Terrain NRM
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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.
New study finds 300 hectares of mangroves around Cairns Airport stores 2000+ metric tons of carbon annually - making ongoing care & monitoring of these and other coastal wetlands important for slowing climate change.
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#bluecarbon #mangroves #climatechange #cairns #carbon
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#bluecarbon #mangroves #climatechange #cairns #carbon
December 4, 2025 at 12:57 AM
New study finds 300 hectares of mangroves around Cairns Airport stores 2000+ metric tons of carbon annually - making ongoing care & monitoring of these and other coastal wetlands important for slowing climate change.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...
#bluecarbon #mangroves #climatechange #cairns #carbon
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#bluecarbon #mangroves #climatechange #cairns #carbon
How many of us can relate to this? A Terrain NRM staff member has been loving watching these olive-backed sunbirds grow up in her garden in Cairns. Sunbirds = happiness!
#sunbirds #cairns #backyardbirds
#sunbirds #cairns #backyardbirds
December 2, 2025 at 11:01 PM
How many of us can relate to this? A Terrain NRM staff member has been loving watching these olive-backed sunbirds grow up in her garden in Cairns. Sunbirds = happiness!
#sunbirds #cairns #backyardbirds
#sunbirds #cairns #backyardbirds
Despite taking up just 0.26% of Australia’s total area, the Wet Tropics bio-region contains half of Australia’s bird species, one third of its mammals, about 3000 plant species and 600+_ different coral species.
#biodiversity #wettropics
#biodiversity #wettropics
October 28, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Despite taking up just 0.26% of Australia’s total area, the Wet Tropics bio-region contains half of Australia’s bird species, one third of its mammals, about 3000 plant species and 600+_ different coral species.
#biodiversity #wettropics
#biodiversity #wettropics
95 per cent of food production relies on soil. Healthy topsoil is vital but we are losing it at an alarming rate. We support landholders to switch to sustainable farming systems that build organic matter, increase biodiversity, improve water cycling and capture carbon.
#soil #soilhealth
#soil #soilhealth
October 20, 2025 at 5:32 AM
95 per cent of food production relies on soil. Healthy topsoil is vital but we are losing it at an alarming rate. We support landholders to switch to sustainable farming systems that build organic matter, increase biodiversity, improve water cycling and capture carbon.
#soil #soilhealth
#soil #soilhealth
He's not just hanging out there, he's trapped.
200+ little red #bats were rescued from barbed wire fences in windy, foggy weather over 10 days. Many of them were euthanised. Changing the top strand to plain wire saves lives - for bats, #owls, #gliders.
www.terrain.org.au/wildlife-friendly-fencing
200+ little red #bats were rescued from barbed wire fences in windy, foggy weather over 10 days. Many of them were euthanised. Changing the top strand to plain wire saves lives - for bats, #owls, #gliders.
www.terrain.org.au/wildlife-friendly-fencing
October 16, 2025 at 4:38 AM
He's not just hanging out there, he's trapped.
200+ little red #bats were rescued from barbed wire fences in windy, foggy weather over 10 days. Many of them were euthanised. Changing the top strand to plain wire saves lives - for bats, #owls, #gliders.
www.terrain.org.au/wildlife-friendly-fencing
200+ little red #bats were rescued from barbed wire fences in windy, foggy weather over 10 days. Many of them were euthanised. Changing the top strand to plain wire saves lives - for bats, #owls, #gliders.
www.terrain.org.au/wildlife-friendly-fencing
The Wet Tropics world heritage rainforest is large areas of fragmented habitat. Our goal is to reconnect and buffer them to create a large, healthy and intact system that is more resilient... to conserve this critical ecosystem for future generations.
#wettropics #rainforest #revegetation #trees
#wettropics #rainforest #revegetation #trees
October 15, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The Wet Tropics world heritage rainforest is large areas of fragmented habitat. Our goal is to reconnect and buffer them to create a large, healthy and intact system that is more resilient... to conserve this critical ecosystem for future generations.
#wettropics #rainforest #revegetation #trees
#wettropics #rainforest #revegetation #trees
It's birthing season for the critically endangered Spectacled Flying-fox in Far North Queensland. This little fella was found abandoned and taken into care. He'll be ready to fly off in about 3 months 🦇
October 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
It's birthing season for the critically endangered Spectacled Flying-fox in Far North Queensland. This little fella was found abandoned and taken into care. He'll be ready to fly off in about 3 months 🦇
Farmer - Water Sampler - Waterway Lover.
