Australian Rainforest Conservation Society

The Australian Rainforest Conservation Society

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

The Australian Rainforest Conservation Society (ARCS) is a national, non-government, not-for-profit organization, founded in 1982, with headquarters in Brisbane, Australia. The ARCS believes fundamentally, that if something is so important, so vital, so in need of help, we have to do our utmost to make that difference. We are living proof that even a small group of people can start a revolution and achieve great things. The ARCS has a systems view of life and of how the world works. This concept governs how it makes decisions and acts - it can respond quickly, when it matters.

The ARCS incorporated in Queensland under the Associations Incorporation Act 1991 and registered as a tax-deductible gift recipient on the Federal Register of Environmental Organisations.

Project members

Virginia Young

Virginia Young

Virginia is a Director of the International Forests and Climate Programme for the Australian Rainforest Conservation Society (ARCS) working in the international policy arena on primary forests as part of a global collaborative research programme funded through Griffith University.