Planet Ark and Trees For Life - a partnership
Planet Ark is serious about planting trees as well as counting them. As a major sponsor, Planet Ark is helping Trees For Life undertake the largest revegetation for biodiversity project in South Australia's history, at Monarto Zoological Park.
Planet Ark, Trees For Life and Monarto Zoological Park are working together to plant 120ha over five years.
The Park is in the Murray Darling Basin catchment and the project demonstrates large scale revegetation techniques that will be needed if the Murray is to be saved.
The revegetation project began in 2002. Since then Trees For Life has grown and planted a total of 49,000 local native tube stock seedlings, direct seeded 80 hectares and collected 200kg of seed.
Hundreds of volunteers have been involved in collecting the seed, and growing and planting the seedlings. Twenty four dates have been set for planting at The Monarto Zoo this year and many thanks goes to the school students and other volunteers who offer their time and enthusiasm to revegetate this site.
