THE BEST TIME IS NOW TO PROTECT RAINFORESTS FOREVER.
Celebrating 25 years of your support in protecting and restoring rainforests.
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!
358,222 in Australia
33,000 Overseas
44 in Daintree, Queensland
1 in Pyengana, Tasmania
1,222,114 in the Daintree
809,400 in Tasmania
by Nature Refuge status
in Australia
Founded on
25 March 1999
110 CAPE TRIBULATION RD – A NEW ERA OF RESTORATION
110 Cape Tribulation Rd is 75 acres of former sugarcane land consisting of around 12.5 acres of naturally regenerated habitat and 62.5 acres that can be restored. Perfect for replanting a rainforest, one seedling at a time. Help us rescue, restore and protect 110 Cape Tribulation Rd.
25 YEARS PROTECTING & RESTORING RAINFORESTS
In 1999, our founders set out to protect the under-protected rainforest in Australia. What matters then still matters now. Rainforests are biodiverse, ecologically rich habitats that are important to our planet’s health. To borrow a phrase, “The better time to plant a tree was 25 years ago. The best time is now.”
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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Have you heard of #NextGenRainforestRescuers?
They`re a community of young conservation troopers that have been fundraising, planting trees, making documentaries, educating themselves and their peers, and helping create change in many diverse, impactful, and creative ways 💚.
Help us create a better future for all young people by becoming a Rainforest Guardian today: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/rainforest-guardians (🔗 in bio).
Or, if you know a #NextGenRainforestRescuer that you`d like to see featured, email us - 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
We believe #TreesAreTheAnswer 💚. Our ‘Plant a Rainforest’ projects replant rainforest and re-establish habitat for plants and animals’ endemic to that specific ecosystem.
Rainforest Rescue`s team collects, propagates and grows all the rainforest trees. Seeds are ethically collected from the Daintree Lowland Rainforest between the Daintree River and Cape Tribulation and the trees are replanted in the same area 🌱🌱🌱.
Learn more about the ‘Plant a Rainforest’ projects: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/plant-a-rainforest (link in bio) 🌳.
Register to attend our 2025 Annual Community Tree Planting Day:
www.rainforestrescue.org.au/2025-planting (link in bio) 🌳.
📷: Martin Stringer
#DaintreeRainforest #Rainforest #TreesMatter #PlantTrees #DaintreeNursery #Conservation #Daintree #EcoWarriors #Donate #ProtectDaintree #ConservationGoals #LoveTrees #LoveDaintree #ProtectForests #RainforestGuardian #Biodiversity
Our ‘Protect a Rainforest’ project rescues pristine rainforest by purchasing blocks for conservation and protecting them forever, increasing essential wildlife habitat and connectivity, and protecting biodiversity for future generations 🌳🦎🐍🐦💮.
Prospective properties are assessed through a detailed survey undertaken by our Daintree Ecological Advisor, Allen Sheather, and his partner Barbara Maslen.
Rainforest Rescue’s ten-point ‘balanced scorecard’ assessment includes criterion relating to Location, Vegetation, Development Risk, Habitat Potential, Clearing and Value 🔍.
Learn more about the ‘Protect a Rainforest’ project: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/protect-a-rainforest (link in bio) 💚.
Donate to help us rescue 110 Cape Tribulation Rd: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/lot-110 (link in bio) 💚.
📷: Martin Stringer
#DaintreeRainforest #Rainforest #TreesAreTheAnswer #PlantTrees #DaintreeNursery #Conservation #Daintree #EcoWarriors #Donate #ProtectDaintree #ConservationGoals #LoveTrees #LoveDaintree #ProtectForests #RainforestGuardian #Biodiversity #ProtectARainforest
#CritterCorner: Have you ever seen a Peppermint stick insect (Megacrania batesii)?
These fascinating and beautiful insects spend most of their time camouflaged within their food plants – a few species of pandanus, including Screwpine (Pandanus tectorius) – where they can flatten themselves in the natural furrows created by the shape of the leaves. Clever 💚.
Discover more online: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/critter-corner-peppermint-stick-insect (link in bio) 👀.
