THE BEST TIME IS NOW TO PROTECT RAINFORESTS FOREVER.
Protecting and Restoring Rainforests is 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
45 in Daintree, Queensland
1 in Pyengana, Tasmania
1,525,122 in the Daintree
809,400 in Tasmania
by Nature Refuge status
in Australia
Founded on
25 March 1999
YOU DID IT! 110 CAPE TRIBULATION RD – RESCUED!
110 Cape Tribulation Rd is 30 hectares of former sugarcane land consisting of around 5 hectares of naturally regenerated habitat and 25 hectares that can be restored. Perfect for replanting a rainforest, one seedling at a time. Because of your support, this property is now secure, for nature.
2025 ANNUAL COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING DAY
Rainforest Rescue’s 2025 Annual Community Tree Planting Day is scheduled for Saturday 17th May 2025 and you’re invited!
This event will mark the end of an era as we plant out the final plot at NightWings Rainforest Centre.
Join us!
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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Being a ‘Rainforest Guardian’ means more than just being part of a community that cares about the rainforest - it’s a commitment to protecting rainforests FOREVER 💚.
Join the movement: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/make-an-impact/rainforest-guardians (link in bio) 🌱.
#RainforestGuardian #DaintreeRainforest #Daintree #AncientRainforest #FNQ #Rainforests #DaintreeTrees #Conservation #ProtectRainforest
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 🌍✨💚.
🌳 Keen to get your hands dirty for the planet too?
Join us for the 2025 Annual Community Tree Planting Day!
Grab your FREE ticket here: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/2025-planting (link in bio).
💌 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 better world, together.
📷: Silvia Di Domenicantonio
#PlantTrees #DaintreeRainforest #RainforestGuardian #YoungPeople #Youth #LoveTrees #RainforestJourney @daintreediscovery @destinationdaintree @portdouglas #AustralianRainforest @qldparks @destinationdaintree @portdouglasdaintree @portdouglasuncovered @cairnstourism @cairnsaustralia #Conservation #Environment #TreesAreTheAnswer #Daintree #DaintreeNationalPark #MoreTrees #Donate #SupportNotForProfits
In the modern world, it’s easy to forget the role rainforests still play in supporting and regulating many of the planet’s most critical natural processes, such as rainfall, absorption of carbon dioxide, and combating climate change. These ‘eco-systems services’ are estimated to be worth trillions of dollars per year globally 💰️🌏️. Plus, rainforests are home to countless unique and irreplaceable species, such as the Southern Cassowary 😍.
If you are lucky enough to live among cassowaries or visit the areas they live, please follow ‘Cassowary Etiquette’ to ensure your safety and the safety of these incredible birds: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/explore-the-rainforest/save-the-cassowary/living-with-cassowaries (link in bio) 💚.
📷: Richard Curzon Photography
#SouthernCassowary #Daintree #DaintreeRainforest #DaintreeBirds #RainforestGardener #FarNorthQueensland #RainforestGuardian #Cassowary #FNQ #TropicalRainforest #AustralianRainforest #AncientRainforest #ProtectRainforestsForever #SupportNotForProfits #Donate #DinoBirds @richiecurzon @birdlifeoz @birdsinbackyards @birdsofaustralia
The Daintree Rainforest is both uniquely rich and incredibly diverse. It hosts 12 of the world`s 19 primitive flowering plant families, offering a living museum of evolutionary history. Beyond plants, this ancient rainforest shelters 30% of Australia`s frog, reptile, and marsupial species, 65% of bat and butterfly species, and 18% of bird species.
The Daintree is a national treasure, and we believe it`s our responsibility to protect its unique species and habitats. You can play a vital role in rescuing and restoring rainforests 🌿.
Together, we can Protect Rainforests Forever: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/make-an-impact/rainforest-guardians (link in bio) 💚.
📷️: Martin Stringer
#RainforestGuardians #DaintreeRainforest #ConservationHeroes #ProtectOurPlanet #AncientRainforest #Biodiversity #RainforestRescue #TreesAreTheAnswer #PlantATree #ProtectRainforestsForever #EcoWarriors #WildlifeProtection
The Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius johnsonii) holds significant cultural importance for various Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across Australia.
It is known by many names, such as:
💙 Kurranji: This name is associated with the Kuku Yalanji people of the Mossman, Daintree, Cooktown, Palmer River, and Bloomfield regions.
❤️ Gunduy: Used by the Djiru people in the Mission Beach area.
🖤 Gumbulgan: Known to the Jirrbal and Ma:Mu people of the Wet Tropics.
