In September, Qudos Bank donated a generous $10,000 to our partners ReForest Now. ReForest Now is an Australian not-for-profit organisation partnering with organisations, businesses and individuals to restore critically endangered rainforest.
The donation will go towards their upcoming Banyula (“Place of many trees”) project where they will be embarking on what could be Australia’s largest and most diverse rainforest planting, adjacent to the Booyong Nature Reserve near Clunes, NSW.
This reserve represents less than 1% of the original extent of the Big Scrub rainforest, which used to cover most of the Northern Rivers region. It has been identified as a critically endangered ecosystem.
ReForest Now have partnered up with landholder, Saratini Farms, and have come up with a 5-year plan to:
In addition, they are restoring areas of the property. The Regeneration team at ReForest Now will use bush regeneration techniques for the removal of invasive weeds and suffocating vines. This will allow the native composition of plants to return and restore normal forest functionality.
We’re excited that our contribution will be going towards the project and look forward to the positive outcomes ReForest Now will create as a result of their efforts in helping regenerate the Booyong Nature Reserve.
To learn more about the project, please watch the video below.
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the lands on which we operate and pay our respects to Elders past and present, and to emerging community leaders. We also acknowledge the important role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples continue to play within the communities in which Qudos Bank operates and where our team members reside.
