Ep 58. Branden Barber & Kristin Canning - 'Rescuing The Rainforest'

In this episode of Finding Space, Alex speaks with Branden Barber CEO of Rainforest Rescue, they are also joined by Kristin Canning the Partnerships Director at Rainforest Rescue.  Rainforest Rescue is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the protection and restoration of rainforests and in particular the Daintree Rainforest in Queensland, Australia. They do this by purchasing properties of high conservation value rainforests and protecting their biodiversity. We also restore rainforests through planting, maintenance, and weed removal.  In today's episode we cover a few things:  Branden's Journey through working with multiple organisations based on protecting our global environments Climate Impacts/Change Goals and Incentives for restoring land  Carbon Offsets The Daintree Rainforest Key Moments: How it all began (3:55) Working at GreenPeace (9:30) Carbon Movement (12:30) Biodiversity Credits (16:50) Carbon Offsets (19:50) Protecting the Daintree Rainforest (25:40) Restoring Traditional Owners (37:10) Creating a Biodiverse Rainforest (40:00) A reminder to have HOPE (50:55) To find out more from the team at Rainforest Rescue using the below: Website: https://www.rainforestrescue.org.au/ Instagram: @rainforestrescueau Facebook: @RainforestRescueAu YouTube: @rainforestrescueau LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rainforestrescueau/ Book Reference: The Ministry For The Future - Kim Stanley Robinson