Will you sign for climate change?
Australia’s rainforests are vital for carbon storage and climate resilience, yet they continue to be degraded at an alarming rate. Immediate action is needed to restore these ecosystems before it’s too late.
In some regions, deforestation and land clearing have destroyed over 99% of critical rainforest habitat. This loss is fuelling more frequent and severe floods, droughts, and wildfires—exactly as climate scientists have long warned.
Restoring rainforests is one of the most effective natural solutions to combat climate change, protect biodiversity, and secure a liveable future for all.
What We’re Calling For
We are calling on the Australian Government to urgently establish a $1 billion Rainforest Restoration Fund to restore degraded rainforest ecosystems and address the climate crisis.
Once 8,000 signatures are collected, this petition will be delivered to the:
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Prime Minister of Australia, The Hon Anthony Albanese MP
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Leader of the Opposition, The Hon Sussan Ley MP
We are urging both leaders to take swift and meaningful action by investing in large-scale rainforest restoration.
Why It Matters
Australia is already experiencing the consequences of inaction. The 2019–20 Black Summer bushfires, followed by record-breaking floods, devastated communities and ecosystems. Rainforest restoration is a tangible, nature-based solution we can implement now.
Rainforests:
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Store carbon and regulate climate
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Absorb solar radiation and reduce extreme heat
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Stabilise riverbanks and reduce erosion
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Improve water quality and flood resilience
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Provide critical habitat for threatened species
When rainforests are destroyed, carbon is released—worsening climate change. But when restored, they absorb carbon and create a safer, more stable future.
Our Goal
To secure government funding for:
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Large-scale rainforest restoration
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Long-term climate change mitigation
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Job creation across regional and rural Australia
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First Nations–led restoration projects
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Protection of threatened species and biodiversity
Together, We Can Make It Happen
Australia has a proud legacy of restoration leadership. In 1989, Prime Minister Bob Hawke committed to planting one billion trees—sparking the Decade of Landcare. Today, we need a commitment that’s just as bold and urgent.
We call on the government to act now by funding large-scale rainforest restoration—to help combat climate change, protect biodiversity, and create a better future for all Australians.
Sign the petition. Raise your voice. Let’s restore what has been lost.
Letter to be sent when 8,000 signatures are reached
To the Prime Minister of Australia, The Hon Anthony Albanese MP,
and the Leader of the Opposition, The Hon Sussan Ley MP,
We, the undersigned, call on the Australian Government to take immediate action to address the climate crisis by funding a large-scale rainforest restoration program.
Australia is already experiencing the devastating impacts of climate change. The 2019–20 bushfires were followed by record-breaking floods—just as scientists have warned for decades. Communities across the country continue to face the consequences of inaction.
We must act now. While reducing fossil fuel emissions is critical, restoring Australia’s rainforests is also an essential, nature-based solution to combat climate change.
Rainforests store vast amounts of carbon, regulate rainfall, absorb solar radiation, and help prevent both floods and droughts. When forests are destroyed, carbon is released—accelerating climate change. The reverse occurs when they are restored.
The solution is clear: we must restore what has been lost.
Australia has a proud legacy of environmental restoration. In 1989, Prime Minister Bob Hawke committed to planting one billion trees, catalysing the Decade of Landcare. Today, we need a commitment that is just as bold.
A national rainforest restoration program would:
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Sequester carbon and mitigate climate change
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Create jobs, including for First Nations communities
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Provide critical habitat for threatened species
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Stabilise riverbanks and reduce erosion
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Improve water quality in catchments
We call on the Australian Government to establish a $1 billion Rainforest Restoration Fund to restore degraded rainforests, protect biodiversity, and secure a liveable future.
We urge you to take bold action on climate change—starting with restoring Australia’s rainforests.