay tuned for the full video coming soon.
🎥: @martinstringerphotography
#PlantARainforest #TreesAreTheAnswer #DaintreeRainforest #FarNorthQueensland #RainforestsOfAustralia #TimeToGrow #rainforestrescue #DaintreeNationalPark #TreesOfInstagram
Help us rescue Lots 11 & 12 nature refuges full of rainforest species that are unique to the area.
The land is still intact and attached to two Rainforest Rescue existing properties, enabling a grand opportunity to create a nature corridor and expand our conservation impact in the Daintree.
Your donation today can make a HUGE difference!
DONATE TODAY 🔗👆.
#AustralianRainforest #PlantTrees #DaintreeRainforest #RainforestGuardian #YoungPeople #Youth #LoveTrees #ProtectRainforestsForever #ProtectRainforests #Daintree
#ForestFlora: Black Bean Tree (Castanospermum australe) is a beautiful rainforest tree that grows in moist, fertile, well-drained soil, often on terraces on the side of mountains or along the banks of rivers and streams. It reaches a height of 40 metres at maturity 🌳😲.
Black Bean Tree is known as 'Mirrayn' in the Jirrbal language, 'Junggurra' in Yindinji and 'Baway' in Kuku Yalanji.
Watch the Rainforest Rescue’s Scientific Advisor, Dr. Robert Kooyman talk about this fascinating Daintree rainforest tree - head online (or send us a message) 📺.
📷: Martin Stringer
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Today's International Day of Plant Health 💚.
Plants make up 80% of the food we eat and 98% of the oxygen we breathe, yet they are under threat. This is why today (and every day!) we want to celebrate #IDPH to help raise global awareness on how protecting plant health can help end hunger, reduce poverty, protect biodiversity and the environment, and boost economic development.
We are committed to protecting Daintree Rainforest and working towards increasing tree production in the Daintree by over 1000%, breathing life into new restoration projects that will see the size of the Daintree increase and its resilience grow 💚.
Join the movement - become a Rainforest Guardian 💚.
#IDPH2023 #PlantsOfAustralia #PlantsOfInstagram #GrowFood #DaintreeRainforest #AustralianRainforest #ProtectRainforest #RainforestPlants #DaintreeRainforest #AustralianTrees #DaintreeTrees #WetTropics #AustralianRainforest #DaintreeRainforest #Conservation #LoveTrees #RainforestJourney @daintreediscovery @destinationdaintree @portdouglas #AustralianForest @qldparks @destinationdaintree @portdouglasdaintree #RainforestAlliance #AustralianNature
The Canopy Awards aim to promote the art of rainforest photography, help raise awareness about the nature and culture of rainforest habitats, and encourage their protection. The #2023CanopyAwards entries are open now.
Submit your entries today - LINK IN BIO 🔗☝️.
📷: Calumn Hockey @calumnhockey, 'Reportage' Winner 2022– New South Wales, Australia Clear-felling of Gondwanan rainforest, Southwest National Park, Tasmania, Australia
#RainforestAlliance #NaturePhotography #ProtectRainforestsForever #ProtectNature #LoveTravel #LoveNature #LoveNaturePhotography #CanopyAwards #2023CanopyAwards #PhotographyAwards @qldparks @daintreediscovery @daintreelife @cairnscouncil @cairnstourism @portdouglasdaintree
@portdouglasuncovered @visitqueensland @tropicalnorthqueensland @australiangeographic @nature_aus #DaintreeNationalPark #DaintreeRainforest #RainforestPlants #RainforestAnimals #PhotoOfTheDay @abcnews_au @guardian @7newsaustralia @sydneyweekender @canonaustralia
Our latest 2023 Canopy Awards entrant has just turned 4 years old and she's excited to show off her creative skills using a @canonaustralia camera. What a great choice - Canon is one of the proud Rainforest Rescue's Silver Partners.
The 2023 Canopy Awards is a grand opportunity to show off your photography and help protect the Daintree rainforest. Every entry protects 1 sq metre of the rainforest. Grand prizes across all the categories.
Photographers all over the world - young and senior, amateur or professional - are invited to leave their mark and submit their creative perspectives on the world’s rainforests.
Note, photos of ANY rainforests on the planet taken at ANY time in the past - no matter how long ago - are welcome.
HURRY! Only a few days left - the entries close on 15 May 2023.
Submit your entries today - LINK IN BIO 🔗☝️ .
