Project Description
This project is located on protected, privately owned land, previously used for sugar cane and cattle production. At the request of the owners, Daintree Life are restoring native tropical forest according to authentic pre-clearing ecosystem data from the Australian government. Zone A is the first of multiple proposed adjoining planting areas, with the whole planting footprint encompassing four distinct regional ecosystems - three of which are listed as endangered.
Stakeholders and local communities involved in the project
The main stakeholders are Daintree Life, the landowners, and the wider community via consultation and community planting.
Project Goals
To restore an outreach corridor from existing mangroves to create connectivity and restore ecological function to the planting area.
Co-benefits
The creation of habitat and food resource for local wildlife, improving water quality via filtered outflow to the Great Barrier Reef, and carbon sequestration.
Tree species (planted and/or existing)
>77 locally sourced species, including: Melaleuca leucadendra, Melaleuca quinquenervia, Eucalyptus intermedia, Acacia mangium, Cerbera floribunda, Cananga odorata, Pandanus solmslaubachii, Lophostemon suaveolens, Grevillea baileyana and Terminalia microcarpa.