I'm thrilled to announce the habitat for the endangered cassowary at Lot 92 Cape Tribulation Road in the Daintree Rainforest is safe and secure.
We've reached our fundraising goal and this very important property is now protected forever! Thank you!
What an amazing feeling.
One sqm of rainforest was saved with every $5 donated. As Lot 92 has 89,000 sqm (8.9 hectares) of rainforest it required the generosity of thousands of people to make this great outcome possible.
If you are one of these wonderful donors please give yourself three cheers! You've helped to save the oldest continually existing rainforest on Earth.
Lot 92 Cape Tribulation Road in the Daintree Rainforest.
An important link to the Daintree National Park
Lot 92 Cape Tribulation Road adjoins the Daintree National Park and World Heritage Area on two boundaries offering significant habitat linkage across the landscape between the coast and the mountains.
Recovering from fragmentation.
Fragmentation occurs when forests are reduced in the area through deforestation, road building or other developments, dividing the forest into smaller blocks and creating what is known as the edge effect. The impacts of the edge effect have been thoroughly documented over several decades and show the significant detrimental effects on biodiversity.
In 1981, the Queensland Government approved a rural residential subdivision of 1,136 properties in the Daintree Lowland Rainforest and 50 km of roads. As a result, two-thirds of the lowland rainforest (between the Daintree River and Cape Tribulation) was excluded from protection in the Daintree National Park and Wet Tropics World Heritage Area that was declared in 1988.
Through land buyback, we’re turning the tide towards conservation in the Daintree Rainforest and protecting the biodiversity of this incredible ecosystem.
A secure cassowary corridor
A haven for threatened species
Lot 92 Cape Tribulation Road now forms a safe and secure corridor for endangered cassowaries linking neighboring Lot 93 Cape Tribulation Road (a property we purchased two years ago) with the Daintree National Park / Wet Tropics World Heritage Area.
Set over 8.9 hectares of Daintree Lowland Rainforest, the ecosystem and vegetation on Lot 92 Cape Tribulation Road is mapped as essential habitat for the endangered southern cassowary.
During a survey on the property our ecologist recorded the presence of Cassowaries and a recent sighting on neighbouring Lot 93 Cape Tribulation Road further confirms how valuable the area is to this iconic endangered species. See this video of a Cassowary on Lot 93.
With 180 species of native plants (and 7 listed as Threatened) we had to ensure this block was protected so it could be managed for conservation. You can read a summary of the survey by our ecologist here.
Pathway to Protection
We know the land buyback works. You've helped demonstrate that by supporting the purchase and protection of 33 Daintree properties in the last 5 years. On average that's one property purchased and protected every 8 weeks!
Now Lot 92 Cape Tribulation Road at Cow Bay has now been placed on the pathway to protection, a process that includes assessment for its potential to be includedm in the Daintree National Park (CYPAL).
Lot 92 adjoins the Daintree National Park / World Heritage Area.
We won't stop until the job is done
There are many at-risk Daintree properties being offered for sale right now. We have an opportunity to purchase and protect them and save the iconic Daintree Lowland Rainforest.
Your continued support is our inspiration to keep buying freehold properties in the Daintree Rainforest.
Thank you to everyone who donated to make the purchase and protection of Lot 92 Cape Tribulation Road in Cow Bay possible.