💙 Kutani: The term used by the Kaanju Pama people of Cape York.
❤️ Boondarra: Identified as the name used by the Djabugai and Tjapukai people in the Cairns, Port Douglas, Kuranda, and Mareeba areas.
🖤 Wadthuuny: The term for cassowary on Kuuku Ya`u Country and Gudang Yadhaykenu Country.
Learn more online: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/explore-the-rainforest/save-the-cassowary/cultural-significance (link in bio)
📷: Emily Silverstone
#SouthernCassowary #Daintree #DaintreeRainforest #DaintreeBirds #RainforestGardener #FarNorthQueensland #RainforestGuardian #Cassowary #FNQ #TropicalRainforest #AustralianRainforest #AncientRainforest #ProtectRainforestsForever #SupportNotForProfits #Donate #DinoBirds @birdlifeoz @birdsinbackyards @birdsofaustralia
Are you ready? The 2025 Annual Community Tree Planting Day is just over a month away. Come join us! This is our last planting day at NightWings, as we put the final piece of the puzzle into place.
More details & free tickets: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/2025-planting (link in bio) 🌱🌱🌳.
📷️: Silvia Di Domenicantonio
#TreesAreTheAnswer #TreeNursery #NativeTrees #DaintreeRainforest #TreePlantingDay2025 #TreePlanting #TreePlantingDay #PlantMoreTrees #Daintree #AustralianRainforest #AncientRainforest
QTFN Citizen Science Community Day is scheduled for Saturday, 3 May 3, 9am - 3pm AEST 🧑🔬🔬.
Don`t miss out on this day of discovery at Mossman Gorge! Hear about QTFN`s exciting findings from their BioBlitz in the Daintree, learn citizen science tools, and enjoy a guided nature walk 🌳💚🌿.
Tickets are $17 each, including a morning tea, a delicious wrap lunch & shuttle transport from Mossman Gorge Cultural Centre to Mossman Gorge.
It’s the perfect opportunity to connect with nature and fellow science lovers 🌏💚.
Get your ticket at https://bit.ly/QTFN_Comm_Sci (link in bio).
📷️: Martin Stringer
@qldtrustfornature #ConservationPartners #CitizenScience #QTFN #MossmanGorge #Conservation #Daintree #Rainforests #DaintreeRainforest #QueenslandTrustForNature #CommunityEvents #ProtectRainforestsForever
Listed as endangered, it is estimated that only about 4,600 Australian Southern Cassowaries remain in the wild.
Shy by nature, they pose a threat only when defending their nests/chicks, when threatened, or if they’ve become accustomed to being fed by humans. They are in great need of our protection.
Want to learn more about these incredible dino-birds? Visit www.rainforestrescue.org.au/explore-the-rainforest/save-the-cassowary/faqs 💚.
Want to help? Consider becoming a Rainforest Guardian: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/make-an-impact/rainforest-guardians 💚.
📷: Dom Chaplin
#SouthernCassowary #Daintree #DaintreeRainforest #DaintreeBirds #RainforestGardener #FarNorthQueensland #RainforestGuardian #Cassowary #FNQ #TropicalRainforest #AustralianRainforest #AncientRainforest #ProtectRainforestsForever #SupportNotForProfits #Donate #DinoBirds @birdlifeoz @birdsinbackyards @birdsofaustralia
The Daintree is a vitally important, and a wonderful part of Australia’s, and the world’s history. We’re committed to protecting the Daintree rainforest. We believe that It’s our duty to the planet and to the unique and significant species that exist here.
Check out our projects that are helping to protect and grow the Daintree:
🌳 `Protect a Rainforest` - purchasing rainforest blocks for conservation and protecting them forever, increasing connectivity and protecting biodiversity.
🌳 `Plant a Rainforest` - replanting rainforest and re-establishing habitat for endemic plants and animals’.
🌳 `Propagate and Grow` - the largest native nursery in the Daintree, propagating and growing all the rainforest trees for our Daintree lowland restoration projects.
Learn more: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/explore-the-rainforest/daintree/daintree-rainforest 👀.
Make an impact: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/make-an-impact ✊.
📷️: Silvia Di Domenicantonio
#RainforestGuardian #DaintreeRainforest #ProtectDaintree #AustralianWildlife #AustralianRainforest #AncientRainforest #Conservation #Deforestation #Reforestation #Forests #DaintreeNature #Impact #ProtectRainforest
#ForestFlora: In an exciting and vital conservation effort, at the end of last year we received a batch of Syzygium glenum seeds from the North Coast Regional Botanic Garden in Coffs Harbour @coffsharbourbotanicgarden 🌱.
