Protect a Rainforest

Our 31st Threatened Property Saved thanks to YOU!

Last time we wrote to you with the news that we had secured the protection forever of a 30th threatened rainforest property.

Well, not yet six months later and with your wonderful support Rainforest Rescue has been able to save our 31st threatened and vulnerable Daintree lowland rainforest property! We have already started the conveyancing process on this land.

This is a particularly satisfying win, as back in 2015 when Rainforest Rescue originally tried to save this block it was sold from under our feet for development. Luckily since then and now only a small area was cleared before work stopped and this will regenerate quickly with our plantings.

Our purchase of rainforest under threat is always strategic, never scattergun. We care more about our contribution to conservation than numbers per se. We hold out for properties of significant strategic conservation value, ensuring that we use supporters' donations to the best possible effect. We take our duty of care to our supporters very seriously.

And this is where we have come to with property # 31: This land links to a current Rainforest Rescue wildlife corridor and connects upland World Heritage Area and National Park to the lowland rainforest and coast. Strategic acquisitions such as this will continue to deliver vital protection for the rainforest.

The Lowland Daintree Rainforest lies between the Wet Tropics of Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef IUNESCO World Heritage Areas, thus having a vital role in connecting these two significant ecosystems.

Thank you again for helping us save this very threatened property!