THE BEST TIME IS NOW TO PROTECT RAINFORESTS FOREVER.
Protecting and Restoring Rainforests is Biodiversity and Climate Action
How YOU can help
PROTECT A RAINFOREST
Our ‘Protect a Rainforest’ project focuses on purchasing rainforest blocks for conservation and protecting them forever, increasing connectivity and protecting biodiversity.
PLANT A RAINFOREST
Our ‘Plant a Rainforest’ projects replant rainforest and re-establish habitat for plants and animals’ endemic to that specific ecosystem. We believe Trees Are The Answer.
PROPAGATE AND GROW
Rainforest Rescue’s native nursery in Cow Bay propagates and grows all the rainforest trees for our Daintree lowland restoration projects. It’s time to grow!
From little things, big things grow
and look how you’ve helped rainforests grow since 1999!
365,362 in Australia
33,000 Overseas
46 in Daintree, Queensland
1 in Pyengana, Tasmania
1,636,567 in the Daintree
809,400 in Tasmania
by Nature Refuge status
in Australia
Founded on
25 March 1999
HOW YOU’RE HELPING US CUT THE RED TAPE
Nature Is Not a Commodity. We’ve all seen it: A mountain traded for a mine. A forest turned into toilet paper. A wild valley bulldozed for a resort. A rainforest makes way for sugarcane. But, there is hope. This is a story of optimism, of ‘breaking new ground’ for Nature with the local authorities, and it’s a story with you at the heart of it.
2025 ANNUAL COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING DAY
Rainforest Rescue’s 2025 Annual Community Tree Planting Day was on Saturday 17th May 2025 and a multi-record breaker!
This event marked the end of an era as we planted out the final plot at NightWings Rainforest Centre.
Check out the details from this historic day!
DONATE NOW
When you give generously, you become part of a committed team of individuals who collectively are helping to preserve some of the most biodiverse habitats and the species that live within them on this planet.
Become a Rainforest Rescuer today!
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Thanks to your support, since 1999:
💚 We’ve rescued 47 rainforest properties - 46 in the Daintree, Qld and 1 in Pyengana, Tas - that`s over 2.4 million m² of Australian rainforest!
🌿 32 of these properties are protected forever through Nature Refuge status, with another 3 currently in progress.
You’ve also helped us:
🌱 Build the Daintree’s largest nursery, which at full capacity will propagate 150,000 trees annually - that`s enough trees to restore nearly 25 hectares of vital rainforest habitat every year
🌳 Plant 398,362 native rainforest trees - 365,362 of them right here in Australia.
Together, we’re reconnecting ecosystems and safeguarding biodiversity for generations to come.
Learn more (links in bio):
👉 www.rainforestrescue.org.au/our-impact/protection-portfolio-nature-refuges/
👉 www.rainforestrescue.org.au/our-impact/plant-a-rainforest/native-nursery-cow-bay/
👉 www.rainforestrescue.org.au/our-impact/plant-a-rainforest/
📷: Martin Stringer
#RainforestRescue #ProtectRainforestsForever #TreePlanting #NatureRefuge #DaintreeRainforest #WildlifeHabitat #Biodiversity #RestorationInAction #PlantARainforest
Southern Cassowaries are #RainforestGardeners 🌱💩🌳.
They’re not just stunning - they’re a keystone species that helps keep the Daintree thriving. Southern Cassowaries are known to eat the fruit of at least 238 plant species, including 149 woody trees. Of these, 45 species produce large fruits that are mostly dispersed over long distances by cassowaries, making them essential to rainforest regeneration.
These majestic birds rely on safe habitat and connected landscapes, so protecting and restoring wildlife corridors is key. Corridors help cassowaries move between feeding, breeding and resting areas, especially after extreme weather events when food is scarce.
And it’s not just about cassowaries - their habitat also supports at least 106 threatened plant species and 37 threatened animal species, recognised under state and federal legislation 🌿🦋
Learn more about Cassowary ecology and habitat:
🌿 www.rainforestrescue.org.au/explore-the-rainforest/save-the-cassowary/ecology-habitat (link in bio)
📷: Martin Stringer
#SouthernCassowary #WildlifeCorridors #RainforestRestoration #RainforestGardener #DaintreeWildlife #DaintreeRainforest #FNQ #ProtectBiodiversity #PlantARainforest #RainforestRescue #ProtectRainforestsForever
Restoring rainforest at 110 Cape Tribulation Rd has demanded more from us than we ever expected - more time, more planning, more determination.
But because of your incredible support, we’re working towards breaking new ground for Nature and moving forward with purpose.
Together, we’re overcoming unexpected challenges, working with planning experts and legal advisors, and keeping restoration on track - right where it matters most.
🌿 Want to see how your support is helping?
