The work,
in numbers.
Every figure here is reconciled with our Traditional Owner partners and the public record. We publish the workings because money you can't trace isn't money you can trust.
The oldest tropical rainforest on Earth, on Eastern Kuku Yalanji Country. Globally, less than three per cent of original rainforest remains. The work on this page is what it takes to make sure this one keeps standing.
Every figure on this page is a hectare bought back, a tree planted, a family returning to Country, and a decision made on Country by the Eastern Kuku Yalanji Bama people.
No soft
accounting.
We publish this breakdown every quarter and sit for external audit every year. If the mix ever shifts, the chart below changes in public, the day it happens.
reaches Country
- 0¢To CountryDirect, unrestricted transfer to Traditional Owner corporations for ranger wages, seedlings, equipment, on-Country costs.
- 0¢Program & campaign deliveryField coordination, campaign production, partner reporting, donor communications.
- 0¢Operations & complianceInsurance, audit, governance, legal, platform. Held under 5% by policy.
Eight pillars,
one program.
Heal Country, Heal Culture → Daintree
River Station.
A once-in-a-generation rainforest buyback. 203 hectares of Daintree Lowland Rainforest, with 170+ hectares to be rewilded as cassowary habitat, returned to the care of Eastern Kuku Yalanji Bama people.
“If you don't do it now, you'll probably never get another chance.”
Dean Anderson, current caretaker
Yalanji Bama
Cassowary
Bringing our family back to live and work on Country is more than a dream, it's healing our people and the rainforest together.
Our
method.
Plain language explanation of what each number means, how it's measured, and who signs off on it.
Registered charity
HalfCut Organisation is a registered Australian charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC). ABN 24 642 788 814. Public records available on the ACNC register.
ACNC register ↗Profits to Country
One hundred per cent of profits go directly to First Nations-led outcomes through Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation. The 92¢ / 5¢ / 3¢ split shows the operational mechanic that gets every dollar there.
Where money goes →Hectares
Active land area in the Heal Country, Heal Culture program. Currently 203 hectares of Daintree Lowland Rainforest in the active Daintree River Station buyback, with 170+ hectares targeted for rewilding.
Source ↗Trees planted
50,000+ native trees planted to date across active rewilding sites. Verified by the Eastern Kuku Yalanji ranger team. Number reconciled with halfcut.org public impact snapshot.
Source ↗Partnership
Six-year partnership with Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation (JYAC), the Registered Native Title Body Corporate representing the Eastern Kuku Yalanji Bama people. All program decisions go through JYAC governance.
Visit Jabalbina ↗World Heritage context
The Daintree Lowland Rainforest sits within the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area, UNESCO-inscribed in 1988. Less than three per cent of original rainforest remains globally.
UNESCO ↗