What are some of the threats to the Daintree Rainforest?

With the road to Cape Tribulation now bituminised, settlement of privately owned allotments within the Daintree is escalating, resulting in the on-going loss of habitat and forest connectivity. Between five to ten allotments are developed for rural residential housing every year. read more

Logging affects the Daintree Rainforest because if the loggers go and cut down all the trees and sell the timber for money there will be no rainforest left. Farming affects the Daintree Rainforest because farmers burn the rainforest in order to clear land for more farming. read more

Threats to Daintree Lowland Rainforest The Daintree Rainforest is the heart and soul of Australia's Wet Tropics. However the World Heritage Area does not extend to all of the Daintree with much of the coastal lowland tropical rainforest from the Daintree River to Cape Tribulation remaining unprotected. read more

Before humans started destroying the rainforests, they covered 15% of the Earth's land area, today, they cover only 6%. In the last 200 years, the total area of rainforest has decreased from 1,500 million hectares to less than 800 million hectares. read more

In previous blog posts, Rainforest Cruises has examined a few of the 'potential perils' facing travelers to the Amazon, nearly all of which have been proven exaggerated or outright false. In this post, we would like to inform adventurers of the real and present dangers facing the Amazon, and what each of us can do to reduce our impact on the worlds largest rainforest, the Amazon Basin. read more