Outlined on our website is a listing of unexpected operational costs relating to our planned natural habitat restoration of former agricultural land in Far North Queensland:
👉 www.rainforestrescue.org.au/red-tape (link in bio)
With you beside us, we’re restoring rainforests, creating wildlife habitat, and driving long-term change for biodiversity and climate resilience.
📷: Silvia Di Domenicantonio & Emily Silverstone
#RainforestRescue #Daintree #CapeTribulation #FNQ #AncientRainforest #PlantARainforest #Restoration #GreenEconomy #TreesAreTheAnswer #ConservationInAction
You did it - and more 💚🌿
Thanks to YOU, we not only met our goal - we exceeded it.
Because of your support:
🌱 Restoration can begin at 110 Cape Tribulation Rd
🌿 Lot 8 Idriess Cl will be protected forever
✂️ And we’re working on cutting through the red tape to keep rainforest regeneration on track
This is more than a win - it’s momentum. Together, we’re not just protecting rainforest, we’re creating it.
Thank you for being part of this growing legacy 💚
Want to learn more? Visit out website (links in bio):
👉️ 110 Cape Trib Rd: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/lot-110/
👉️ Lot 8 Idriess Cl: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/lot-8/
👉️ Red tape Appeal: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/red-tape/
#RainforestRescue #ProtectRainforestsForever #RestorationMatters #GreenIsGrowing #DaintreeRainforest #RainforestGuardians
#CritterCorner: Despite being the largest moth in the world, Hercules Moths (Coscinocera hercules) don`t eat 😲. More surprisingly, they don`t eat because they don`t have mouths 😶.
These fascinating critters spend most of their lives (approx. 3 mths) as caterpillars 🐛🐛🐛.
During this time, they live on food plants such as the bleeding heart (Homalanthus novoguineensis), red bean trees (Dysoxylum mollissimum subsp. molle) and cheese trees (Glochidion ferdinandi). Nom nom.
Once emerged from their cocoon, these beautiful, mouthless moths only live for 10 to 14 days, and their main goal is to find a mate and reproduce.
It`s a fast and furious sort of life.
Discover more on our website: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/critter-corner-hercules-moth (link in bio) 🦋.
📷: Moth Identification & Australian Butterfly Sanctuary
#HerculesMoths #DaintreeMoths #DaintreeWildlife #DaintreeInsects #DaintreeRainforest #Daintree #LoveDaintree #Moths #FarNorthQueensland #FNQ #Rainforest #RainforestMoths
NAIDOC Week 2025 has begun 🖤💛❤️💙💚
This year’s theme, “The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy”, is a powerful call to celebrate and support the young leaders who are shaping the future of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. It invites all of us to listen deeply, invest meaningfully, and honour the legacy carried forward by emerging generations.
Featured as this year’s official NAIDOC artwork, ‘Ancestral Lines’ by Jeremy Morgan Worrall beautifully captures this message. Set under the moonlit skies of Tenterfield, the painting shows young people gathered around the fire - a symbol of culture, story and continuity.
Through his work, Jeremy pays tribute to the enduring strength and knowledge passed down through generations - from his Ancestors Lucy, Enoch and Nonie Wright, to his Nanna Audrie and his mother Vanessa. Their legacy lives on in the next generation: strong, visionary, and deeply connected.
Let’s come together this week to celebrate culture, history, and the leaders of tomorrow.
👉 Learn more and get involved: naidoc.org.au (link in bio)
@naidocweek #NAIDOC2025 #NAIDOCWeek #StrengthVisionLegacy #FirstNations #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe
You`re never too old or too young to start creating change - together we are capable of the impossible 💚.
Shout out to ALL of the #NextGenRainforestRescuers – young eco-warriors transforming our world!
From planting trees and fundraising to creating powerful films and sparking change in their communities, these incredible young leaders aren’t waiting for the future - they are the future. And they’re making a real impact, right now 🌍✨💚.
Do you know a young #NextGenRainforestRescuer who’s making waves for the planet? We’d love to celebrate them!
💌 Drop us a line: info@rainforestrescue.org.au
Together, let’s nurture the next generation of eco warriors and grow a greener, better world 🌱.
📷: Silvia Di Domenicantonio
#YouthForNature #ClimateAction #GenerationRestoration #EcoWarriors #PlantTrees #DaintreeRainforest #RainforestGuardian #LoveTrees @daintreediscovery #Conservation #Environment #TreesAreTheAnswer #Daintree #DaintreeNationalPark #TropicalRainforests
Make it your business to protect rainforests FOREVER 💚.
Your business can support our Partners for Protection program in a variety of ways with tier partnerships, sponsorships, company events, workplace giving, monthly gifts and direct donations.
🌏 Make preserving rainforests part of your business legacy:
👉 www.rainforestrescue.org.au/make-an-impact/businesses (link in bio)
Together, we are a powerhouse of positive and large-scale conservation change ✊.
