Daintree Lot 83
A partnership planted in rainforest restoration
QTFN’s landmark purchase of Daintree Lot 83 in September 2020, a 376-hectare property on Cape Tribulation Road in the Douglas Shire Council, provides the platform for a multi-faceted program with far-reaching environmental, social, economic and cultural benefits.
Make your impact
- Providing the financial injection required to purchase Daintree Lot 83 from the Douglas Shire Council.
- Collaborating with Rainforest Rescue, Douglas Shire Council, and the local community to protect a slice of the Daintree and potentially restore cassowary habitat on land previously cleared for cattle grazing.
- Looking to reforest grazing land to expand the rainforest along reef priority catchments along the Daintree River.
- Conducting a baseline ecological survey to provide a more detailed assessment of the species found on the property.
- Working with Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation
- The health of the Daintree rainforest is crucial. Hundreds of species including many endemic, rare and threatened species rely on the type of ecosystems found on Daintree Lot 83, such as the southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius johnsonii), Bennett’s tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus bennettianus), species of rainforest stream frogs and numerous vulnerable and near threatened plant species.
- We have been in partnership with Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation to determine opportunities for cultural and ecological restoration on the land
- The plan for Daintree Lot 83 lays the foundations to have tangible and long-lasting benefits for the community and the environment.
- Daintree Lot 83 has potential to deliver environmental, cultural, and social outcomes for First Nations peoples, conservation groups, and the community.
“The sale of this land puts the land in the hands of those who are best placed to enhance and protect biodiversity and restore habitat for wildlife. We can do this by collaborating with and supporting our conservation community to make a real difference.”
Michael Kerr, Douglas Shire Council Mayor
“Climate change is the greatest challenge we are facing and planting trees is one of the things we can do to address it. Daintree Lot 83 is, symbolically, at the gateway to the Daintree and its purchase, and our plans for a nursery with the capacity to propagate 150,000 trees in a year, means we can increase our impact on a global climate level. We couldn’t do this without QTFN and its capacity to identify and manage large scale projects.”
Branden Barber, CEO, Rainforest Rescue
- Rainforest Rescue
- Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC
- Douglas Shire Council
- Community
Action & Insight
Waterways for Wildlife: One tree at a time
On 11 April, six members of the QTFN team headed out to Aroona Station to plant 300 trees. The trees were planted along a water course that is threatened by erosion and will benefit from more vegetation. Our Waterways for Wildlife project at Aroona aims to widen our riparian buffers to improve habitat quality, […]
Little Liverpool Range Initiative: a collaborative partnership close to home
What is the Little Liverpool Range Initiative? The Little Liverpool Range Initiative (LLRI) has been built on a collaborative partnership between the Queensland Trust for Nature, the Turner Family Foundation, and Ipswich City Council, alongside landholders, natural resource management groups, and other councils working together with the shared goal of conservation. The purpose of LLRI […]
Celebrating land management partnerships at Aroona
QTFN have entered into a long-term partnership with Ecosure and Fireland to help integrate our weed and fire land management methods on Aroona Station. Ecosure’s expertise in restoration planning and delivering on-ground works, and Fireland’s expertise in ecological fire will help us approach restoration efforts strategically across the property. Aroona is at the top of […]
Our work
- Providing the financial injection required to purchase Daintree Lot 83 from the Douglas Shire Council.
- Collaborating with Rainforest Rescue, Douglas Shire Council, and the local community to protect a slice of the Daintree and potentially restore cassowary habitat on land previously cleared for cattle grazing.
- Looking to reforest grazing land to expand the rainforest along reef priority catchments along the Daintree River.
- Conducting a baseline ecological survey to provide a more detailed assessment of the species found on the property.
- Working with Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation
Our impact
- The health of the Daintree rainforest is crucial. Hundreds of species including many endemic, rare and threatened species rely on the type of ecosystems found on Daintree Lot 83, such as the southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius johnsonii), Bennett’s tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus bennettianus), species of rainforest stream frogs and numerous vulnerable and near threatened plant species.
- We have been in partnership with Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation to determine opportunities for cultural and ecological restoration on the land
- The plan for Daintree Lot 83 lays the foundations to have tangible and long-lasting benefits for the community and the environment.
- Daintree Lot 83 has potential to deliver environmental, cultural, and social outcomes for First Nations peoples, conservation groups, and the community.
“The sale of this land puts the land in the hands of those who are best placed to enhance and protect biodiversity and restore habitat for wildlife. We can do this by collaborating with and supporting our conservation community to make a real difference.”
Michael Kerr, Douglas Shire Council Mayor
“Climate change is the greatest challenge we are facing and planting trees is one of the things we can do to address it. Daintree Lot 83 is, symbolically, at the gateway to the Daintree and its purchase, and our plans for a nursery with the capacity to propagate 150,000 trees in a year, means we can increase our impact on a global climate level. We couldn’t do this without QTFN and its capacity to identify and manage large scale projects.”
Branden Barber, CEO, Rainforest Rescue
Who’s involved
- Rainforest Rescue
- Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC
- Douglas Shire Council
- Community
Action & insight
Action & Insight
Waterways for Wildlife: One tree at a time
On 11 April, six members of the QTFN team headed out to Aroona Station to plant 300 trees. The trees were planted along a water course that is threatened by erosion and will benefit from more vegetation. Our Waterways for Wildlife project at Aroona aims to widen our riparian buffers to improve habitat quality, […]
Little Liverpool Range Initiative: a collaborative partnership close to home
What is the Little Liverpool Range Initiative? The Little Liverpool Range Initiative (LLRI) has been built on a collaborative partnership between the Queensland Trust for Nature, the Turner Family Foundation, and Ipswich City Council, alongside landholders, natural resource management groups, and other councils working together with the shared goal of conservation. The purpose of LLRI […]
Celebrating land management partnerships at Aroona
QTFN have entered into a long-term partnership with Ecosure and Fireland to help integrate our weed and fire land management methods on Aroona Station. Ecosure’s expertise in restoration planning and delivering on-ground works, and Fireland’s expertise in ecological fire will help us approach restoration efforts strategically across the property. Aroona is at the top of […]