Flora

#FastFacts: Blackbean – Rainforest Rescue’s Scientific Advisor, Dr. Robert Kooyman, tells us about this fascinating Daintree rainforest tree, Castanospermum Australe, and it’s [...]

Both Big Scrub Landcare and Rainforest Rescue were founded by Dr Tony Parkes, OA. Big Scrub Landcare is our sister organisation, and they do a tremendous amount to protect and restore the [...]

Recently we were contacted by ABC Far North Queensland’s Sharnie Kim. She’d heard about the work Rainforest Rescue supporters made possible to rehabilitate Lot 46 – you know, that oil palm [...]

How an oil palm plantation owned by Christopher Skase was replanted by hand and transformed into a lush rainforest on the edge of the World Heritage-listed Daintree National Park. ABC Far North [...]

All trees planted by Rainforest Rescue staff and volunteers are grown at our rainforest nursery The restoration season is in full swing in the Daintree with the Rainforest Rescue crew busy [...]

Locals couldn’t remember the last time Wongaling Creek flowed, but in collaboration with Girringun Aboriginal Corporation, we’ve completed the Wongaling Wetland Cassowary Corridor restoration [...]

Palm oil is the world’s most popular vegetable oil. Used in most consumer goods, this particular oil may be cheap but it comes at a tremendous cost to the environment. Palm oil has been linked to [...]