Let’s save Lot 18 in the Daintree Rainforest on World Cassowary Day!

On the 26th of September - World Cassowary Day - all gifts will be matched to help us purchase and protect Lot 18 Daley Close at Kimberley in the Daintree Lowland Rainforest.

As we celebrate World Cassowary Day every dollar you donate will be matched for the purchase and protection of Lot 18 Daley Close, Kimberley. This is a unique opportunity to double your impact and save habitat for the endangered Cassowary. Please, donate now. 

Recognising the urgent need to protect habitat for the endangered Cassowary one special donor has contributed $50,000 to establish a Matching Gift Challenge to inspire others to support the purchase of Lot 18 Daley Close and protect it forever. Their donation of $50,000 means all donations are now matched up to $100,000. 

Your gift will make 2x the impact and help save the Daintree Rainforest from the threat of development.

All gifts will be matched up to $50,000 and with your support, we will raise a total of $100,000 to help purchase one Daintree Rainforest property on World Cassowary Day. 

We need your help, please, donate now.

The tropical rainforest at Lot 18 Daley Close shares a boundary with the Daintree National Park and World Heritage Area and provides habitat for the endangered Southern Cassowary. As habitat loss is the number one threat to the Cassowary the most important thing we can do is to save the Daintree Lowland Rainforest from the threat of development.  

A subdivision was carved into the Daintree Lowland Rainforest creating Lot 18 Daley Close and dozens of rural residential lots at Kimberley. The houses that have been built here fragment the rainforest and have damaged one of the most significant areas of tropical rainforests in Australia.

Together, we can ensure this development won’t go any further. All we need to do is buy this freehold property and add protect it in the Daintree National Park estate.

Your gift will make 2x the impact and help save the Daintree Rainforest from the threat of development.

All gifts will be matched up to $50,000 and with your support, we will raise a total of $100,000 to help purchase one Daintree Rainforest property on World Cassowary Day. 

We need your help, please, donate now.

Undeveloped freehold properties in the Daintree should not be left in the ownership of people who would destroy the rainforest. Development for housing fragments the rainforest and has negative on impacts the surrounding rainforest.

Lot 18 Daley Close at Kimberly in the Daintree Lowland Rainforest is in private ownership and can be developed for housing subject to approval from the Douglas Shire Council.

The development of other properties at Kimberley has caused significant damage. Clearing of vegetation and the creation of roads to the top of the ridges obtain views causes enormous damage.

The rainforest on this freehold property is of equal value to the nearby Daintree National Park and World Heritage Area and must be protected. 

Your gift will make 2x the impact and help save the Daintree Rainforest from the threat of development.

All gifts will be matched up to $50,000 and with your support, we will raise a total of $100,000 to help purchase one Daintree Rainforest property on World Cassowary Day. 

We need your help, please, donate now.

See the photos of the rainforest taken on Lot 18 Daley Close here. 

Due to COVID-19 development in the Daintree Lowland Rainforest is escalating. The tropical rainforest is being cleared for housing development. In response, we have purchased sixteen properties for conservation in the last two years. 

Your gift will make 2x the impact and help save the Daintree Rainforest from the threat of development.

All gifts will be matched up to $50,000 and with your support, we will raise a total of $100,000 to help purchase one Daintree Rainforest property on World Cassowary Day. 

We need your help, please, donate now.

With the help of thousands of people, in Australia and around the world we've raised the funds required to purchase sixteen properties. Now we are ready to save Lot 18 Daley Close at Kimberley from the threat of development and all that is needed is your support. 

Please, double your impact, make a donation now to save these two precious properties in the Daintree Lowland Rainforest.

For the Daintree Rainforest,

Kelvin Davies

Founder

Rainforest 4 Foundation

P.S. If you have any questions about this matching gift campaign or the purchase and protection of land in the Daintree Lowland Rainforest please or email me at [email protected]. You can also call me during business hours at 0437 423 119. 

P.S.S. This Matching Gift Challenge is occurring with our non-profit partner HalfCut. See more at www.GoHalfCut.org. The Rainforest 4 Foundation, HalfCut, and the Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation are working together in protecting the Daintree Lowland Rainforest and returning it to the ownership and management by the Traditional Owners, the Kuku Yalanji people. With the help of thousands of people, in Australia and around the world we've raised the funds needed to purchase 16 properties in the Daintree Lowland Rainforest in the last two years.