Climate change has to be the most serious issue facing the planet today and we have heard much in the media in 2007 about how global warming may melt the polar ice-caps and raise sea levels - but what about the rising temperatures in our rainforests?
In 2008 the Australian Rainforest Foundation will continue to do everything we can to protect and rehabilitate Australia’s rainforests and its inhabitants while at the same time encouraging conversation and action regarding the overall environmental health of the planet.
Our rainforests are a global treasure, recognised around the world for their beauty and biodiversity but they are often forgotten for their natural ability to effectively cool the planet as they absorb and store carbon. Regardless of this, they are still under threat – and we must act to save them now. In 2008 we will be calling on you to do just that, as we continue to roll out our global awareness and fundraising initiatives.
Of course we must thank our members, supporters, sponsors and friends who have already joined us and allowed us to achieve our goals over the last ten years but we look forward to extensively extending this global network in the coming year.
Wherever you are on our planet this holiday season, safe travels and best wishes from us all at the ARF.
Mark Slimmer, General Manager, Angsana Resort & Spa, plants tree number 1083 of 2000 made possible by the resorts' 'Hero2' contribution, watched on by Jacinta Allen, ARF and Shawn Huddy, Wilderness Challenge.
Angsana management team set records and become Hero2s
Leaving behind their beach side property at Palm Cove, the management team of Angsana Resort and Spa, Great Barrier Reef traveled in December with local tour company Wilderness Challenge to the World Heritage Daintree rainforest to help the ARF plant the first 1000 of 2000 trees sponsored by the luxury resort. More...
Armed and ready to begin the attack on weeds!
Free workshops arm residents to fight weeds
Residents of the Tully and Daintree regions are now armed to confidently identify and begin to manage invasive weeds on their rainforest properties thanks to free weed management workshops held in November. Thirty-seven local landowners attended the fully-booked, two half-day sessions hosted by the ARF under the Rainforest Stewardship Program. More...
Pigs take the ‘snag’ bait on ARF Daintree properties
Green snags and ‘grunts’ to reduce pig population
A University of Queensland (UQ) PhD student is using green snags and simulated pig noises to keep feral pigs from tearing up the rainforest and recently spent a few days staying at the ARF’s Daintree Community Conservation office to further his research with fruitful results. More...
One lucky little chick, with teeth marks of the dog who attacked it around it’s neck.
One lucky little chick
Steven Garrad – ARF Community Conservation Officer, Mission Beach
It’s that time of year, and reports are coming in almost daily of sightings of cassowary males with two or more young chicks, which is excellent news after the catastrophic figures in the recently released Queensland Parks and Wildlife 2006-07 State of the Wet Tropics Report. The report highlighted 31 cassowaries had died in the wake of Cyclone Larry and that’s nearly 3% of the known population of this endangered keystone species. More...
Golly gets on with the job
Farewell to Jol - Golly now on the ground
The Foundation was sad to see the departure from the ARF’s Community Conservation Office in the Daintree of Jolyon Ritchie last month. Jolyon was the first Community Conservation Officer recruited by the ARF and established many systems and relationships that will form the basis of the ARF’s ongoing work. We wish him well in his career. More...
John Kearney QC with ARF Patron Lynne Cosgrove (centred) and Dr Victoria Gordon ARF Chair
Protecting our rainforests for future generations
In December 2006 the ARF announced a huge boost to the conservation of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area and the Daintree Rainforest through a major financial contribution from Gold Coast residents, retired QC John Kearney and his wife Alison. The sponsorship of two pristine rainforest blocks by the Kearney’s was a result of the Foundation’s unique advertising campaign supported by General Peter Cosgrove. More...
2008 Year of the Frog
Did you know that 214 amphibian species occur in Australia which puts us in the top 13 countries in the world and that 47 of these species are already under threat and on top of that 25% of Australia’s frog species occur in the Wet Tropics region. We told you are rainforests are special! And because of that the ARF is joining the Year of the Frog global campaign, to be launched on New Year’s Eve. More...
Last minute Christmas gifts – Call us now on (07) 4041 1489
Visit the ARF Interpretive Centre and Gift Shop in Cairns, 51 Esplanade, Cairns, Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm or check out our brochure here - for all of your last minute Christmas gift ideas and know that all of proceeds will go to protecting our rainforests for future generations to enjoy. More...
In
Brief
Japan to help save Australia’s rainforests:
A Japanese film crew spent a day with ARF staff in November filming cassowaries in care and inspecting the need for corridors in the fragmented rainforest of coastal lowlands including a trip to the Leo Road block. All good international promotion for the ARF in its aim to raise global awareness of the importance of our rainforests and the need to raise private funds.
Fruit gets a chilling thanks to fridge donation
The banana supply at the Garners Beach Cassowary Rehabilitation Facility has been intermittent of late as the donors’ farm moves between harvesting periods. This, and the fact that the bought fruit is spoiling at an increasing rate as the daily temperatures rise, has led to short term shortfalls in the food for the birds in care. This problem has been solved in part by the delivery of a large commercial refrigerator (pictured) donated by Mr Warren Garrad of Brisbane. The almighty fridge was offloaded by forklift at a nearby farm then transported by QPWS truck to Garners Beach – the ARF would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr Garrad for this very kind donation.
That’s one big fridge
… and that’s where it’s going!
If you would like to be removed from our e-newsletter distribution
list please click here and
write PLEASE REMOVE ME in the Subject line.
Download
print version 