Wendy Finlayson helps with one of our water monitoring projects. "I love seeing how much life and activity there is in the creeks and drains, and seeing how our farming culture can work in with our waterways".
#waterways #wettropics #watersampling
Wendy Finlayson helps with one of our water monitoring projects. "I love seeing how much life and activity there is in the creeks and drains, and seeing how our farming culture can work in with our waterways".
#waterways #wettropics #watersampling
October 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Farmer - Water Sampler - Waterway Lover.
Wendy Finlayson helps with one of our water monitoring projects. "I love seeing how much life and activity there is in the creeks and drains, and seeing how our farming culture can work in with our waterways".
#waterways #wettropics #watersampling
Wendy Finlayson helps with one of our water monitoring projects. "I love seeing how much life and activity there is in the creeks and drains, and seeing how our farming culture can work in with our waterways".
#waterways #wettropics #watersampling
Nature at its best. One of our field officers spotted this moth during vegetation surveys in broad leaf tea tree woodlands.
#broadleafteatree #moths #wettropics
#broadleafteatree #moths #wettropics
September 29, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Nature at its best. One of our field officers spotted this moth during vegetation surveys in broad leaf tea tree woodlands.
#broadleafteatree #moths #wettropics
#broadleafteatree #moths #wettropics
Chattering in the treetops: It's baby season for Spectacled Flying-foxes and a vulnerable time for this endangered species given their maternity roosts in residential areas.
We've created this FAQs page: terrain.org.au/baby-bat-sea...
#bats #spectacledflyingfox #endangered
We've created this FAQs page: terrain.org.au/baby-bat-sea...
#bats #spectacledflyingfox #endangered
September 23, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Chattering in the treetops: It's baby season for Spectacled Flying-foxes and a vulnerable time for this endangered species given their maternity roosts in residential areas.
We've created this FAQs page: terrain.org.au/baby-bat-sea...
#bats #spectacledflyingfox #endangered
We've created this FAQs page: terrain.org.au/baby-bat-sea...
#bats #spectacledflyingfox #endangered
Sharing our tropical paradise with Spectacled Flying-foxes... Heatwaves in 2018–19 led to 23,000+ deaths in the Cairns region. Now we're working to help this endangered species prosper, and to build better relationships between flying-foxes and their human neighbours.
#endangered #bats #flyingfox
#endangered #bats #flyingfox
September 15, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Sharing our tropical paradise with Spectacled Flying-foxes... Heatwaves in 2018–19 led to 23,000+ deaths in the Cairns region. Now we're working to help this endangered species prosper, and to build better relationships between flying-foxes and their human neighbours.
#endangered #bats #flyingfox
#endangered #bats #flyingfox
Soil: One of our most valuable natural assets. Sugar cane farmers in the Wet Tropics are trialling different cover crops - in previously fallow paddocks - to improve their soil's health.
terrain.org.au/what-we-do/s...
#soil #soilhealth #wettropics
terrain.org.au/what-we-do/s...
#soil #soilhealth #wettropics
September 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Soil: One of our most valuable natural assets. Sugar cane farmers in the Wet Tropics are trialling different cover crops - in previously fallow paddocks - to improve their soil's health.
terrain.org.au/what-we-do/s...
#soil #soilhealth #wettropics
terrain.org.au/what-we-do/s...
#soil #soilhealth #wettropics
In Cairns this week... So we are presenting on our biodiversity credit scheme, Cassowary Credits, and co-hosting field trips all over the Wet Tropics region - to biodiversity hotspots, farms, erosion remediation sites, wetland restoration sites, nature refuges and more.
#biodiversity #wettropics
#biodiversity #wettropics
September 9, 2025 at 1:20 AM
In Cairns this week... So we are presenting on our biodiversity credit scheme, Cassowary Credits, and co-hosting field trips all over the Wet Tropics region - to biodiversity hotspots, farms, erosion remediation sites, wetland restoration sites, nature refuges and more.
#biodiversity #wettropics
#biodiversity #wettropics
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
#Daintree #worldheritage #heron #wettropics #mangroves #fishing
August 28, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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
#Daintree #worldheritage #heron #wettropics #mangroves #fishing
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
#turtles #wettropics #franklandislands #cairns
August 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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
#turtles #wettropics #franklandislands #cairns
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
#NationalScienceWeek #greatbarrierreef
August 21, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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
#NationalScienceWeek #greatbarrierreef
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
terrain.org.au #nrm #preyingmantis #insects
August 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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
terrain.org.au #nrm #preyingmantis #insects
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
#cassowary #wettropics #endangered
August 14, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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
#cassowary #wettropics #endangered
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
#Daintree #climate
August 12, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Where rainforest meets reef. Two world heritage areas in Australia's Wet Tropics. Conor Moore's winning image of Etty Bay in the 2025 Wet Tropics Waterways Photo Competition.
