Rainforest Warriors: New book recounts social and environmental history of the Big Scrub
Editor’s note: The words below by Stephen Wyatt provide an insight into his book ‘Rainforest Warriors’ and the history of the Big Scrub. When the Northern Rivers went from rural to radical in the 1970s, the scene was set for a stoush with loggers and government to save the region’s rare and valuable rainforest. And […]
The Booyong Reserve story: 25 years of restoring a unique riverine remnant
By Darren Bailey. The Booyong Flora Reserve is a unique rainforest remnant of the former Big Scrub. The rainforest occupies 13ha of low lying flats located at the junction of the Wilsons River and Pearces Creek. It is the only true riverine rainforest remnant on crown land outside the public reserve system and is managed […]
Rainforest Connections 2024 Recap: Long overdue rainforest conference united conservationists in Ballina
We had the pleasure of being a major sponsor and presenter at Rainforest Connections 2024 a few months back – the first conference in over twenty years dedicated to rainforest conservation, an event which gave rainforest practitioners a much needed chance to unite in person and galvanize our resolve. It was a wonderful event bringing […]
