Another Daintree Rainforest property has been cleared for housing development in the Daintree Lowland Rainforest. The rainforest on this property in Cow Bay was destroyed last week along with habitat for the endangered cassowary and other threatened species.
The devastation on the Bloodwood Road property after clearing for housing development
When I made an offer to purchase Lot 189 Bloodwood Road in Cow Bay in December the price was accepted, and I thought we had a deal. I then asked if the settlement on the purchase could occur in 90 days rather than 30, so we would have the time to raise the funds. The answer was no, they needed the funds in 30 days and the opportunity was lost.
On Sunday, I visited Bloodwood Road in Cow Bay and was devastated (but not surprised) to see the rainforest destroyed. This is what happens when these blocks are purchased by others who would destroy the oldest rainforest in the world for housing.
Please, will you put a stop to the destruction of the Daintree Rainforest and make a tax-deductible donation now.
Lot 198 Bloodwood Road was a beautiful undisturbed rainforest block with an overstory of huge bloodwood trees. I’m sure if we’d had the opportunity to survey the property we would have found around 200 species of plants and a number of threatened species as we always do on these blocks.
The rainforest in Cow Bay provides an ideal habitat for the endangered southern cassowary and the Bennett's tree-kangaroo. Sadly, not anymore.
The Bloodwood Road property before clearing
We have purchased ten Daintree Rainforest properties in the past twenty months, obviously, we cannot stop there. We are purchasing one property on average every 60 days but if we do not keep up the pace many more will be lost to development.
We’ve identified a total of 207 undeveloped freehold properties in the Daintree Lowland Rainforest that must be purchased for conservation or be lost to development. We’ve proven that with your support, we can save the Daintree Rainforest with the purchase of ten properties for conservation in the past twenty months. It's vitally important that we keep the buyback going.
Today, six similar properties are being offered for sale in Daintree Lowland Rainforest including two that are just around the corner from Bloodwood Road.
Right now, there are four houses under construction in Daintree Lowland Rainforest
Please, put a stop to the destruction of the Daintree Rainforest, and make a tax-deductible donation now.
