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The Intrepid Foundation’s newest partner in Australia, Rainforest Rescue, is working with Traditional Owners to protect and restore threatened parts of the Daintree Rainforest. <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Pull on your cassowary suit and put yourself in their prehistoric, proverbial shoes.\u2019  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s what Rainforest Rescue\u2019s communications manager, Mark Cox, tells me when I ask why the Daintree Rainforest\u2019s current national park protection isn\u2019t enough.\u00a0I didn’t have a cassowary suit or cassowary shoes on hand, but I imagined I did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018They’ve wandered around the rainforest for millions of years doing their thing. Then recently humans have come along and turned their world upside down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘Over the last 50 years, humans have put national park boundaries in place, which is wonderful, but the native animals \u2013 including the flightless, colourful-headed cassowary \u2013 don\u2019t understand these invisible lines. So, more protections are needed, especially in the areas bordering the national park.\u2019  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark is, of course, talking about the Daintree Rainforest<\/a> (Kaba Kada in the Kuku-Yalanji Language of its Traditional Owners), the world\u2019s oldest living tropical rainforest with an estimated 180 million years behind it.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Found in Australia\u2019s Far North Queensland<\/a>, fringed by long white beaches extending to the Great Barrier Reef, the Daintree is one of nature\u2019s finest works.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or, as Sir David Attenborough once put it, \u2018the most extraordinary place on Earth.\u2019   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step into what feels like another world entirely \u2013 totally awash in green with ancient towering trees above and vines intertwining between anything they can latch onto \u2013 and you\u2019ll get it, too. With or without a cassowary suit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Daintree Rainforest is recognised as one of the most biodiverse places on the planet, home to the endangered southern cassowary (pictured).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Daintree is part of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, and much of it is protected under national park laws, so you\u2019d be forgiven for assuming the 180-million-year-old beauty didn\u2019t have a worry in the world.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But unfortunately, that isn\u2019t the case.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The team at Rainforest Rescue<\/a>, the Intrepid Foundation<\/a> partner on a mission to restore and expand the rainforest universally recognised for its biodiversity, explains that it\u2019s still insufficiently protected, with parts of the Daintree lowlands at greatest risk.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Decades of development and deforestation <\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Alongside climate change and invasive species, rainforest fragmentation is one of the most concerning threats to the Daintree.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ten years before the area received its World Heritage listing in 1988, the Daintree was subjected to mass subdivision for residential development and agriculture, and blocks of land were sold to private owners like farmers, developers and businesses. Luckily, most of the 1100 land blocks weren\u2019t built upon or developed in that time. But the move left the rainforest fragmented, a tapestry of isolated pieces.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark says those fragments of rainforest that aren\u2019t connected to the rest slowly degrade and become less biodiverse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Formerly cleared lowland areas are being restored into rainforest by Rainforest Rescue and its partners and volunteers to create wildlife corridors and refuges. Image by Martin Stringer. \u00a9Rainforest Rescue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u2018It\u2019s all broken up on the edges. There are bits everywhere, and we want to stitch those pieces back together,\u2019 Mark says.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Putting the pieces of the Daintree tapestry back together is about more than making it whole again, it\u2019s also about connecting nature corridors for wildlife to roam and live freely. There are 142 rare, threatened and endangered species calling the Daintree home, including the southern cassowary and Bennett\u2019s Tree Kangaroo.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark says, \u2018You need these strategically placed corridors for wildlife to move through safely.\u2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more: Protecting wildlife corridors from Yellowstone to the Yukon<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reclaiming the land<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Australia\u2019s wild places receive very little government funding for biodiversity programs, so the Rainforest Rescue team have taken matters into their own hands. Since 1999, they\u2019ve protected 46 pockets of rainforest in Australia<\/a>, equating to more than two million square metres of rescued rainforest, and planted more than 400,000 native trees.