#worldheritage #rainforest #reef #greatbarrierreef #wettropics #sustainabledevelopment
#worldheritage #rainforest #reef #greatbarrierreef #wettropics #sustainabledevelopment
August 6, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Where rainforest meets reef. Two world heritage areas in Australia's Wet Tropics. Conor Moore's winning image of Etty Bay in the 2025 Wet Tropics Waterways Photo Competition.
#worldheritage #rainforest #reef #greatbarrierreef #wettropics #sustainabledevelopment
#worldheritage #rainforest #reef #greatbarrierreef #wettropics #sustainabledevelopment
Stunning in gardens but a menace in our world heritage rainforests. We are working with Mamu LandSea Rangers to remove African Tulip from lowland rainforests in the Wet Tropics.
#Africantulip #weeds #wettropics #rainforest #worldheritage
#Africantulip #weeds #wettropics #rainforest #worldheritage
July 30, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Stunning in gardens but a menace in our world heritage rainforests. We are working with Mamu LandSea Rangers to remove African Tulip from lowland rainforests in the Wet Tropics.
#Africantulip #weeds #wettropics #rainforest #worldheritage
#Africantulip #weeds #wettropics #rainforest #worldheritage
Endangered mahogany gliders ✅ In amongst several thousand images, a lucky strike with our wildlife cameras... Now we'll be removing invasive vines in strips of forest along creek lines within cane land, like this one, to create a functional glider corridor.
#endangered #mahoganyglider #wettropics
#endangered #mahoganyglider #wettropics
July 24, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Endangered mahogany gliders ✅ In amongst several thousand images, a lucky strike with our wildlife cameras... Now we'll be removing invasive vines in strips of forest along creek lines within cane land, like this one, to create a functional glider corridor.
#endangered #mahoganyglider #wettropics
#endangered #mahoganyglider #wettropics
How we feel right now! Tree planting begins at the first registered #CassowaryCredits site - approved to deliver both carbon credits and Cassowary Credits. Read more:
terrain.org.au/cassowary-cr...
Cassowary Credits are a quantified improvement in rainforest habitat condition.
#biodiversity
terrain.org.au/cassowary-cr...
Cassowary Credits are a quantified improvement in rainforest habitat condition.
#biodiversity
July 21, 2025 at 12:54 AM
How we feel right now! Tree planting begins at the first registered #CassowaryCredits site - approved to deliver both carbon credits and Cassowary Credits. Read more:
terrain.org.au/cassowary-cr...
Cassowary Credits are a quantified improvement in rainforest habitat condition.
#biodiversity
terrain.org.au/cassowary-cr...
Cassowary Credits are a quantified improvement in rainforest habitat condition.
#biodiversity
Look who's come to see the first Cassowary Credits site to begin tree-planting! Cassowary Credits is a biodiversity market scheme developed to increase investment in habitat restoration: www.cassowarycredits.com.au
#cassowarycredits #forestrestoration #treeplanting #cassowary #biodiversity
#cassowarycredits #forestrestoration #treeplanting #cassowary #biodiversity
July 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Look who's come to see the first Cassowary Credits site to begin tree-planting! Cassowary Credits is a biodiversity market scheme developed to increase investment in habitat restoration: www.cassowarycredits.com.au
#cassowarycredits #forestrestoration #treeplanting #cassowary #biodiversity
#cassowarycredits #forestrestoration #treeplanting #cassowary #biodiversity
From tiny saplings to a forest in 18 months.
Terrain's CEO Stewart Christie: "Visiting this site reminded me of a Margaret Mead quote: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
#forestrestoration #wettropics
Terrain's CEO Stewart Christie: "Visiting this site reminded me of a Margaret Mead quote: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
#forestrestoration #wettropics
July 2, 2025 at 3:12 AM
From tiny saplings to a forest in 18 months.
Terrain's CEO Stewart Christie: "Visiting this site reminded me of a Margaret Mead quote: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
#forestrestoration #wettropics
Terrain's CEO Stewart Christie: "Visiting this site reminded me of a Margaret Mead quote: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
#forestrestoration #wettropics