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TREES PLANTED
since 1997
18 August 2008
Scouts Australia and Greenfleet plant 1 million trees together
In 2001 Greenfleet and Scouts Australia joined forces to help revegetate the Murray Darling Basin and capture carbon in biodiverse native forests. On the weekend, Scouts and Greenfleet planted their one millionth tree together, at a site near Eddington south west of Bendigo in central Victoria.
Over eight years 1,000,000 native trees have been planted across 70 sites throughout SA, VIC, NSW and the ACT, with the help of several hundred dedicated Scouts and their families. The trees for each site have been carefully selected to reflect the mixture of species present prior to land clearing.
In celebrating the achievement Sara Gipton, Greenfleet CEO, commented that the resulting forests are helping to combat climate change, improving rural land and water quality and providing shelter for native wildlife and livestock.
"The trees have been planted on behalf of individuals and organisations right across Australia who have taken responsibility for reducing the impact of their greenhouse gas emissions.
"Australia's existing native forests and restored native forests play a vital role in reducing the magnitude of climate change and helping the Australian environment adapt to the changes that are realised."
Scouts Australia National Advisor for the Environment, Gordon Young, said "This milestone demonstrates the enormous positive impact we can have when we take action together. Individually we could plant a small number of trees here and there, but as a collective we can re-establish entire forests."
"We've planted in all sorts of conditions - sun and rain, wind and cold - but the knowledge that we are making such a difference and living up to the reputation of Scouting makes it worth every minute!"
Photographs of the weekend's celebrations along with photographs showing planting activities and progress at selected sites are available from Greenfleet.