Protect Vital Rainforest in Australia for Climate
Australia rainforest protection
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Summary
Purchase, protect, and replant 100 acres in one of the world’s oldest and most diverse tropical rainforests, which contains rare and threatened flora and fauna.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
The World Heritage Listed tropical rainforest in Australia contains one of the highest numbers of plant and animal species that are threatened with extinction in the world. The Australian Rainforest Foundation is dedicated to habitat rehabilitation, education and research. Land purchase will protect these ancient plants and create wildlife corridors for continued specie survival. The rainforest will benefit from this land protection and extension by maintaining its mega biodiversity.
Activities
Purchasing land will ensure its protection as a nature refuge. Extending and repairing the rainforest by planting the right tree in the right place , will provide ongoing habitat for rainforest fauna.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $16,359
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $83,641
Total Funding Goal: $100,000
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This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
Preserving this ancient rainforest will give future generations the prospect of new medicines. Protecting this forest will store thousands of tons of carbon stored in the forest's biomass, and re-vegetating cleared land will give us oxygen.
Project Message
To care for and help save an important piece of the world is a moral act that your family and future generations will greatly appreciate.
- Roger Phillips, CEO, Australian Rainforest Foundation.
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Roger Phillips
CEO, Australian Rainforest Foundation
Australian Rainforest Foundation
PO Box 3006
Cairns, Queensland 4870
Australia
61740512000
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Organization
Australian Rainforest Foundation
51 Esplanade
PO Bx 3006
Cairns,
Queensland
4870
Australia
+61740512000
http://www.arf.net.au
Australian Rainforest Foundation's Current Projects on GlobalGiving
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Where this Project is Located
Country
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Australia
and can also be found under 
Climate Change (GG Green).
For more information about Australia, read the Human Development Report on Australia or the Wikipedia entry for Australia.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on June 29, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on September 14, 2007
Latest Update from the Field
Out with the Weed, in with the Tree...
By Jacinta Allen McCosh - Office Manager, June 29, 2009 12:34 PM
Hi there….,
Well its June here in the beautiful Daintree National Park, North Queensland, which signals the dry season in the tropics. We have a very busy few months ahead of us to achieve our targets in extending and repairing the Rainforest.
We were lucky enough to have 24 students from St Kevin’s College in Victoria come up and give us a hand in some weed eradication, site testing and clean up. They came in three waves to the site to slog it out by slashing, rubbish removal, weed pulling and of course tree planting. We now have four different kinds of weed eradication tests in progress for best practice in the future. The kids were able to take with them some valuable lessons in caring for our environment as well as splinters, bruises and sore muscles for their hard work, for which we are very grateful.
The dry season allows us to have full access to the site that we don’t have during the wet season. We have found the feral pigs have been in and damaged some hard work already done on the site back in November 2008 which needs to be repaired. We have now completed site preparation of 2000 square meters and planted 800 rainforest trees to start the transformation from degraded land to new rainforest.
We appreciate your continued support and look forward to the hard work your kind donations make possible. Making an incredible environmental impact is not easy, but donors such as you make it easier. GlobalGiving has had such an important impact on our environmental efforts. The ARF is a better Foundation because of all of you and the Project Leader looks forward to updating you soon on this field work in progress.
Thanks Aye!!
Jacinta Allen McCosh
Office Manager
Australian Rainforest Foundation
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