Double your impact for the Daintree - all gifts matched for Lot 34

Right now you can double the impact you make with a donation to purchase and protect Lot 34 Cape Tribulation Road in the Daintree Rainforest. 

One of our leadership team of donors has provided a gift of $50,000 to establish a special Matching Gift Challenge. They saw the urgent need for the purchase of Lot 34 Cape Tribulation Road in the heart of the Daintree Lowland Rainforest and wanted to inspire other to donate. 

Now every dollar you donate for the purchase and protection of Lot 34 will be matched - dollar for dollar. This is a fantastic opportunity to double the impact of your gift so please donate now.

This special Matching Gift Challenge will raise $100,000 for the purchase and protection of Lot 34 Cape Tribulation Road. This property is zoned by the Douglas Shire Council for development. It's also the habitat for the Endangered Southern Cassowary and 195 species of native plants

Please, donate now and help purchase Lot 34 Cape Tribulation Road in the Daintree Rainforest. 

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

Urgent- help purchase and protect Lot 34 Cape Tribulation Road 

Lot 34 Cape Tribulation Road also provides habitat for the Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher and the Orange-footed Scrub Fowl. Our ecologist and botanist has produced a written report on the vegetation at Lot 34 Cape Tribulation Road which is summerised here

Daintree Rainforest properties are mostly sold on the open market. We have managed to purchase 26 Daintree properties for conservation, but we are not the only interested party. There is competition from people who would purchase land in the world’s oldest rainforest and develop it for housing.  

To prevent the development of Lot 34 Cape Tribulation Road we acted quickly. Now that we've exchanged a contract of sale we need your help. We need to raise $300,000 to purchase, protect, and restore Lot 34 Cape Tribulation Road

With the Matching Gift Challenge in place, every $5 you donate will purchase one square metre of Daintree Rainforest. If you donate $25 you will help purchase five square metres of essential Cassowary habitat! A donation of $50 will help purchase ten square metres and $100 will help purchase twenty square metres of the World Heritage value Daintree Rainforest.

Lot 34 in the landscape 

A subdivision in the 1980s impacted two-thirds of the Daintree Lowland Rainforest creating 1,136 freehold blocks and 50 km of roads. Our successful buyback program is helping to piece it back together.

We’ve already purchased three blocks close to Lot 34 which is also a short distance from the Daintree National Park. Last year we purchased Lot 85 Cape Tribulation Road and Lot 110 Palm Road. This year purchased Lot 93 Cape Tribulation Road.

All gifts will be matched to help us purchase and protect this at-risk property in the Daintree Lowland Rainforest. 

We have purchased 26 Daintree Rainforest properties but we can't stop now. We need your help, please, donate now.

The first $50,000 donated to this project is being matched by our leadership team of philanthropic donors! Double your impact by donating now and helping raise the first $100,000. 

With the Matching Gift Challenge in place, every $5 you donate will purchase one square metre of Daintree Rainforest. If you donate $25 you will help purchase five square metres of essential Cassowary habitat! A donation of $50 will help purchase ten square metres and $100 will help purchase twenty square metres of the World Heritage value Daintree Rainforest.

The need to protect and restore the habitat for the Endangered Southern Cassowary is the reason we’ve chosen Lot 34 Cape Tribulation Road as the next property to purchase. 

The purchase of properties like Lot 34 prevents development. That prevents fragmentation of the rainforest and settlement which brings more traffic on local roads, the introduction of domestic pets that prey on wildlife, and exotic plants that become weeds. Winding back the disastrous subdivision helps protect the most biodiverse ecosystem in Australia.

With the Matching Gift Challenge in place, every $5 you donate will purchase one square metre of Daintree Rainforest. If you donate $25 you will help purchase five square metres of essential Cassowary habitat! A donation of $50 will help purchase ten square metres and $100 will help purchase twenty square metres of the World Heritage value Daintree Rainforest.