Know a business that would love to be involved? Tag them below 👇
📷: Martin Stringer
#PartnersForProtection #BusinessImpact #ConservationGoals #DaintreeRainforest #Daintree #Conservation #Partnership #WorkplaceGiving #Restoration #PlantTrees #GrowTrees #AustralianRainforest @smallbusinessqueensland
Turns out planting a rainforest can be against the rules 🙃🌿.
Current zoning laws classify restoration as “inconsistent” use of rural zoned land… but, we’re working with Council to change that, and we need your help 💚.
👉 Learn more: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/red-tape (link in bio)
📸: Martin Stringer
🎵: `Escape` by Sappheiros (under a Creative Commons by 3.0 license - music powered by BreakingCopyright)
#RainforestRescue #RestoreNature #CutTheRedTape #ForTheRainforests #ForThePlanet #PlantARainforest #Daintree #FarNorthQueensland #TreesAreTheAnswer
#CritterCorner: If you love the Southern Cassowary as much as we do, you may have a few questions about this beautiful, flightless bird 💚.
Over the years, we`ve compiled a list of FAQs and answers to help us all understand #cassowaries better: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/explore-the-rainforest/save-the-cassowary/faqs (link in bio) 💚.
How do you report a sighting? What`s that thing on its head? How many eggs do cassowaries lay? And, of course, how can you help protect these dino-birds and their habitat... and so much more!
If you have more questions, we`d love to hear from you!
💌 info@rainforestrescue.org.au
📷: Martin Stringer
#SouthernCassowary #Daintree #DaintreeRainforest #DaintreeBirds #RainforestGardener #FarNorthQueensland #RainforestGuardian #Cassowary #FNQ #TropicalRainforest #AustralianRainforest #AncientRainforest #ProtectRainforestsForever #SupportNotForProfits #Donate #DinoBirds
#NextGenRainforestRescuers are a passionate community of young conservation heroes who are raising funds, planting trees, making documentaries, educating themselves (and others), and driving change in countless creative and impactful ways. They’re the future of our planet 🌍.
Know a #NextGenRainforestRescuer who deserves to be featured?
Send us an email at info@rainforestrescue.org.au 💌.
Want to organise your own #ForestFundraiser? Visit our website for ideas on how to get started: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/make-an-impact/forest-fundraisers (link in bio) 💚.
📷: Silvia Di Domenicantonio
#PlantTrees #DaintreeRainforest #RainforestGuardian #YoungPeople #Youth #LoveTrees #RainforestJourney #AustralianRainforest #Conservation #Environment #TreesAreTheAnswer #Daintree #DaintreeNationalPark #MoreTrees #Donate #SupportNotForProfits
Even rainforest restoration can get tangled in red tape.
We’re collaborating with Douglas Shire Council to update planning laws so Nature can thrive, and restoration becomes the norm, not the exception.
💚 Join us: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/red-tape (link in bio) 💚
📸: Martin Stringer
#RestoreNature #ForThePlanet #RainforestRescue #FarNorthQueensland #PlantARainforest #CutTheRedTape #Daintree #ForTheRainforests #TreesAreTheAnswer
Today it feels like a lifetime ago since @douglasshirecouncil granted planning approval for the Native Nursery to be constructed on the Cow Bay site. In that time, tens of thousands of healthy, resilient young trees have been propagated within the Nursery before heading out to be planted in restoration sites nearby 🌱🌱🌱.
Last month, Mayor Lisa Scomazzon and Councillors Damien Meadows, Abigail Noli, Michael Rees and Roy Zammataro visited the Nursery keen to gain a deeper understanding of Rainforest Rescue’s projects and strategies for restoration.
Many different conversations took place; and especially discussing our team`s shifting focus towards the Daintree riparian and flood plain restoration to help increase resilience of the area, especially against adverse weather conditions and catastrophic flooding events.
Read more online: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/douglas-shire-council-visit-our-native-nursery (link in bio) 💚.
Discover more: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/our-impact/plant-a-rainforest/native-nursery-cow-bay (link in bio) 💚.
#Daintree #DaintreeRainforest #DaintreePlants #DaintreeTrees #DaintreeNursery #ProtectRainforest #AncientRainforest #NativePlantNursery #NativeTreeNursery #NativeNursery #FNQ #DouglasShireCouncil #AustralianRainforest #AustralianFauna #AustralianTrees
According to Queensland’s Cassowary Recovery Plan (EPA, 2007), the population of Southern Cassowaries in the Wet Tropics was estimated at 2,500–4,000 adults in 1988 (Crome & Moore, 1990). By 2001, that number had dropped to fewer than 1,500 (Moore & Moore, 2001).
Today, it’s estimated that around 4,600 Australian Southern Cassowaries remain in the wild - an encouraging sign that the population may be stabilising.
