The Endangered Australian Southern Cassowary is a 'keystone' species crucial for rainforest ecology, with fewer that 4,600 remaining in the wild. Their main threat is loss of habitat due to development. Rainforest Rescue is working to save the Cassowary through buying back high conservation rainforest as well as restoring rainforest habitat and creating wildlife corridors through the planting of trees which will provide habitat, food, and a safe passage for generations of Cassowaries to come.
The Endangered Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuaris Johnsonii) is one of the world's most prehistoric birds endemic to the tropical rainforests of Australia. The Cassowary is integral to rainforest survival as it is a major seed disperser for over 240 rainforest plant species. Habitat destruction is threatening its survival. With Australia's tropical rainforests the oldest on Earth, the loss of the Cassowary will result in the loss of significant biodiversity, impacting on a global scale
Rainforest Rescue is working to save the Cassowary by purchasing high conservation value rainforest at risk of development. Buying back and protecting rainforest reduces fragmentation and increases the amount of habitat for the Cassowary and other wildlife. We have also helped develop a plan for Wildlife Corridors in areas seriously degraded and cleared due to human encroachment and will plant 250 different species of trees so the Cassowary (and other species) have habitat to roam and forage.
Protection and restoration of the rainforest will have a profound impact on generations of Cassowaries to come. With habitat destruction widely acknowledged as the number one threat to Cassowary survival, buying back and restoring as many rainforest properties as possible is crucial to their future survival. It is also crucial to ensuring the survival of the world's oldest continuously living rainforest ecosystem that offers indispensable environmental and medicinal benefits to the world.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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