Rainforest Trust buys Daintree rainforest blocks

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Kelvin Davies, Director of Rainforest Trust Australia at Lot 79-Buchanan Road

Kelvin Davies, CEO of Rainforest Trust Australia, at lot 79 Buchanan Road, Daintree Photo: Rainforest Trust

In July 2016 Rainforest Trust Australia bought lot 79 Buchanan in the Daintree as part of its project Expanding Daintree National Park. It is just over one hectare in size and forms part of an area of continuous habitat for the endangered southern cassowary.

CEO Kelvin Davies said the property is one of 20 slated for addition to the national park estate by Rainforest Trust Australia. ‘We’re currently negotiating with the Queensland government to have five properties we already own accepted for inclusion in the national park,’ he said. ‘And we have plans to buy another 14 properties as soon as possible.’The purchases complement the efforts of the Queensland Government, Douglas Shire Council and other non-government agencies to conserve the valuable lowland rainforests of the Daintree.

Kelvin Davies, Director of Rainforest Trust Australia at lot 79 Buchanan Road, Daintree Photo: Rainforest TrustKelvin Davies, CEO of Rainforest Trust Australia, at lot 79 Buchanan Road, Daintree Photo: Rainforest Trust