The Project – The George Mansford
Reserve
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Brigadier George Mansford
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The centrepiece of the ARF’s
efforts in the Daintree is 200 acres of land at Cape
Tribulation – The
George Mansford Reserve - named after Brigadier
George Mansford (retired), past and founding chairman
of the Australian Rainforest Foundation.
The land has been identified by scientists as having
the highest ecological values, with two-thirds of the
site covered by mega diverse Mesophyl vine forest exhibiting
many rare and threatened species of flora and fauna,
including the endangered cassowary.
A little over a quarter of the allotment had been
previously cleared for farming and the ARF will rehabilitate
this grassland to tropical rainforest as part of the
project.
Funds will be required to repay the Land Bank for
the purchase price of the land and to remove old fencing,
weeds and feral pigs from the site prior to revegetation.
The ARF is constructing a specialist nursery close
to the site to gather seeds and forest stems for use
in the revegetation of the tropical rainforest. The
ARF estimates that 30,000 trees may be needed to complete
the revegetation of the site.
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