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They\u2019ve even gifted some of the restored properties back to the state government to extend official national park boundaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rainforest Rescue welcomes the help of hundreds of local tree-planting volunteers each year. Image by Martin Stringer. \u00a9Rainforest Rescue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rainforest Rescue has a formally recognised agreement with Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation, who represent the local Yalanji people and are dedicated to protecting Culture and Country in the traditional way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rainforest Rescue prioritise working alongside the Traditional Owners of the land to help heal the rainforest.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018We have an authentic connection with the Eastern Kuku Yalanji people \u2013 the longest-standing custodians of the Daintree,\u2019 says Kristin Canning, Rainforest Rescue\u2019s partnerships director. \u2018We learn from each other and share experiences, and it\u2019s an honour and a privilege to be able to deepen our Cultural understanding.\u2019   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018It\u2019s quite powerful to be part of,\u2019 Mark adds. \u2018And it\u2019s interesting \u2013 the idea of “healing Country” is an alien concept to the Eastern Kuku Yalanji people. They lived in harmony with nature, so Country didn\u2019t need healing in the way it does now.\u2019  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pair agree that working alongside the Eastern Kuku Yalanji people is critical to their mission to restore the land in a way that respects and acknowledges the Traditional Owners. \u2018It\u2019s a chance to walk together, walk alongside each other and blend Cultural and ecological understanding,\u2019 Kristin says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A success story: Kurranji Bubu (Cassowary Land) <\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u2018In 2010, we took a big risk on this block of land. We even took out a loan to buy it. But it turned out to be one of the best things we could have done.\u2019   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kristin is talking about the 28 hectares of restored rainforest now known as Kurranji Bubu, meaning Cassowary Land in the traditional Kuku-Yalanji Language.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A fitting name, as Kristin says, \u2018There are very few times that I have been out there and not seen a cassowary.\u2019   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The patch of rainforest was first cleared in the late 1960s to farm bananas and pineapples, then again in the 1980s when it was further cleared to make way for a palm oil plantation. When Rainforest Rescue took on the land, it was littered with old cars and farming equipment, degraded buildings like sheds and 120 non-native palm oil trees.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over a decade of restoration work saw more than 180 tonnes of rubbish removed and 40,000 native trees planted. In 2021, the plot of land was classified as a nature refuge \u2013 a legally binding status that ensures Rainforest Rescue and the state government will protect Kurranji Bubu forever. After a moving Welcome to Country, the land was officially renamed by Kuku Yalanji Elder Andrew John Solomon during a special ceremony. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Formerly known as \u2018Lot 46\u2019, the restored land was officially renamed during a moving ceremony. Image by Martin Stringer. \u00a9Rainforest Rescue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Today, thanks to the help of the local communities who planted trees and removed rubbish alongside Rainforest Rescue, the nature refuge represents a \u2018best practice\u2019 model for restoration efforts and is recognised by conservationists worldwide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Restore, protect, repeat <\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With more work still to be done, Rainforest Rescue is determined to protect and restore more land and work alongside Traditional Owners, the local community and other conservation partners in a shared stewardship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A recent partnership with Intrepid\u2019s Daintree Ecolodge<\/a> helps the accommodation provider give back to the environment that sustains them and connects travellers to the cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rainforest Rescue has recently launched a tree-planting experience for Ecolodge guests to visit their local nursery and get their hands dirty planting a tree that will form part of the Daintree forever \u2013 just one of the ways travellers can give back to the place they’re visiting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To produce enough trees to match their ambitious restoration goals \u2013 with the help of generous donations \u2013 their native nursery in Cow Bay, Far North Queensland, is all set to grow more than 150,000 native trees annually. Here, they nurture native trees ready for the intense tropical climate by \u2018stressing out\u2019 seedlings and exposing them to harsh wet and dry conditions before planting in the wild. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018The nursery is by the old airstrip. If you look at it from a satellite view the runway looks like a scar across the rainforest \u2013 it looks out of place because nature doesn\u2019t do straight lines. And I like to think it\u2019s like we\u2019re healing those scars,\u2019 Mark smiles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can help Mark, Kristin and the Rainforest Rescue team heal and protect the Daintree forever by donating via The Intrepid Foundation<\/a> \u2013 this June the foundation is matching all donations up to AUD 50,000. Explore Intrepid\u2019s Daintree trips<\/a> to experience \u2018the most extraordinary place on Earth\u2019 for yourself.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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