How
Local Action
The Rainforest Conservancy is a community effort.
Beginning with a group of farmers and supported by local First Nations elders, the replanting of cleared areas of Mount Irvine in NSW will reconnect pockets of rainforest, re-establishing biodiversity and habitat for rainforest species.
Local rainforest species that are suitable for propagation and replanting will be identified, grown in on-site and nearby nurseries, re-planted, protected and watered.
These local efforts will remove the barriers to natural regeneration and actively nurture forest and habitat recovery.
Mt Irvine Partners
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The initiating partners, re-introducing rainforest to the landholdings
Jim Pzannes of “Sassafras”
“We feel ourselves lucky enough to have a rainforest all around our house, elsewhere the forest is very limited. What we have is regrowth, you can tell from the Sassafras trees, which are just 80 or 90 years old and, but down near the creek is it is pristine, with real conservation value.
“Through the Rainforest Conservancy we would really like some knowledgeable advice on species, and what is good practice to maintain the forest, to keep it viable.
“We have only a small block, but for Mt Irvine would like to see the rainforest that is left preserved in-perpetuity. Development should be done in sympathy with the forest, with little, or none removed. Rainforest should be put ahead of development. We’ve told the fire chiefs not to backburn to save our property and we would really like other ways to be found to protect from bushfires, maybe through carefully designed protection zones. “
Cheryl Dubois of “Currawilla”
“Rainforest is the best place: I hear so many birds! It is a wonderful environment for living. Just a short way away it is so much drier.
“With Climate Change we need to be doing something to protect our mountain. We live in treacherous times and if we don’t do anything, the worst will happen.
“The Conservancy is a step in the right direction because people are interested. I look forward to being more conversant about the rainforest and I’ve been studying it when I can. I live here and so I will be involved.
“It may take 100 years for it to fully recover, but in the meantime the Conservancy may attract people who can help. It is not impossible, if we protect the soils, keep the forest wet and protected from fires.”
Kate and Mark Croft of ”Touri”
“We like the concept of having a wet forest sheltering us from fire, but need to learn how it might work. We have a big area, 60 acres, so we need to plan and a find committed people to get it done.
“For Mt Irvine we’d like to see development done well and the Conservancy could also be a drawcard for more and good development. The area could decline if the nut farms go, and is already neglected.
“It’d be great if there was another means of funding other than from council or government. Visitation fees, donations maybe, or philanthropic support.”
Zahara and John Braybrooke of ”Winbourne”
“We’ve had a long association with rainforest elsewhere, and we have a small 2/3 acre block. We would really like to nurture rainforest plants where we can.
“We’d like to explore the potential for fire protection. Protection zones could be explored, but the rainforest understory needs to come through. Knowledge needs to be built up and maybe there are lessons to be learnt from similar sites elsewhere in Australia or New Zealand.
“If we work together, Mt Irvine could develop walking trails joining rainforest areas and be a great place for education and awareness.”
Mark Bancroft and Robyn Scrivener of ”Kookatonga”
“We are lucky to have about 12 hectares of rainforest that has never been cleared or burnt to our knowledge. This could be a core area from which to expand and connect areas of rainforest on neighbouring properties. It could also provide many of the necessary species to be propagated by the project.
“The aesthetic’s of the rainforest are wonderful, but it is the conservation value, the potential to re-introduce and increase populations of species that have disappeared or diminished over the years, that is most important.
“Right now there are a lot of open paddocks, but we are looking forward to seeing areas of rainforest re-established across the top of the mountains.”