https://www.wettropics.gov.au/

For over 40 years, the Wet Tropics community has been at the forefront of Australia’s landcare movement, with passionate individuals and organisations working tirelessly to protect and restore our unique landscapes.

The Wet Tropics Restoration Program builds on this passion to scale up restoration through coordinated, innovative and multifaceted approaches.

The program arose from the 2021 Wet Tropics Landscape Restoration Symposium and the insights from the 2020–21 State of Wet Tropics Report (PDF, 3MB): Growing Opportunities—Landscape Restoration for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Recovery. Recognising the importance of healthy ecosystems to people’s livelihoods and wellbeing, the program will drive innovative solutions to safeguard the future of this World Heritage-listed region.

A group of people planting a tree in a field.
© Terrain NRM
Volunteers plant a rainforest tree

The Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, through the Wet Tropics Management Authority, has supported the establishment of the Wet Tropics Restoration Alliance of restoration stakeholders, including practitioners, researchers, community groups and industry. This includes almost 60 members in 2026.

  • Tree planting site 8-year side-by-side comparison photos, 2018 photo small trees on side of a hill with pasture in background, second photo rainforest.
    © WTMA
    Restoration site on the Atherton Tableland (left: 2018, right: 2026)
  • Seedling trees in a plant nursery.
    © WTMA
    Rainforest tree seedlings in a nursery
  • People planting trees in a field.
    © WTMA
    Community tree planting on Eastern Kuku Yalanji Country
  • Three people standing in a replanted rainforest with sapling trees.
    © WTMA
    Wet Tropics Restoration Alliance field trip
  • Colourful rainforest seeds and fruits.
    © WTMA/Kylie Freebody
    Wet Tropics rainforest seeds and fruit
  • Alt text Group of people standing at the edge of a forest.
    © WTMA
    Wet Tropics Restoration Alliance methods workshop, Atherton Tableland

The Wet Tropics Restoration Alliance will foster scaled up restoration to help the region adapt to climate change, but also facilitate better access to natural capital markets, and to support a regional restoration economy that creates jobs and strengthens local communities and businesses.

Want to learn more?

Visit the Wet Tropics Restoration Alliance website and subscribe to the New Leaf enewsletter for updates.

Last updated: 13 Oct 2026