Condé Nast Traveller: Celebrating Eco-Champions!
How to Travel Better is a monthly column with Condé Nast Traveller’s sustainability editor Juliet Kinsman. In this series, Juliet introduces us to the sustainability heroes she meets, signposts the experiences that are enhancing our world, and shares the little and big ways we can all travel better.
In her latest article celebrating inspiring eco-champions all over the world, she features our own Kristin Canning, Partnerships Director at Rainforest Rescue who uses her passion for the rainforest to nurture all sorts of business relationships, big and small.
The humanitarian protecting Daintree’s flora and fauna
Kristin Canning is helping hospitality hit net zero targets through Rainforest Rescue, her initiative that fights to protect Daintree’s delicate ecosystem. Believing that businesses have the power to be significant change-makers, this NGO has been a nature-based solution partner to The Travel Corporation’s Climate Action Plan for over a decade, working towards safeguarding the fragmented lowland rainforest while supporting Indigenous practices and knowledge sharing.
“Lowland habitats are some of the most at-risk areas, as they are prime for agriculture and development, yet are home to precious flora and fauna not found anywhere else,” Canning says. Covering less than 1 per cent of Australia’s surface, Daintree’s rainforests are among its most biodiverse regions, housing 40 per cent of its bird species, 35 per cent of its mammals, and 60 per cent of its butterflies. Despite this, it remains under-protected – and Rainforest Rescue helps fix carbon, improve soil, and stitch habitats back together. “Sustainable, green, and regenerative tourism is going beyond a trend – it’s a movement where people are consciously deciding to give back to the places they choose to visit,” says Canning.
Image: © Silvia Di Domenicantonio
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