📷: Mike D`Arcy
#PeppermintStickInsect #DaintreeInsects #DaintreeRainforest #StickInsect #AustralianInsects #AncientRainforest #FNQ #Conservation #Reforestation #ClimateChange #Biodiversity #ConservationGoals #Flora #Fauna #DaintreeWildlife #Ecosystems #DaintreeRiver
🌍🌳💧 World Wetlands Day 2025: Protecting Wetlands for Our Common Future 💧🌳🌍
Today, we pause to honour the critical role wetlands play in our planet`s health. From providing clean water to supporting biodiversity, wetlands are essential ecosystems - yet, according to the Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands, we’ve lost nearly 90% of them since the 1700s. It`s time to take action before it’s too late 🌱💧.
In regions like the Daintree, the effects of environmental degradation are already being felt. Recently, David White, founder of @solar_whisper , shared a firsthand account of how rising floodwaters are eroding the riverbanks and wiping out vital wildlife habitats.
This World Wetlands Day, let’s reflect on the urgent need for action. From local efforts to global commitments, it`s clear that protecting wetlands is essential for both nature and communities 🌳🌍.
👉 Read David’s powerful reflections on the Daintree and how we can all play a part in restoring these vital ecosystems www.rainforestrescue.org.au/beyond-the-banks-daintree-river (link in bio).
📷: Martin Stringer
#WorldWetlandsDay #WetlandsConservation #Daintree #ClimateAction #Biodiversity #Ecotourism #RainforestRescue #ProtectOurPlanet #SustainableFuture #WetlandsMatter #DaintreeRainforest #WetTropics
#CritterCorner: Common Mistfrog (Litoria rheocola) is a rainforest specialist 🐸.
If you are lucky and keep your eyes peeled, you may see it by fast-flowing rocky creeks and streams in the rainforest, as well as wet sclerophyll forests.
If your eyes don`t spot this beauty, listen in - the Common Mistfrog`s call is quite a unique (and rather nasal) sound of “wreek wreek wreek“.
Arm yourself with even more knowledge here: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/critter-corner-common-mistfrog (link in bio) 💚.
📷: Pat Webster/AWC
#CommonMistfrog #Frogs #DaintreeFrogs #FNQ #FarNorthQueensland #RainforestFrogs #NativeFrogs #FrogsOfTheDaintree #LoveFrogs #LoveNature #ProtectWildlife #NatureReserve #DaintreeWildlife #PortDouglas #Cairns #GreenFrog
"For many Australians, Jan 26 is celebrated as "Australia Day," marking the 1788 landing of the First Fleet. However, for First Nations people, the day is one of mourning, survival, and remembrance. It represents the invasion of Aboriginal lands, the disruption of cultures, the loss of lives, and an enduring legacy of trauma passed down through generations."
🖊️: @clothingthegaps
"While it’s easy to confuse changing the date of Australia Day with being unpatriotic, that`s not the case. Many who believe in changing the date do so precisely because they want to celebrate Australia and they don’t feel that the 26th represents aspects of history that should be celebrated."
🖊️: @change.it.ourselves
Learn More:
🖤 www.clothingthegaps.com.au (link in bio)
💛 www.changeitourselves.com.au (link in bio)
❤️ Get in touch with the Local Aboriginal Land Councils (LALCs) or Aboriginal organisations in your area.
#NotADateToCelebrate #ChangeTheNarrative #January26 #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe #InvasionDay #DayOfMourning #SurvivalDay #AustraliaDay #Jan26 #ChangeTheDate #ChangeItOurselves #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBeAboriginalLand
“The better time to plant a tree was 25 years ago. The best time is now.”
The Daintree Rainforest’s tropical rainforest ecosystem is one of the most complex on earth, containing the greatest diversity of plants and animals found anywhere in Australia.
Over 3,000 species of plants call the Daintree home, including 13 of the world’s 19 primitive flowering plant species and 395 species that are listed as either rare or threatened.
In celebration of our 25th anniversary, we want to share with you 25 rare or threatened plant species of the Daintree Rainforest 💚.
Do you recognise them? Do you know any others you`d like to spotlight?
#Anniversary #Daintree #DaintreeRainforest #AncientRainforest #AustralianRainforest #Plants #WildDaintree #plantsofinstagram #DaintreeFlora #DaintreePlants #FNQ ##FarNorthQueensland #RarePlants #ThreatenedPlants #Rainforest #FloweringPlants ##TropicalRainforest #Tropical
Our talented and passionate #NextGenRainforestRescuers are a community of young conservation troopers that have been fundraising, planting trees, making documentaries, educating themselves and their peers, and helping create change in many diverse, impactful, and creative ways 💚.
