Rainforest Rescue joins the Australian Land Conservation Alliance

Rainforest Rescue are delighted to share that they have accepted an invitation to join the Australian Land Conservation Alliance (ALCA) as a full member. Branden Barber, CEO of Rainforest Rescue was pleased with the outcome and shared his thoughts with New Leaf:

“For us, this is more than a logo in a footer. ALCA is the national voice for land conservation in Australia: independent, non-partisan and member-driven. It also carries real advocacy weight that a single organisation like ours could never flex on its own. Its members already influence better biodiversity outcomes across almost 10% of the continent, employ more than a thousand people, and generate over $400 million a year to protect, steward and restore nature. Standing alongside that says something about where Rainforest Rescue is headed.”

“Our work has always been about purchasing and permanently protecting rainforest. But the way conservation gets funded and valued in this country is changing fast. Australia needs billions more each year to halt and reverse nature loss, and a real restoration economy is taking shape around that need, with the support of the Federal Government. ALCA is right in the middle of that conversation, supporting the design of high-integrity environmental markets and helping shape the funding mechanisms the sector needs. As we take on the Daintree Oxbow and McDowell Swamp restoration, we're not just planting trees. We're helping shape what good practice looks like when ecology and economy meet.”

“Membership also reflects something we've felt for a while: that Rainforest Rescue's relevance is growing. We've never worked in isolation. Over the years we've built genuine working relationships across the region, with like-minded organisations, landholders, scientists, and Traditional Owners, and on plenty of that work our role is to support rather than lead. Being at the ALCA table means that our experience helps inform policy and investment nationally, while the national movement strengthens what we can deliver locally, alongside fellow members of the Wet Tropics Restoration Alliance.”

Branden concluded: “We reckon the best conservation outcomes come from partnership, fairness and long-term stewardship, and those are the same principles ALCA was built on. Joining the alliance connects our work in the Daintree to a national push for the policy, investment and public support that nature needs. We're in good company. And we're serious about making it count.”