Rainforest Rescue Rainforest Rescue

Australia > QLD > Regional

Field of Interest

  • Education/training and employment
  • Environment conservation and climate change

Target Population

  • Flora / fauna
  • General population

Organisation Summary

Rainforest Rescue is a not-for-profit organisation with a vision to Protect Rainforests Forever. We raise funds to buy back vulnerable, unprotected areas of the Daintree Rainforest in strategic locations to form vital wildlife corridors and food sources for many rare, endangered and wonderful native species. We also work with landowners to restore areas formerly cleared for agriculture back into lush, biodiverse rainforest habitat.

The protection and restoration of wildlife habitat is the reason Rainforest Rescue exists. Everything we do, in both protecting established rainforest and the restoration of formerly cleared rainforest, creates and protects habitat for Daintree flora and fauna – a significant amount of which is rare and threatened, and plays a vital role in ecosystem services such as prevention of erosion and climate change mitigation. Trees are the answer!

Since 1999 we have purchased and protected 44 properties north of the Daintree river and planted over 350,000 trees in the Daintree region.

Our Vision: To protect rainforests, forever.

Our Mission:
– Rescue vulnerable rainforests by strategically buying properties;
– Restore damaged and fragmented habitat through reforestation;
– Conserve the biodiversity and cultural heritage of rainforest; and
– Learn from the forest, sharing and raising awareness

Our Values:
Ethical – Working to the highest ethical standards both internally and with external stakeholders
Sustainable – Ensuring Rainforest Rescue has a light footprint on the planet
Professional – Working in a transparent, innovative, and agile way to get the best value for money
Engaging – Proactively listening to our audiences and actively contributing to rainforest conservations
Respectful – Leading by example and ensuring our work reflects the special sense of place rainforests
Collaborative – Working in partnership to maximise synergies and impact to protect rainforest forever

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Level 6, 126 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne VIC 3002

We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we live, learn and work. We pay our respects to Elders past and present.

Australian Communities Foundation is a proudly inclusive organisation and an ally of LGBTQIA+ communities and the movement toward equality.