Fish for lunch! A striated heron with quite the mouthful on the banks of the Daintree River. Image: Rebel Warren
#Daintree #worldheritage #heron #wettropics #mangroves #fishing
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Looking after the only place in the world with two interconnected World Heritage areas - Australia's Wet Tropics Forest and the Great Barrier Reef. Developer of Cassowary Credits. Focused on biodiversity, waterway health, soil health and climate.
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Things we can all do to reduce our soft plastic waste... "Australia is still the second largest per capita consumer of single-use plastics in the world, our per capita use is excessive, with much packaging completely unnecessary.”
Recycling alone won’t limit the scourge of soft plastics in our everyday lives
What else can Australian households and individuals do to reduce their soft plastic waste?
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"The problem today isn’t change. It’s the speed of change. We can’t just plant more drought-resistant crops or assume that nature will catch up. We must slow down the system."
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/08/natu...
Nature can keep up with climate change – but not at this speed » Yale Climate Connections
Earth’s systems evolved to handle disturbance, but human-driven climate change is pushing them past the breaking point.
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Turtle love: Photographer Conor Moore says: "It took a few attempts to get the turtles used to me swimming underneath them." Taken at the Frankland Islands south of Cairns, this image was an entry in the 2025 Wet Tropics Waterways Photo Competition.
#turtles #wettropics #franklandislands #cairns
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Future scientists and land managers. At a local creek learning about the importance of clean water and how to look after our waterways and the Great Barrier Reef.
#NationalScienceWeek #greatbarrierreef
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Ulysses butterflies, Australia’s largest snake, rare waterfall frogs, Lumholtz’s tree kangaroos, green ringtail possums, musky rat-kangaroos... The Wet Tropics region's biodiversity is off tap! There are nine other great places in this story too.
#biodiversity #wettropics
Want to see Australia’s rare and remarkable species for yourself? Here are 10 standout spots
It’s entirely possible to see shy mountain pygmy-possums, alpine dingoes or furry cuscus with your own eyes – if you know where to go and how to look.
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Bridging the gaps. It's what we do in the biodiversity, soil, waterway health and climate fields as a natural management resource organisation.
terrain.org.au #nrm #preyingmantis #insects
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International efforts to reach agreement on reducing plastic pollution are disappointing. But we don’t need to wait for a treaty to make changes in our own lives. 👉 theconversation.com/the-glo...
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Those eyebrows... The southern cassowary. Image: Terrain's Bronwyn Robertson. Recent research suggests one purpose of the cassowary's distinctive casque may be to feel the low vibrating sound made by other cassowaries over long distances.
#cassowary #wettropics #endangered
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The Daintree gets an 'A'. The least modified river catchment in our region - with a high proportion of protected areas - has again topped the Wet Tropics Waterway Health Report Card, even with floods/landslides after Cyclone Jasper... showing less modified landscapes cope better.
#Daintree #climate