This species, listed as endangered, is a rare gem in the plant world and holds a significant place in the delicate ecosystems of Australia’s rainforests.
Head over to our website to read more about our plans for this very important plant: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/syzygium-glenum (link in bio) 🌱.
📷: Black Diamond Images
#SyzygiumGlenum #DaintreeFlora #DaintreeRainforest #FNQ #Queensland #Rainforest #RainforestFlora #AboriginalAustralia #Ecosystems #Conservation #RarePlants #ConservationGoals #EndangeredPlants ##EndangeredFlora #AustralianRainforest #BotanicGarden #PlantsOfInstagram #GrowingPlants #FarnNorthQueensland
Come and get your hands dirty - join us for our Annual Community Tree Planting Day!
Join us: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/2025-planting (link in bio) 🌱🌱
#RainforestRescue #TreePlanting2025 #Daintree #RainforestRestoration #Conservation #Restoration #PlantARainforest #TreesAreTheAnswer #TreePlanting #TimeToGrow #DaintreeRainforest
We are so incredibly proud of the #NextGenRainforestRescuers 💚.
This passionate community of young conservation heroes is 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 🌍.
Keen to get your hands dirty?
Join us for our 2025 Annual Community Tree Planting Day! Learn more and register for your free ticket at www.rainforestrescue.org.au/2025-planting (link in bio)
Know a #NextGenRainforestRescuer who deserves to be featured?
Send us an email at info@rainforestrescue.org.au 💌
📷: Silvia Di Domenicantonio
#PlantTrees #DaintreeRainforest #RainforestGuardian #YoungPeople #Youth #LoveTrees #RainforestJourney @daintreediscovery @destinationdaintree @portdouglas #AustralianRainforest @qldparks @destinationdaintree @portdouglasdaintree @portdouglasuncovered @cairnstourism @cairnsaustralia #Conservation #Environment #TreesAreTheAnswer #Daintree #DaintreeNationalPark #MoreTrees #Donate #SupportNotForProfits
Sometimes, the challenge ahead feels too big, and our efforts seem too small. But when we come together, we can create something truly remarkable 🌍✨.
Every little step - no matter how small - adds up to big change. Together, we can make a world of difference in rescuing and restoring our precious rainforests 🌳💚.
Join us and make rainforest conservation a part of your everyday life. Your support can help protect the future of these vital ecosystems!
👉 Become a Rainforest Guardian today: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/rainforest-guardians (link in bio)
#RainforestGuardians #DaintreeRainforest #Daintree #Conservation #ProtectARainforest #AncientRainforest #FarNorthQueensland #Community #TropicalRainforest #FNQ #Restoration #RainforestRestoration #ProtectRainforestsForever
Have you heard of Tassel-ferns (Phlegmariurus spp., Lycopodiaceae)?
These ancient epiphytes are the oldest known plants of their kind, with only 13 species in Australia — all classed as threatened.
In November, Paul Donatiu, Project Manager of the Queensland Threatened Plant Network, and Dr. Ashley Field of the Australian Tropical Herbarium — a dedicated expert on Tassel-ferns — hosted an engaging workshop at Rainforest Rescue`s Native Nursery in Cow Bay 🌿.
Tassel-ferns play a critical role in biodiversity, providing habitat and contributing to the ecological balance of rainforests. Unfortunately, these valuable plants are often illegally removed from their natural environment, threatening their survival and potentially introducing diseases that impact the genetic diversity of the remaining ferns.
Learn more on our website: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/exploring-tassel-ferns (link in bio) 👀.
#DaintreeRainforest #AncientRainforest #AustralianRainforest #Ferns #DaintreeFerns #DaintreeNews #TasselFerns #Epiphytes #AncientPlants #RainforestPlants #Conservation #Biodiversity #RainforestConservation #FarNorthQueensland #TropicalRainforest
#ForestFlora: Have you seen the Yellow bridal veil (Phallus multicolor) 🍄👀? Or, perhaps you`ve smelt it 👃🤢?
This #ForestFungi has a a foul-smelling, sticky spore mass known as a gelatinous gleba. This mimics carrion and attracts insects that help disperse the fungi`s spores. The smell is usually described as foetid, like rotting meat - they are, after all, part of the STINKhorn family!
Learn more about this #FascinatingFungi online: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/forest-flora-yellow-bridal-veil (link in bio) 💚
📷️: Martin Stringer
#DaintreeMushrooms #DaintreeFungi #DaintreeWildlife #YellowBridalVeil #DaintreeRainforest #AncientRainforest #Wildlife #Conservation #Education #Stinkhorn #Mushrooms
Thanks to your incredible support, 110 Cape Tribulation Road is now officially part of Rainforest Rescue 💚🙏.
