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The Endangered Australian Southern Cassowary is a 'keystone' species crucial for rainforest ecology, with fewer that 4,600 remaining in the wild. Their main threat is loss of habitat due to development. Rainforest Rescue is working to save the Cassowary through buying back high conservation rainforest as well as restoring rainforest habitat and creating wildlife corridors through the planting of trees which will provide habitat, food, and a safe passage for generations of Cassowaries to come.

Impact

Protection and restoration of the rainforest will have a profound impact on generations of Cassowaries to come. With habitat destruction widely acknowledged as the number one threat to Cassowary survival, buying back and restoring as many rainforest properties as possible is crucial to their future survival. It is also crucial to ensuring the survival of the world's oldest continuously living rainforest ecosystem that offers indispensable environmental and medicinal benefits to the world.

Challenge

The Endangered Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuaris Johnsonii) is one of the world's most prehistoric birds endemic to the tropical rainforests of Australia. The Cassowary is integral to rainforest survival as it is a major seed disperser for over 240 rainforest plant species. Habitat destruction is threatening its survival. With Australia's tropical rainforests the oldest on Earth, the loss of the Cassowary will result in the loss of significant biodiversity, impacting on a global scale

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