Cassowary

• Strategically acquire properties to facilitate the expansion of the cassowary corridor in the Wet Tropics – ensuring the long-term survival of the endangered southern cassowary by saving critical habitat from development.
• Champion the permanent protection of these ecologically significant properties as nature refuges.
• Collaborate with Traditional Owners, partners and community volunteers to undertake rainforest restoration projects and provide more food sources, movement corridors and breeding grounds for the cassowary.

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• The southern cassowary is listed in the top 20 threatened species in Australia.
• With as few as 4,000 southern cassowary estimated to remain in the wild, the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area is a stronghold for its conservation.
• Through our Revolving Fund, we have purchased and protected more than 700 hectares of cassowary habitat in the Wet Tropics Heritage Area since 2004, including Gurrbum Reserve, Cassowary Connection Nature Refuge, Daintree Lot 83 and Ant Plant East and Ant Plant West Nature Refuges.
• Over 6,620 native trees have been planted on Gurrbum Reserve with more to come, including cassowary food sources such as bandicoot berry (Leea indica), cassowary plum (Cerbera floribunda), and quandong (Elaeocarpus johnsonii).
• The vegetation on Cassowary Connection Nature Refuge is part of the largest contiguous block of lowland rainforest south of the Daintree River.
• We’re contributing to the expansion and acceleration of Daintree reforestation efforts through the provision of land on Daintree Lot 83 for a nursery where rainforest seedlings will be propagated.

“The cassowary disperses at least 60-70 species of rainforest trees … If the cassowary is surviving, the rainforest is surviving and all the other animals, plants and organisms that make up this incredible celebration of life on earth are able to survive.”

Peter Trott, Secretary, C4