Can we save the Daintree Rainforest?

How you can help. For every $5 donated, Rainforest Rescue are able to protect 1 square metre of the Daintree Rainforest. A $30 donation will plant and maintain three rainforest trees for two years. Donations are tax deductible.

1. How can we help save the Daintree Rainforest?
2. Is Daintree forest protected?
3. What is wrong with the Daintree Rainforest?
4. Why is the Daintree under threat?
5. Is the Daintree safe?
6. What have humans done to the Daintree Rainforest?
7. How is the Daintree sustainable?
8. How much of the Daintree rainforest has been cut down?
9. Who owns the Daintree rainforest?
10. How has the Daintree changed over time?
11. How many cassowaries are left in the Daintree?
12. How old is Daintree rainforest?
13. Why is the Daintree rainforest so special?
14. Why is the Daintree rainforest protected under the World Heritage listing?
15. Are there crocodiles in Daintree River?
16. Can you swim at Daintree?
17. Is it safe to walk in the Daintree Rainforest?

How can we help save the Daintree Rainforest?

Being a sustainable member of society, meaning a decrease in both energy use and waste, while only buying sustainable products, will help the overall environment, including the Daintree. Donating to rescue companies which directly help the rainforest can also give you that warm fuzzy feeling when helping others.

Is Daintree forest protected?

The Daintree Rainforest was added to the world heritage list in 1988. The area protected under World Heritage listing covers an area of approximately 12,000 square kilometres and stretches from Townsville to Cooktown. 75 per cent of which is tropical rainforest, an area equivalent to about the size of Sydney.

What is wrong with the Daintree Rainforest?

Fragmentation. The habitat of the Daintree Rainforest has gone through years of fragmentation caused by urban development, from residential development to clearing for farms. This stops animals and plants moving about, limiting the variety of the ecosystems and breeding populations in each rainforest section.

Why is the Daintree under threat?

Rural residential development: Clearing of the rainforest for residential development remains the greatest threat to the Daintree Lowland Rainforest leading to fragmentation, displacement of wildlife, and susceptibility to invasive weeds all of which threaten the biodiversity values which make the Daintree Rainforest ...

Is the Daintree safe?

Unfortunately for us, we fall under the category prey with these creatures, with numerous deaths and injuries throughout history, with an average of two fatal occurrences per year. Daintree is swarming with crocs, all looming in rivers, watering holes, and the nearby ocean.

What have humans done to the Daintree Rainforest?

Farming affects the Daintree Rainforest because farmers burn the rainforest in order to clear land for more farming. ... Tourism is a problem because as interest in the Daintree Rainforest grows, more buses and transport is needed to keep up with demand and that increases the carbon dioxide and impacts on climate change.

How is the Daintree sustainable?

Being situated in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area the Daintree receives an annual rainfall of around 4m per year. This means there is no need to irrigate and all trees are watered by mother nature. To reduce our carbon footprint, we reduce, reuse and recycle wherever possible.

How much of the Daintree rainforest has been cut down?

In many parts of this narrow strip the hilly slopes of the Great Dividing Range fall quite steeply into the Coral Sea leaving only about 70km of lowland including mangroves. Approximately half of the rainforest in these lowlands has been cleared and much of the rainforest that remains has been selectively logged.

Who owns the Daintree rainforest?

The Daintree National Park's traditional owners are the Eastern Kuku Yalanji Aboriginal people. Many of the natural features of the landscape hold spiritual significance for the traditional owners. One of these features is the location of the bouncing stones at Thornton Beach.

How has the Daintree changed over time?

During this period of drifting, the landscape changed as global conditions became colder and drier. Rainforests contracted and became drier forests that evolved with the domination of the eucalypts. ... The Daintree is now acknowledged as the longest living, continuously growing rainforest on the planet.

How many cassowaries are left in the Daintree?

Just 4000 cassowaries are believed to be left in the wild but you have a good chance of spotting them in various sections of the Wet Tropics Rainforest like the Girringun National Park near Ingham, Barron Falls National Park in Kuranda and in the rainforests of Daintree and Cape Tribulation.

How old is Daintree rainforest?

The Daintree Rainforest is at least 135 million years old – possibly even as old as 180 million years! It is the world's oldest tropical lowland rainforest.

Why is the Daintree rainforest so special?

The Daintree is one of the best biologically diverse rainforests in the world. Home to a huge percentage of the entire country's animal population. This includes 30% of Australia's frog population, 65% of butterfly and bats and around 12,000 different insect species. As well as being diverse, the animals are unique.

Why is the Daintree rainforest protected under the World Heritage listing?

World Heritage listing of Australia's Wet Tropics contained an ambitious element of universal conservation by crossing artificial boundaries to conserve rainforest of the highest order of biodiversity and biological significance regardless of tenure and existing land uses.

Are there crocodiles in Daintree River?

CROCODILES. There are two species of crocodiles in Australia, the Saltwater and Freshwater species, and only the "salties" inhabit the Daintree River. It's scientific name is Crocodylus Porosus and its habitat ranges throughout the Indo Pacific regions.

Can you swim at Daintree?

Yes! And there are some awesome swimming spots in the Daintree Rainforest for you to explore! Sure, there are some beautiful beaches nearby but sometimes you just want to jump into a river or lake. There are a few awesome reasons why you should head to the Daintree for a swim, and we'll tell you why!

Is it safe to walk in the Daintree Rainforest?

Re: can we walk the Daintree rainforest by ourselves? Yes, very safe if you stay on the boardwalks and trails and driving on sealed roads unless you go down to a few of the beaches which are unsealed and may get boggy in the wet. Do not swim at the beaches or in waterholes which are not marked safe for swimming.