The Cassowary is so iconic to this part of Queensland, that the local government is named Cassowary Coast Regional Council. Yet that hasn’t stopped this authority from approving a controversial new heliport development that will significantly impact the already-endangered cassowaries of Mission Beach.

It’s been 7 months since we began our Bushfire, Rainforests, and Recovery project which is removing flammable exotic plants and restoring rainforest in Northern NSW. Yesterday we headed out to a project site at Huonbrook in the Byron Bay hinterland with the InGrained Foundation to check on the progress. Our task was to plant 240 Bangalow Palms and then learn about the process of assisted natural regeneration in restoring the subtropical rainforest. 

As our country formally celebrates a day synonymous with the dispossession of Aboriginal people from their land, we have an opportunity as individuals to consider the role we can play in healing the past and redefining the future.

What's your New Years' resolution? If it involves looking after yourself and the planet you'll want to join the HalfCut PSS 30 Day Fitness Challenge.

An aquatic ecology survey in a Daintree lowland rainforest stream has identified fourteen species of fish in an undisturbed ecosystem. 

It's been a big year for the protection of land in the Daintree Lowland Rainforest with six properties purchased for conservation. We are now working towards the inclusion of these properties in the Daintree National Park. Thank you to all of our wonderful donors!

Rainforest 4 Foundation supporters were up in arms at the news that Douglas Shire Council was considering a bridge across the Daintree River. In response, we launched a petition and made a formal submission in opposition to the proposed bridge. Now the results are in. 

Criminals have damaged our tree planting site in the Daintree Lowland Rainforest. More than 400 rainforest trees, some of them established through the donations of a ten year old boy who chipped in all his pocket money, have been ripped from the earth and left on the ground to die. 

Dr Steven Turton issues a warning on the threats to the Daintree Lowland Rainforest and its World Heritage values. 

A formal submission and a petition signed by over 8,000 people have been presented to the Douglas Shire Council in opposition to the proposed bridge over the Daintree River