Rainforest Reserves Australia
We want to give our supporters and community a heads-up.
It’s becoming increasingly clear that Rainforest Reserves Australia — and particularly the work by Dr Anne Smith — could become the focus of targeted criticism in the near future.
Over the past year, we’ve submitted detailed research and evidence to numerous inquiries and planning processes, raising serious questions about the environmental consequences of large-scale industrial projects. Those efforts have not always been welcomed, and it appears that some powerful interests would prefer these issues weren’t raised at all.
We’re a volunteer-led organisation. We don’t have corporate backers, PR teams, or legal departments just committed people using their time, skills, and science to ensure that ecosystems, wildlife, and communities are represented in decisions that will shape Australia’s future.
If criticism does come our way, it’s important to understand why: because we challenge assumptions, scrutinise the impacts of the net-zero rollout, and ask hard questions about the ecological costs of rapid industrial expansion. And while those questions may be inconvenient, they are essential to honest, evidence-based decision-making.
Whether or not this becomes a campaign against us, we want our community to know that we remain committed to speaking up calmly, factually, and respectfully for the environment, for biodiversity, and for the species and landscapes that cannot speak for themselves.
Kindest regards
Dr Anne Smith
PhD, MHRM, GradDipMan., GradDipLabStudies, DipPhot.
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Our conservation work
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Tablelands Cassowary Rehabilitation Facility
We operate a private Cassowary facility to care for injured and orphaned Cassowaries before their release into the wild.
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Barrine Park Nature Refuge
We host a large native plant nursery and revegetate wildlife corridors and connectivity at Barrine Park Nature Refuge, North Queensland.
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Biodiversity vs Renewables
We are one of the few conservation organisations in Australia focused on the ecological impacts of large-scale renewable energy developments on wilderness in Queensland.
We are increasingly concerned about the siting of renewable developments in important biodiverse habitat that is home to threatened species.
We spend considerable time visiting remote sites and ground-truthing to see what exactly may be lost.
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Renewables Mapping
Rainforest Reserves Australia is producing some of the most comprehensive mapping for renewables in Australia.
We have been doing this in a bid to let people know about the real scale of impact renewables will have on our landscapes.
See our 3d videos here.
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Keep Chalumbin Wild campaign
From 2021 we worked alongside the community of Ravenshoe and Far North Queensland to stop the poorly sited Chalumbin / Wooroora Station wind development. In 2024, after years of community campaigning, the proponent Ark Energy withdrew the proposal after receiving advice from the Federal Government that it would be rejected.
Our goal is to protect what’s left.
