At Glen Eden Beach Resort, we believe that the places we love should be protected for future generations to enjoy. Nestled amongst pristine coastal landscapes and surrounded by the natural beauty of the Sunshine Coast, we see firsthand how important healthy ecosystems are to our environment, our wildlife, and the experiences our guests enjoy every day.
As part of our commitment to responsible tourism and environmental stewardship, Glen Eden Beach Resort has partnered with Reforest, an organisation dedicated to restoring ecosystems, removing carbon from the atmosphere, and supporting biodiversity through carefully managed reforestation projects.
While holidays are often about escaping to nature, we believe tourism can also play an active role in protecting it. Through this partnership, every contribution helps restore critical habitats, improve environmental outcomes, and support a healthier future for our region and beyond.
Between July 2024 and May 2026, Glen Eden Beach Resort’s reforestation program has delivered measurable environmental outcomes through the Reforest platform:
These numbers may seem modest at first glance, but the impact extends far beyond the trees themselves. Every planting contributes to a larger restoration effort that improves biodiversity, strengthens ecosystems, and helps combat climate change.
The project supported by Glen Eden Beach Resort is the Cooroy Mountain Wildlife Corridor, located near Eumundi in the Sunshine Coast hinterland.
This area was once predominantly grazing land, but restoration efforts are helping return it to its original state—a subtropical rainforest ecosystem recognised as a critically endangered ecological community.
The project focuses on restoring Gallery Rainforest, also known as notophyll vine forest, which historically thrived along waterways and floodplains throughout the region. These ecosystems play an essential role in supporting biodiversity, protecting waterways, and creating resilient landscapes that can adapt to changing environmental conditions.
By restoring this habitat, the project is helping reconnect fragmented areas of vegetation, creating wildlife corridors that allow native species to move, feed, breed, and thrive.
One of the most exciting aspects of reforestation is its direct benefit to wildlife. The Cooroy Mountain Wildlife Corridor provides habitat for a range of native species, including several that are considered threatened or vulnerable.
Among the species expected to benefit from the restoration are:
When habitats become fragmented through land clearing and development, wildlife populations can become isolated and vulnerable. Reforestation helps reconnect these landscapes, creating vital pathways that improve species survival and long-term ecosystem health.
For a region as naturally rich as the Sunshine Coast, preserving biodiversity is essential. Every tree planted contributes to a larger network of habitat that supports Australia’s unique flora and fauna.
The benefits of this project reach far beyond the rainforest itself.
The restoration area runs alongside a tributary creek that feeds into the Upper Six Mile Creek of the Mary River catchment. These waterways eventually influence water quality in both the Great Sandy Strait and the Southern Great Barrier Reef Lagoon.
Healthy vegetation along creek lines acts as a natural filtration system. Tree roots stabilise riverbanks, reduce erosion, filter sediment and nutrients, and improve overall water quality. This means that restoring rainforest habitat upstream can have positive downstream effects on rivers, wetlands, estuaries, and even marine environments.
Protecting waterways is increasingly important as climate pressures, land use changes, and population growth place greater demands on our natural resources. Projects like the Cooroy Mountain Wildlife Corridor demonstrate how local environmental action can create far-reaching benefits across entire ecosystems.
Climate change and biodiversity loss are often discussed as separate challenges, but they are deeply interconnected. Forests play a critical role in absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, helping to slow the impacts of climate change. At the same time, healthy forests provide homes for wildlife, improve soil health, protect waterways, and support ecosystem resilience.
By restoring degraded landscapes, reforestation projects help address both issues simultaneously.
The 28 tonnes of CO₂ associated with Glen Eden Beach Resort’s contribution represents carbon that will be removed from the atmosphere over time as restored vegetation grows and matures. Meanwhile, the restored habitat will continue providing environmental benefits for decades to come.
Importantly, these outcomes are not simply estimated without oversight. Reforest applies rigorous monitoring, reporting, and verification processes to ensure projects deliver genuine and measurable results. Their approach is built around principles of transparency, additionality, permanence, reliable measurement, and avoiding double counting, helping ensure that every contribution creates meaningful environmental impact.
The Cooroy Mountain Wildlife Corridor project also contributes directly to several of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including:
These global goals recognise that environmental protection, climate resilience, and biodiversity conservation are essential for creating a sustainable future.
By participating in projects that support these objectives, Glen Eden Beach Resort is contributing to broader efforts that extend well beyond our local community.
At Glen Eden Beach Resort, sustainability isn’t just a trend or a marketing slogan. It’s a commitment to preserving the natural environment that makes our destination so special.
Our guests choose Glen Eden because of its unique location, direct beach access, abundant wildlife, and connection to nature. Supporting reforestation allows us to give something back to the landscapes that contribute so much to the experience we offer.
As travellers increasingly seek accommodation providers that share their environmental values, we believe responsible tourism has an important role to play in protecting the places we all love to visit.
Every stay, every guest, and every tree planted contributes to a larger story of restoration and conservation.
While we’re proud of the impact achieved so far, this is only the beginning. We look forward to continuing our partnership with Reforest and expanding our contribution to projects that restore habitats, support biodiversity, and create positive environmental outcomes for future generations.
Together, we’re helping build a greener, healthier future—one tree at a time.