My personal passion for over 4 years has been to actively help save the endangered Orangutans of Sumatra, so I leapt at the opportunity when I discovered Rainforest Rescue.
So impressed am I with the work Rainforest Rescue are doing, I decided I would give all my available time, energy and resources to help raise funds for their many worthwhile projects.
Armed with nothing but my wits and gratefully accepted donations, I am about to embark on "The Orangutan Adventure Trek" with 13 others, to fulfill a lifetime dream and raise ongoing funds for this amazing organisation.
I thought I would include a short excerpt from their website here to give you an idea as to why I have become the Gold Coast Representative Fundraiser and hopefully inspire you to help me spread the word and increase their support
Do something 'good for you' today and take a minute to read about this awsome group of people and what they aspire to achieve
Love
Tracey
'the Redhead'
Rainforest Rescue is a not-for-profit organisation that has been protecting and restoring rainforests in Australia and internationally since 1998 by providing opportunities for individuals and businesses to Protect Rainforests Forever.
Our projects re-establish rainforests through planting, maintenance and restoration programs, as well as purchasing and protecting high conservation value rainforest and preserving its biodiversity.
Save a Rainforest Projects
Rainforests support half of the species of life on Earth and absorb vast amounts of carbon from the atmosphere. The biodiversity provides vital ecosystem services upon which all of humanity depends.
Rainforest Rescue identifies and purchases rainforest at risk of development and protects it forever by converting properties into Nature Refuges and removing all development rights. By protecting rainforest before it is destroyed, we maintain the carbon in the trees. The release of carbon into the atmosphere is a major contributor to Climate Change.
Indonesia Plant a Rainforest Project
Orangutans are only found on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra in Indonesia where their survival is threatened by illegal logging and the establishment of oil palm plantations.
Our project is helping to rehabilitate rainforests in the Gunung Leuser National Park in North Sumatra, restoring vital Orangutan habitat and empowering local communities to protect and improve their environment and surrounding forests.
Other Plant a Rainforest Projects
Every second the earth loses an area of Rainforest the size of two football fields with tragic consequences for both developing and industrial countries.
Rainforest Recue's Plant a Rainforest Project replants previously cleared areas of rainforest and establishes habitat for the plants and animals endemic to the specific ecosystem, which protects its precious biodiversity.
This biodiversity maintains our atmosphere and establishes the ecosystem upon which all of humanity depends, including rainfall generation and climate regulation. Rainforests also hold the key to new medicines of benefit to humankind.
Big Scrub Restoration Project
Booyong Remnant
The Big Scrub was once the largest expanse of subtropical rainforest in Australia. Today less than 1 percent remains as fragmented remnants scattered across 75,000 hectares between the towns of Byron Bay, Ballina and Lismore.
As the Big Scrub remnants are the most diverse ecosystem in New South Wales it is of vital concern that they be nurtured and cared. The remnants contain a rich diversity of flora and fauna, supporting more than 300 species of trees and shrubs.
At least 38 threatened species of flora and 61 species of fauna are found in the remnants. Their high conservation value is reflected in the inclusion of the thirty-two largest remnants in the Register of the National Estate, "the places we should keep". Lowland Subtropical Rainforest is also listed as an Endangered Ecological Community under the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act.
so you know they are real!
Company Info
Rainforest Rescue is an Australian Company Limited by Guarantee, managed by a Board of Directors who contribute their service on a voluntary basis.
Our auditors are Wappetts and Partners, Chartered Accountants.
Our ABN is 61 086 885 154 and our ACN is 086 885 154.
Staff: We currently have three full time staff, several part time staff and the support of many volunteers.
Publications: The Rainforest Rescue hardcopy newsletter is published annually and is made available to supporters. Our email newsletter is issued monthly.
Income: Rainforest Rescue is supported by donations from individuals, philanthropists, business sponsorship and foundation grants. We do not receive government funding.
We aim to keep management expenses as low as possible thus ensuring that your donation results in the maximum benefit for rainforest conservation.
Givewell, an organisation that provides a comprehensive research service for informed giving has profiled Rainforest Rescue and its performance on financial management. For further information please visit our profile on the Givewell website http://www.givewell.com.au/details_name.asp?txtOrganisation=RFR
Rainforest Rescue is also profiled in the book, The Good Giving Guide by Lyn Amy and Mary Pearce published by Penguin Books in 2008.
