Camera Traps – December 2022

Camera Traps – December 2022 accrued 242-cassowaries, 60-dingoes and 144-feral pigs.  Against the cumulative monthly average, cassowary numbers increased by 158%, dingoes rose by 131% and feral-pigs also escalated by 32%.  Against December 2021, cassowary numbers fell by 44%, dingoes rose by 361% and feral-pig numbers decreased by 44%.

The Volt Advisory Group‘s proposal to deliver a renewable energy micro-grid for the Daintree Rainforest community, to improve the affordability, reliability and security of energy supply, is one-step closer to fruition, with the Commonwealth Government’s environmental assessment determining the project-status as a ‘not controlled action’.  This means the Minister decided that significant impacts on Matters of National Environmental Significance are unlikely.  The action does not require approval under the EPBC Act and the proposal may proceed in the form that it was referred, subject to any other approvals such as those required by a state or territory government or local council..

Daintree Rainforest Foundation Ltd has been registered by the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission and successfully entered onto the Register of Environmental Organisations. Donations made to the Daintree Rainforest Fund support Daintree Rainforest community custodianship and are eligible for a tax deduction under the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.