Land Restoration Fund contracted projects
Tranquility Upper Daintree Restoration Project—R3021
Fast facts
- Location
- Upper Daintree, Wet Tropics
- Sector
- Conservation
- Investment
- $1,380,950
- Proponent
- Rainforest Rescue
- Duration
- 15 years
- Emissions Reduction Fund project ID
- Pending
- Method
- Reforestation by Environmental or Mallee Plantings - FullCAM
- Local Government Area
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- Douglas Shire
- Co-benefits
- Great Barrier Reef
- Wetlands
- Coastal Ecosystems
- Threatened Ecosystems
- Threatened Wildlife
- Native Vegetation
- Employment and Skills
- First Nations participation
Project summary
The Tranquillity Upper Daintree Restoration Project is a 15-year, $1.38 million collaboration between the Queensland Government and Rainforest Rescue. The project aims to restore approximately 30 hectares of historically cleared land in the World Heritage Upper Daintree. The rainforest species planted for the project will be collected from the Rainforest Rescue portfolio of properties in the Daintree and propagated at their Cow Bay Nursery. The plantings will restore ecosystems and create new habitat for wildlife while sequestering carbon and delivering environmental co-benefits. Rainforest Rescue will partner with Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation to deliver training and employment opportunities that will support their organisational plans and restoration goals.