#RainforestAlliance #NaturePhotography #ProtectRainforestsForever #ProtectNature #LoveTravel #LoveNature #LoveNaturePhotography #CanopyAwards #2023CanopyAwards #PhotographyAwards @qldparks @daintreediscovery @daintreelife @cairnscouncil @cairnstourism @portdouglasdaintree
@portdouglasuncovered @visitqueensland @tropicalnorthqueensland @australiangeographic @nature_aus #DaintreeNationalPark #DaintreeRainforest #RainforestPlants #RainforestAnimals #PhotoOfTheDay @abcnews_au @guardian @7newsaustralia @sydneyweekender @canonaustralia
The #2023CanopyAwards Entries are closing on Monday 15 May 2023. Do not delay! Submit your work today.
Photographers from around the globe are invited to contribute their unique interpretations and creative perspectives on the world’s rainforests to help enhance and promote the art of rainforest photography, raise awareness about the nature and culture of rainforest habitats, and to encourage their protection.
Every entry protects 1 square meter of Rainforest FOREVER + Great Prizes: Grand Prize, Category Winners, and the People’s Choice Vote 💚.
Submit your entries today - LINK IN BIO 🔗☝️ .
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The purchase of Lot 41 has doubled the size of the Cape Kimberley Wildlife corridor, which is a huge win for the Daintree Rainforest and all the unique ecosystems within. It's a win for humanity!
And we didn't do it alone. In fact, it's the proud Platinum Partner @kloraneau and the @kloranebotanicalfoundation combined investment of $50,000 that helped secure the land and contribute towards protecting the rainforest.
"With this partnership we hope to preserve the natural environment of the Daintree and continue to educate the next generation on caring for the planet,” said Stephanie Lambey, Director of the Klorane Botanical Foundation.
Our warmest gratitude goes to Klorane and the Klorane Botanical Foundation for their continued and immense support. You are helping to preserve the biodiversity of this World Heritage rainforest for generations to come, and secure habitat and a food source for many special, rare and endemic residents of the Daintree.
Read more online - link in bio 🔗☝️ .
#AustralianRainforest #ProtectRainforest #GrowTrees #MoreTrees #ProtectRainforestsForever #LoveTrees #TreesAreTheAnswer #DaintreeRainforest #PartnersForProtection
Did you know that the Southern Cassowary swallow fruits whole, distributing the seeds over large areas throughout the rainforest, helping us reforest and mitigate climate change. Those beautiful giant birds are also endangered. We want to change that!
The 2023 Canopy Awards aims to help enhance and promote the art of rainforest photography, and raise awareness about the nature and culture of rainforest habitats and the wildlife. #2023CanopyAwards entries are now open.
Submit your entries today - LINK IN BIO 🔗☝️.
📷: Nicolas Rakotopare @lerako 'Best of The Wet Tropics' 2022 winner
#RainforestAlliance #NaturePhotography #ProtectRainforestsForever #ProtectNature #LoveTravel #LoveNature #LoveNaturePhotography #CanopyAwards #2023CanopyAwards #PhotographyAwards @qldparks @daintreediscovery @daintreelife @cairnscouncil @cairnstourism @portdouglasdaintree
@portdouglasuncovered @visitqueensland @tropicalnorthqueensland @australiangeographic @nature_aus #DaintreeNationalPark #DaintreeRainforest #RainforestPlants #RainforestAnimals #PhotoOfTheDay @abcnews_au @guardian @7newsaustralia @sydneyweekender @canonaustralia #SouthernCassowary #Cassowary
Rainforest Rescue now accepts cryptocurrency donations 💚.
Your donations help fund Rainforest Rescue’s Plant a Rainforest & Protect a Rainforest projects which focus on planting trees and buying back at-risk rainforest. Every $10 helps to grow, plant, and maintain one tree for one year OR purchase and protect two square meters of rainforest habitat.
Donate today - link in bio.
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Our ‘Plant a Rainforest’ projects replant rainforest and re-establishes habitat for plants and animals’ endemic to that specific ecosystem. We believe that #TreesAreThe Answer 🌳🌳🌳.
Our #RainforestGuardians and #NextGenRainforestRescuers are changing the world 💚✊.
Their support enables our work - the ongoing protection and restoration of the world’s oldest continuously evolving tropical rainforest.
Join the movement - head online (or send us a message)🌳🌳.
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