This 30-hectare disused sugarcane property expands our #ProtectionPortfolio to a total of 233 hectares, including several Wildlife Corridors and Nature Refuges – ecologically valuable areas that are now protected forever.
With your support, and that of others like you, we not only have the land to make a lasting Nature Positive impact but also the capacity and resources to do so. Your Native Rainforest Nursery continues to thrive, with tens of thousands of healthy young trees ready for planting.
Together, we can make 2025 a landmark year for Australian flora and fauna and #ProtectRainforestsForever 🌱💚.
#RainforestConservation #PlantARainforest #Biodiversity #Habitat #Restoration #Conservation #DaintreeRainforest #ProtectARainforest #ConservationGoals #Ecosystems #Daintree
Cassowaries are known to eat the fruit of at least 238 species of which 149 are woody trees. 45 of these plants have large fruit that are mostly dispersed by the Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius johnsonii) over long distances, making it a very special bird 💚.
Learn more about cassowaries: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/critter-corner-southern-cassowary 💙.
Consider becoming a Rainforest Guardian: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/rainforest-guardians ❤️.
(Links in bio☝🏻)
📷: Martin Stringer
#SouthernCassowary #Daintree #DaintreeRainforest #DaintreeBirds #RainforestGardener #FarNorthQueensland #RainforestGuardian #Cassowary #FNQ #TropicalRainforest #AustralianRainforest #AncientRainforest #ProtectRainforestsForever #SupportNotForProfits #Donate #DinoBirds @birdlifeoz @birdsinbackyards @birdsofaustralia
The Traditional Owners of the northern Queensland rainforest areas are the Kuku Yalanji People – with the Daintree Coast (and within that the Daintree Rainforest) being just one part of Eastern Kuku Yalanji country ❤️💛🖤
Often referred to as the Rainforest People, the Kuku Yalanji people have lived in the area for more than 50,000 years.
The Daintree Rainforest – and the area more broadly – is both culturally and spiritually significant to the traditional owners, with many places of spiritual significance:
🟢 Wundu (Thornton Peak)
🟢 Manjal Dimbi (Mount Demi)
🟢 Wurrmbu (The Bluff)
🟢 Kulki (Cape Tribulation)
Learn more: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/daintree-rainforest
Get Involved: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/get-involved
(Links in bio)
📷: Martin Stringer
#DaintreeRainforest #EasternKukuYalanji #KukuYalanji #Daintree #AncientRainforest #FarNorthQueensland #AboriginalAustralia #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe #IndigenousAustralia #RainforestPeople #RainforestGuardians
Most of the 150 species of trees planted at NightWings Rainforest Centre are fruiting species that attract birds and bats, further helping restoration by dispersing seeds to adjoining rainforests. The largest trees are now over 5m high, the ground vegetation is lush and insects, lizards, and birds are repopulating this rainforest wonderland 🌱🌳.
We spotted a juvenile Southern Cassowary Cassowary at NightWings in December 2018 - this was the first time this species has been seen south of the Daintree River in over forty years!
🌱 Join us at our 2025 Annual Community Tree Planting Day: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/2025-planting
💚 Read more about NightWings online: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/projects/nightwings
(Links in bio)
📷️: Martin Stringer & Emily Silverstone
#Daintree #DaintreeRainforest #Conservation #TreesAreTheAnswer #NightWings #Diwan #DaintreeWildlife #DaintreeFauna #SouthernCassowary #PlantTrees #Trees #ProtectRainforests
As we wrap up our 25th Anniversary celebrations, we’re sharing 25 simple actions YOU can take to help protect the world’s rainforests – including the Daintree! From planting trees to supporting sustainable solutions and organisations, every action counts and good deeds multiply.
Together, we’ve already made a HUGE impact, and we aren`t stopping here. With your help, we can do so much more.
Which of these 25 ideas inspires you to take action?
What else are you incorporating in your day-to-day life?
Let’s keep the momentum going and protect these vital ecosystems, FOREVER 🌍💚
📷: Martin Stringer
🔊: “Lot 46 at Dawn” by Martin Stringer
🎼: “Sunlit Souk” by Patrick Patrikios
#DaintreeRainforest #DaintreeFauna #RainforestWild #RainforestFauna #AustralianRainforest #FNQ #TropicalRainforest #Rainforest ##FarNorthQueensland #Daintree
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