What is Takayna?

This remarkable piece of nature that is under threat is Takayna – Australia’s largest temperate rainforest that faces threats from acid mine drainage, deforestation and contamination of waterways by proposed new mines. Located in Tasmania’s north-west, Takayna / Tarkine is a million-acre slice – or around 250,000 Melbourne Cricket Grounds – of wilderness home to over 60 rare, threatened and endangered species including the Tasmanian Devil, Tasmanian Masked Owl and the world’s largest freshwater invertebrate, the Giant Tasmanian Freshwater Crayfish.