You can help us create a better future for all young people by becoming a Rainforest Guardian today: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/rainforest-guardians (🔗 in bio).
Or, if you know a #NextGenRainforestRescuer that you`d like to see featured, email us - info@rainforestrescue.org.au 💌
#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
#CritterCorner: Hercules Moths (Coscinocera hercules) start out as very hungry and large caterpillars 🐛🦋. And this makes sense, because, as adult moths, they survive on food stores that they ate prior to metamorphosis 🍀🍀🍀🐛.
Hercules Moths 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).
Discover more online: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/critter-corner-hercules-moth (link in bio) 💚.
📹: Australian Butterfly Sanctuary
#HerculesMoths #Moths #DaintreeWildlife #DaintreeInsects #DaintreeRainforest #Caterpillars #HerculesMothsCaterpillars #FNQ #Conservation #AustralianInsects #NativeFauna #PlantTrees
Have you heard of #NextGenRainforestRescuers?
They`re a community of young conservation troopers that have been fundraising, planting trees, making documentaries, educating themselves and their peers, and helping create change in many diverse, impactful, and creative ways 💚.
Help us create a better future for all young people by becoming a Rainforest Guardian today: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/rainforest-guardians (🔗 in bio).
Or, if you know a #NextGenRainforestRescuer that you`d like to see featured, email us - 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
Check out the recent @newsport.daily article about Annie & NightWings Rainforest Centre at https://bit.ly/newsport_annie (link in bio) 🦇🌱💚🌳
Want to get involved? Join us for the final Annual Community Tree Planting Day at NightWings on Sat 17th May 2025. Full details at www.rainforestrescue.org.au/2025-planting (link in bio) 💚
📸: Jamie Jansen (Newsport)
#PlantARainforest #NightWingsRainforestCentre #TreesAreTheAnswer #TreePlanting #Restoration #Conservation #Biodiversity
#CritterCorner: One of the favourite creatures of Far North Queensland, the Spectacled Flying Fox is an essential part of the rainforest’s web of life 🦇🦇🦇.
These very important rainforest pollinators and gardeners are losing their habitat through development, culling, and climate change.
Together with NightWings Rainforest and Bat Rehabilitation centre, we are restoring legacy cane plantation to bat-friendly rainforest habitat.
Learn more on our website: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/critter-corner-spectacled-flying-fox (link in bio) 💚.
📸: Kate Koel, @flyingfoxesfnq
#SpectacledFlyingFox #AustralianBats #AustralianRainforest #Bats #FarNorthQueensland #FNQ #RainforestGardeners #RainforestPollinators #DaintreeRainforest #DaintreeWildlife #ProtectRainforests #Daintree #PlantTrees #NativeNursery
📣 SAVE THE DATE 📣
Rainforest Rescue`s 2025 Annual Community Tree Planting Day is scheduled and you`re invited 🌱💚🌳.
🗓 When: Saturday, 17 May 2025
📍 Where: NightWings Rainforest Centre, 2125 Mossman Daintree Road, Wonga, QLD
🌐 Full details & registration: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/2025-planting (link in bio)
This will mark the final plot of our planting efforts at this iconic site - help us close this chapter and celebrate transforming 15 hectares of old sugarcane fields into a thriving rainforest habitat to protect precious biodiversity 💚.
#RainforestRescue #TreePlanting2025 #Daintree #RainforestRestoration #Conservation #Restoration #PlantARainforest #TreesAreTheAnswer #TreePlanting #TimeToGrow #DaintreeRainforest
Tucked away in the remote northeast of Tasmania, Forest Lodge is an untouched pocket of ancient cool temperate rainforest—over 3,500 km away from the Daintree Rainforest in far-north Queensland, yet equally deserving of protection 🌏.
The reasons for rescuing this property back in 2011 were eerily similar to those affecting the Daintree at the time. It’s these parallels that continue to inspire us, and why Forest Lodge remains a well-loved (if a little distant) part of Rainforest Rescue’s mission 💚.
Home to endangered species like the Tasmanian Devil and Spotted-tailed Quoll, Forest Lodge has been safeguarded thanks to supporters of Rainforest Rescue 🌳.
