Your free Seed Square

A glowing Square on the rainforest floor

Your free Square of
ancient rainforest

Great to meet you! Here's a Seed Square on us: one real square metre of ancient rainforest, with its own coordinates, protected in your name.

A one square metre Square on the rainforest grid

Seed Square · 1 m²

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Separate from your free Square: suggest the most creative name for a giant 100 m² Square of rainforest. The best name wins that Square, named with your entry.

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Extraordinary lives
depend on this forest

This is one of the oldest rainforests on Earth, and home to wildlife found nowhere else.

Southern Cassowary
Ecosystem EngineerSouthern Cassowary

Spreads the seeds of over 150 rainforest plant species.

Spectacled Flying Fox
Night PollinatorSpectacled Flying Fox

Cross-pollinates the trees that feed all other wildlife.

Cairns Birdwing
Australia's Largest ButterflyCairns Birdwing

Depends entirely on pristine forest habitat.

Rainforest frog
Freshwater IndicatorRainforest Frog

Over 30 frog species live here, many found nowhere else.

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Protector map

Every Square on this map is real, named by the person who protects it. Yours appears here within minutes.

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About us

Hi, we're
Henk and Emely

We started SquareBySquare to make conservation personal. Let's stay in touch.

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every day

Real footage from the rainforest on @squarebysquareorg.