Land Restoration Fund contracted projects
Restoration of high-altitude cloud forest for threatened species and connectivity: Atherton Tableland—R3016
Fast facts
- Location
- Jaggan, Wet Tropics
- Sector
- Conservation
- Investment
- $1,224,000
- Proponent
- Wintergreen Capital Pty Ltd as trustee for Wintergreen Capital Trust
- Duration
- 16 years
- Emissions Reduction Fund project ID
- Pending
- Method
- Reforestation by Environmental or Mallee Plantings - FullCAM
- Local Government Area
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- Tablelands Regional
- Co-benefits
- Great Barrier Reef
- Threatened Ecosystems
- Threatened Wildlife
- Native Vegetation
- Employment and Skills
- Local & Community Benefits
Project summary
The Restoration of High-altitude Cloud Forest for Threatened Species and Connectivity - Atherton Tablelands Project is a 16-year, $1.224 million collaboration between the Queensland Government and the Wintergreen Capital Trust. The project aims to restore full rainforest cover in the Upper Barron by closing two gaps in a large contiguous area of high-altitude rainforest. The project will benefit threatened and near threatened species, restore riparian vegetation within the Great Barrier Reef catchment, and provide jobs for First Nations people.