Learn more: www.rainforestrescue.org.au/left-out-in-the-wilderness (link in bio) 💚.
📷: Lesley Nicklason
#RainforestRescue #ForestLodge #Tasmania #Conservation #ProtectNature #Wilderness #ClimateAction #Biodiversity #AncientRainforest #EndangeredSpecies #FromDaintreeToTasmania #TreesAreTheAnswer
Have you heard of #NextGenRainforestRescuers?
They are a community of young conservation troopers that have been fundraising, planting trees, making documentaries, educating themselves and their peers, and helping create change in many diverse, impactful, and creative ways 💚.
Help us create a better future for all young people by becoming a Rainforest Guardian today: rainforestrescue.org.au/rainforest-guardians (🔗 in bio).
Or, if you know a #NextGenRainforestRescuer that you`d like to see featured, DM us here 💬 or email info@rainforestrescue.org.au 💌.
📸: Martin Stringer
#AustralianRainforest #PlantTrees #DaintreeRainforest #RainforestGuardian #YoungPeople #Youth #LoveTrees #RainforestJourney @daintreediscovery @destinationdaintree @portdouglas @qldparks @destinationdaintree @portdouglasdaintree @portdouglasuncovered @cairnstourism @cairnsaustralia #Conservation #Environment #TreesAreTheAnswer #Daintree #DaintreeNationalPark #MoreTrees #Donate #SupportNotForProfits
🌱 We’re back for 2025! 🌱
After a refreshing break, the Rainforest Rescue crew is back at it, and we’re ready and raring to continue on our mission to protect and restore the Daintree Rainforest.
With your support, we’ll plant more trees, nurture the ecosystem, and ensure this incredible rainforest thrives for generations to come 🌳💚.
Let’s make 2025 a year of growth and renewal for our rainforests - because we beLEAF in a greener future 😉🌱.
#DaintreeRainforest #ProtectRainforestsForever #Biodiversity #Conservation #Restoration #TreesAreTheAnswer #GreenerFuture #ProtectOurPlanet #NatureConservation
Together with Compost Connect, we’re calling for better access to composting information, more investment in composting infrastructure, and initiatives to encourage composting.
Urge your councils to champion composting and help combat climate change: www.compostconnect.org/petition (link in bio) 💚.
🎨: @compost.connect
#CompostConnect #ClimateChange #Compost # Composting #Recycling #Conservation #Landfill #ProtectRainforests #AustralianRainforests
🌿🌱 Happy New Year from all of us at Rainforest Rescue! 🌱🌿
We hope you’re enjoying a peaceful and restorative holiday season.
As we step into 2025, we’re filled with hope and gratitude for all that we’ve achieved together for the rainforests. Here’s to a year of new growth, positive change, and continued collective action for a greener, more sustainable future 🌍💚.
Thank you for being an essential part of the journey. We can’t wait to continue working together to protect our precious rainforests, support wildlife, and create lasting change 🌳💪.
We’re taking a short break and will be back on Monday, 6 January.
#HappyNewYear #RainforestRescue #ProtectRainforestsForever #TogetherForNature #PlantARainforest #TreesAreTheAnswer #DaintreeRainforest #Daintree #FarNorthQueensland #Biodiversity #Conservation
As the sun sets on 2024, we`re taking a moment to reflect with immense pride and gratitude 💚.
Together, we`ve reached incredible milestones that are setting new standards for rainforest conservation and restoration in the Daintree and Wet Tropics of Far North Queensland.
With your continued support, we’re excited for 2025, where we’ll push forward to protect and restore these precious rainforests, ensuring their biodiversity is protected forever 💚.
Happy New Year!
📷: Martin Stringer
#DaintreeRainforest #RainforestGuardian #LoveTrees #NewYear #Conservation #Environment #ConservationJobs #TreesAreTheAnswer #Daintree #DaintreeNationalPark #PlantTrees #MoreTrees #Donate #SupportNotForProfits #LandManagement #LoveForests #TeamWork #ConservationGoals #Biodiversity #FNQ #WetTropics #Rainforests #ClimateChange @daintreediscovery @destinationdaintree @portdouglas #AustralianRainforest @qldparks @destinationdaintree @portdouglasdaintree @portdouglasuncovered @cairnstourism @cairnsaustralia @theclimatecouncil
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