But we can’t stop now. These magnificent birds still face serious threats and we must ensure their rainforest habitat is protected, restored, and preserved forever.
🌿 Become a #RainforestGuardian today:
www.rainforestrescue.org.au/make-an-impact/rainforest-guardians (link in bio) 💚
📷: Visit Daintree Rainforest
#RainforestGuardians #DaintreeRainforest #Daintree #Conservation #ProtectARainforest #AncientRainforest #FarNorthQueensland #Community #TropicalRainforest #FNQ #Restoration #RainforestRestoration #ProtectRainforestsForever #SouthernCassowary #Cassowary #DaintreeBirds #DaintreeWildlife #DaintreeFauna
#ForestFlora: Blue Quandong (Elaeocarpus angustifolius) is one of Australia’s fastest-growing rainforest trees 🌳🌳🌳
The bright blue fruit has long been used by First Nations Peoples. While tart and slightly bitter, it was traditionally eaten raw, or sometimes crushed and mixed with water to form an edible paste. In some regions, the fruit was picked green and buried in sand to help soften and sweeten it.
Today, its bold, tangy flavour is often captured in jams and preserves. Have you tasted it?
Want to learn more about some of the important seeds of the Daintree? Grab a cuppa & join us for a `Significant Seeds Smoko` break: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/join-us-for-a-significant-seeds-smoko (link in bio) ☕️🤓.
📷: Martin Stringer
#BlueQuandong #BushTucker #RainforestFood #RainforestTrees #NativePlants #DaintreeRainforest #AncientFood #EdibleNativePlants #RainforestBerry #QuandongLove
We believe restoring rainforest should be simple.
But right now, it’s considered a “development” under the current planning scheme. That’s why we’re working with Council to rethink what land use means when it’s for the planet.
🌳 Be part of the change: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/red-tape (link in bio)
📸: Martin Stringer
🎵: `Escape` by Sappheiros (under a Creative Commons by 3.0 license - music powered by BreakingCopyright)
#ForTheRainforests #CutTheRedTape #TreesAreTheAnswer #FarNorthQueensland #RainforestRescue #PlantARainforest #Daintree #ForThePlanet #RestoreNature
💚🌳 It’s World Rainforest Day 🌳💚
This year’s theme: Celebrating Rainforests and Their Guardians.
Today, and every day, we honour the mighty rainforests that keep our planet cool, clean and full of life… and the everyday legends working to protect them ✨.
Rainforests store massive amounts of carbon, making them one of our strongest allies in the fight against climate change. That’s why protecting what’s standing, and restoring what’s been lost, is more important than ever.
Here’s to the Rainforest Guardians 🌏💚👏.
🎨: @worldrainforestday
@rainforestpartnership @rainforestcx #WorldRainforestDay #RainforestGuardians #RainforestRescue #ProtectRainforestsForever #NatureRestoration #ClimateAction #StandingForestsMatter #DaintreeRainforest #ForThePlanet #BreatheWithUs #EarthWereListening #RainforestPartnership
On 17 May, 183 legends came together to plant the final 3,300 trees at NightWings Rainforest Centre - our last Annual Community Planting Day at this incredible site!
Since 2015, this epic restoration project has seen over 115,000 trees planted. What a journey 🌳💚
Full video coming soon - watch this space! In the meantime, enjoy this bite-sized sneak peek 🎥👀.
📸: Martin Stringer
#ICYMI #RainforestRescue #NightWings #TreePlanting #PlantARainforest #DaintreeRainforest #TreesAreTheAnswer
Shout out to the #NextGenRainforestRescuers - a community of young eco-warriors changing the world!
From planting trees and raising funds to making powerful documentaries and educating their communities, they’re not just the future - they’re making an impact right now 🌍✨💚.
Know a young change-maker who’s doing incredible things for nature?
We’d love to feature them!
Shoot us an email: info@rainforestrescue.org.au 💌.
Let’s grow a greener, better world together!
📷: Silvia Di Domenicantonio
#PlantTrees #DaintreeRainforest #RainforestGuardian #YoungPeople #Youth #LoveTrees #RainforestJourney #Conservation #Environment #TreesAreTheAnswer #Daintree #DaintreeNationalPark #MoreTrees #Donate #SupportNotForProfits
We grow native and endemic Wet Tropics trees - tough species adapted to thrive in one of the world’s most intense climates 🌱🌴.
From fast-growing pioneers to slow-maturing, late-successional rainforest species, we’ve got the plants your restoration project needs.
🌿 Find info & order here: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/nursery-orders (link in bio)
#GrowingTrees #RainforestRestoration #DaintreeNursery #NativePlants #DaintreeRainforest #WetTropicsFlora #ConservationInAction #DaintreeTrees #ClimateResilient
