Carolyn Emms is a founding member of Rainforest Reserves Australia, based in Lake Barrine Far North Queensland, which she manages alongside a small group of passionate conservationists with different skill sets, including on-the-ground habitat restoration experts. Here Rainforest Reserves operates the Tablelands Cassowary Rehabilitation Facility in partnership with the Department of Environment and Science caring for orphaned and injured cassowaries, rehabilitating them until they are ready for release into the wild. She is also passionate about revegetation and with the help of her team has planted over 100,000 native trees to create two wildlife corridors, allowing wildlife to continue seed dispersal and expanding their habitat.

Anastasia Klose has recently joined Rainforest Reserves Australia as a researcher, copywriter and website designer to support their work. She is a contemporary artist who is now refocusing her passion on wilderness conservation.