The rainforests were cleared for sugar, slaves worked the land and now back to planted rainforest for tourism.

"The Daintree River valley is home to what remains of the world's oldest surviving rainforest, which dates back about 135 million years. In the 50s, it was drained, cleared and … made available for sugar cane farming. Conservation group Rainforest Rescue this week secured partial approval to plant rainforest species on old sugar cane properties surrounding a nationally significant wetland".>>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-01/rainforest-rescue-plant-trees-former-sugarcane-farms-daintree/106521320
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Paul Eluard famously wrote "Liberté", a really beautiful poem, during the German occupation of France in 1942. It is about how freedom affects every aspect of life.

Search for the text on the internet — and among the first things that come up is an Amazon link, to purchase it.