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George Mansford Reserve

The Project – The George Mansford Reserve

 
George Mansford
Brigadier George Mansford (retired)

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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This reserve of 200 acres is the largest single block of privately owned rainforest land for conservation in the Daintree region of the World Heritage listed Wet Tropics in far north Queensland, Australia.

The Australian Rainforest Foundation has undertaken to raise $2.6 million (AUS) to cover the cost of purchasing and rehabilitating this critical rainforest allotment, in one of the world’s oldest and most biodiverse regions for the benefit of future generations.

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