Restore Heritage Rainforest, Atherton Tablelands in Australia: If the cassowaries go extinct, so will a variety of trees, and this could have a devastating effect on the ecosystem

My name is Jack and I m 24 years old. For the past 5 years I have spent the bulk of my time and money working to revegetate and expand the boundaries of heritage rainforest in the Atherton Tablelands in Australia. During this time, I have planted thousands of native trees. Most of these, I raised from seed that I hand-collected from the rainforest floor. Although it s hard work that I am not paid for, I know that without someone to represent it, the rainforest will give way to development, and the habitat of many threatened animals, including cassowaries and tree kangaroos, will be gone. It is estimated that there are less than 1,000 cassowaries left in the wild, and I know of at least 10 that call my patch of revegetated forest home. I can not stand by and allow these amazing prehistoric-looking animals to fade to extinction. Many rainforest seeds need to pass through a cassowary s digestive system to germinate. This means that if the cassowaries go extinct, so will a variety of tree

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