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NetDaily, 24 April 2020:
The
last few years have been a rolling wave of dire situations: floods
that caused local devastation, followed by drought that saw much of
the country dry out, compounded by some of Australia’s worst fires.
Of course that was all before the current COVID-19 pandemic that is
sweeping the globe.
But
the rain has come, and while community planting events have had to be
cancelled due to the virus, there is still plenty of opportunity to
support having a positive influence on the climate.
The
Rainforest 4 Foundation has been at the forefront of positive action,
including planting rainforest trees to restore fire-devastated
rainforests and buying back land in the Daintree.
‘We’ve
purchased four properties this year, one each month’, said Kelvin
Davies, founder of the Rainforest 4 Foundation.
‘We
ran a crowd funding campaign in November with Mullumbimby based
company We Are Explorers, and that helped to purchase Lot 305,
Cypress Road, Cow Bay, Daintree.’
In
fact Rainforest 4 have managed to buy back, or have under contract,
six properties in the Daintree since August 2019. They are currently
raising the funds to purchase the sixth, Lot 330, Cape Tribulation
Road, which is currently under contract. It will cost $25,000, so far
they have raised $9,895 and need to raise another $15,105 to complete
the purchase.
Rainforest
4 work in partnership with the local Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal
Corporation and transfer the properties they purchase to the Daintree
National Park and World Heritage Area….
Closer
to home Rainforest 4 are looking to keep planting trees to help
rebuild the local rainforests that have been devastated by the recent
fires……
Kelvin Davies at Upper Wilsons Creek. Image supplied. |
Only
one per cent of the Lowland Subtropical Rainforest remains in this
region and Rainforest 4 is aiming to directly support that rainforest
by planting and restoring habitat in and near areas that were damaged
by the Mt Nardi fires.
Over 5,500 hectares were impacted by the fires in the areas of Terania Creek, Tuntable Creek, Tuntable Falls, Huonbrook, Upper Coopers Creek, Upper Wilsons Creek, Wanganui and surrounds.
For
$10 you can support the planting of a tree, including its maintenance
for three years. To donate, or to find out more go to Rainforest 4Foundation.
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