General News
17 July, 2025
Cassowary Credits tree scheme rolling out in Daintree wetlands, Innisfail
ON-ground projects have begun in the Daintree and Innisfail as the launch of a biodiversity credit scheme, based in the Wet Tropics region, draws closer.
Terrain NRM is working with Rainforest Rescue and Cassowary Coast Regional Council on ‘beta phase’ revegetation projects for Cassowary Credits, one of the world’s first high-integrity biodiversity credit schemes.
For the past five years, Terrain NRM has been working with private industry, government, scientists, indigenous groups, community organisations and Eco-Markets Australia on the development of this conservation finance scheme to attract more investment into rainforest restoration and protection.
Through Cassowary Credits, land managers can generate quantified units of habitat restoration, known as ‘credits’, to be sold on environmental markets worldwide.
Rainforest Rescue’s chief executive officer Branden Barber sees Cassowary Credits as an essential mechanism for regional restoration of rare and threatened species. His organisation is involved with restoring 30ha of low-lying land across the road from an ox-bow wetland that connects with the Daintree River as well as Crocodile Creek and adjacent mangroves.
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