The ARF purchased this reserve of 200 acres, one of the largest single blocks of privately owned rainforest land for conservation in the Daintree, in 2007 and at the same time undertook to raise $2.6 million (AUS) to cover the cost of purchasing and rehabilitating this critical rainforest block.
Some mature trees remain on the site and the initial plantings will expand out from this tree line.
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The Forest of Life is the centrepiece of the ARF’s efforts in the Daintree. It is 200 acres of land at Cape Tribulation – The George Mansford Reserve - named after retired Brigadier George Mansford AM, early chairman of the Australian Rainforest Foundation.
The block abuts the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area with Thompson Creek flowing through its centre. The land has been identified by scientists as having the highest ecological values.
ARF staff check the growth rates and condition of recent plantings in the Forest of Life. Note the lack of weeds after recent hand weeding on site.
Recently planted Memory Trees are being tagged and GPS'd by ARF field staff.
