About us
Since 2018, ReForest Now has planted over 950,000 rainforest trees in Australia and around 280,000 in North Sumatra, Indonesia, restoring critical habitat at an unprecedented scale. By restoring rainforest at scale, we provide habitat for threatened species like the Birdwing butterfly in Australia and orangutans and tigers in Sumatra.
We've created a not-for-profit model that meets all of its own service needs and thus genuinely achieves large-scale outcomes without diluting the funding we receive from our supporters.
We enable people and businesses to not just have their voices heard but to have Earth-saving actions taken on their behalf.
What we do
Tree planting
We engage landholders of suitable sites that need reforestation. After site inspections, preparation and ecological planning, our reforesting team gets to work.
Landholders typically contribute funding and are met with a percentage of support via our donors.
Maintenance
A vital component of our projects, plantings are maintained by our team until they are established and self-sufficient at fighting weed competition.
Landholders contribute to maintenance costs which are required for at least 3 years.
Rainforest regeneration
Bush regeneration is the rehabilitation of bushland from a weed-affected or otherwise degraded area to a healthier community of native plants and animals. We are working within critically endangered rainforest, including remnants of the original Big Scrub, of which only 1% remains.
Logistics
Covering the needs of; bush regeneration, camphor drilling, tree planting, maintenance, administration, nursery and seed collectors is quite a challenging role.
As such, we have a department that manages, supply, repair, logistics and requisitions of all those needs.
Reporting & Administration
Our organisation upholds strong reporting, accountability and transparency for our supporters and partners. Donors can see their name and the location of all trees planted in our detailed tree register called Find My Trees.
Our organisation’s small but qualified administration team covers everything from strategy and planning, to partnership management, grant writing, financial management, donor engagement, scientific research, and communications.
Rainforest nursery
We grow over 130,000 rainforest trees and plants per year of 233 varieties. Our professional seed collectors have a strong focus on species and genetic diversity, with priority for those that are threatened with extinction. We have everything from creekside shrubs to emergent trees that grow 60m tall and extend high above the rainforest canopy, allowing our plantings to establish into complex, diverse rainforests.
Board of directors
Maximo Bottaro
Cert III nat, Bsc, Bclin, Hons 1st
Chairperson
Josh Fry-Hall
Deputy Chairperson
Kim O'Sullivan
Odin Runga-Covington
Founding Director
Founding Director
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