The Endangered Southern Cassowary  

The Musky Rat-kangaroo is found in the Daintree Lowland Rainforest. They are endemic to the rainforests of northeastern Australia. They weigh about 500 grams and bound rather than hop, traveling on all fours like a rabbit. They eat insects, leaves, and the fruit of rainforest trees that have fallen to the ground.

We've taken many photos of these at-risk properties. Please see the photos of Lot 34 Cape Tribulation Road here

With the Matching Gift Challenge in place, every $5 you donate will purchase one square metre of Daintree Rainforest. If you donate $25 you will help purchase five square metres of essential Cassowary habitat! A donation of $50 will help purchase ten square metres and $100 will help purchase twenty square metres of the World Heritage value Daintree Rainforest.

Musky Rat-kangaroo

Our vision for the Daintree Lowland Rainforest requires the buyback of all undeveloped freehold properties in the Daintree Lowland Rainforest and their management for nature conservation. With the help of thousands of people, in Australia and around the world we've raised the funds to purchase 26 properties. Now we need to save Lot 34 Cape Tribulation Road from the threat of development and all that is needed is your support.

Please, join me and make a donation to purchase and protect this important Daintree Rainforest property.

If you have any questions about the purchase and protection of land in the Daintree Lowland Rainforest please see our answers to frequently asked questions or email me at [email protected]. You can also call me during business hours at 0437 423 119.

For the Daintree Rainforest,

Kelvin Davies

Founder, Rainforest 4 Foundation

P.S. Making an affordable gift every month is one of the very best ways to help us buy back land in the Daintree Lowland Rainforest as it allows us to plan ahead. The more people we have making a monthly gift the more confidence we can have in placing a deposit on properties and planning for their purchase. 

Please, will you help to save the Daintree with an affordable monthly gift? 

Your monthly gift will support the purchase of at-risk freehold properties and protect them forever. The average cost to purchase 1 sqm of the Daintree Rainforest is $2.50. Every $5 you donate will help save 2 square meters of the Daintree Rainforest from the threat of development. A $25 donation will help save 10 square meters of beautiful tropical rainforest. A donation of $50 will help save 20 square meters and $100 will help save 40 square meters of World Heritage value Daintree Rainforest. 

Donations are tax-deductible and receipts will be issued. Other frequently asked questions are answered here.

Bennett's Tree-kangaroo - Photo by David White 

Endangered Ecological Community

The Daintree Lowland Rainforest itself has now been identified as part of an Endangered Ecological Community. In November 2021 the Australian Government listed the lowland tropical rainforest of the Wet Tropics ecological community, in the Endangered Category under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. The listing is effective as of Friday 26 November 2021 and includes the Wet Tropics of North Queensland, from near Ingham (just south of the Cardwell Range) in the south to north around Cape Tribulation. While now listed as Endangered the Daintree Lowland Rainforest is still not fully protected. The freehold properties in the Daintree lowland remain at risk from rural residential development.

BACKGROUND 

In 1982 the Queensland government approved a 1,136-lot rural residential subdivision in the Daintree. This resulted in two-thirds of the Daintree Lowland Rainforest being excluded from protection in the Daintree National Park and Wet Tropics World Heritage Area that was declared in 1988. Lot 398 Maple Road in Cow Bay is one of these properties.

The Daintree Lowland Rainforest is one of the oldest rainforests on Earth and provides a refuge for wildlife and ancient flowering plants. It holds exceptionally high biodiversity and conservation value and is the largest continuous area of tropical rainforest remaining in Australia. With almost 200 undeveloped properties remaining in private ownership, the future of the Daintree is yet to be determined. Will it be increased development and urbanisation, or will it be the winding back of the disastrous subdivision to save the Daintree Rainforest. 

STRONGER TOGETHER

The project to purchase and protect land in the Daintree Lowland Rainforest is a partnership involving the Rainforest 4 Foundation, Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation, and fellow non-profit HalfCut. We recognise that we are Stronger Together and raise funds for the buyback of properties in the Daintree Rainforest and their management for conservation.  

 

 

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    published this page in Latest News 2022-12-15 14:53:22 +1100