Whether you want to regenerate productive land, create a beautiful place to live and work, or provide homes for local wildlife, revegetation is as important as ever and something we can all contribute to.

You can grow your own plants, or we’ll assign one of our volunteer to grow your order.

We are delighted to be able to offer several special offers in 2021 through our Tree Scheme thanks to the generous support of our partnering organisations.

• A 50% bushfire subsidy* is available on the cost of seedlings and tree guards for all South Australian landholders affected by 2019-21 fires; with funding support provided by the Wildlife Recovery Fund.
• Landholders with an ElectraNet easement can also access a 50% ElectraNet discount* for seedlings and tree guards and stakes.
• Schools and small community groups can get a 50% community discount* when ordering native seedlings; in partnership with the Harvey Foundation.

*Conditions apply. Contact Trees For Life for more information.

For more information on these discount offers please contact Trees For Life (08) 8406 0500 or email info@treesforlife.org.au.

If you have friends, neighbours or colleagues who would benefit from one of these discount offers please encourage them to contact us so they don’t miss out.

The opportunity to order is closing soon on 31 August 2021.

Contact Trees For Life (08) 8406 0500 or email info@treesforlife.org.au for further advice.

Species lists for different South Australian regions can be found on our website at https://treesforlife.org.au/order-seedlings

Please share our Facebook post with your network.

Faced with the devastation of the Black Summer bushfires, the impact of the drought and floods, and the COVID-19 pandemic, Landcarers across South Australia have rallied in the wake of unparalleled challenges. Landcarers have been locally active rebuilding communities with on-ground projects including habitat restoration for threatened species, bushland regeneration, wellbeing and mental health activities.

The Green Adelaide Urban Landcare Award acknowledges an outstanding community group that has made significant contributions to increasing community capacity for sustainable living and nature connection and advocacy, and/or is undertaking on-ground action to protect, enhance or restore the natural values of a site on behalf of the wider community, in any urban area across South Australia.

Check out the link to nominate a Landcare Hero today.

https://www.environment.sa.gov.au/the-weekly/articles/marna-banggara-project?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Weekly%20%20Edition%20420&utm_content=The%20Weekly%20%20Edition%20420+CID_e2b271539805c344828da21e3ca8d135&utm_source=dewnrcommscreatesendcom%20DEWNR&utm_term=Pests%20in%20the%20sites%20of%20NPWS

If your organisation would like to put the call out to the list of over 11,000 people who are keen to volunteer for bushfire recovery, simply follow this link and register. Once registered, we can list your opportunities to the volunteers.

REGISTER NOW

Registration is quick and easy. We are here to help if you would like any assistance with the online form and, where needed, we can assist in training your organisation to help you manage volunteers safely.

With the cooler months upon us and recent bushfire recovery funding opportunities opening up, now is the time to get the word out about your recovery activities. We accept a wide range of projects and events occurring in directly affected zones, as well as nearby regions, including areas that act as refuge habitats. We also welcome online and citizen science projects that can aid environmental recovery.

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to get in touch, on jmiller@cva.org.au or +61 437 477 627.

Best wishes

Jess

Jessica Miller
Campaign Director – Wild Futures | Conservation Volunteers Australia
a. 72 Maribyrnong St,, Footscray, Victoria 3011, Australia
| m. +61 437 477 627
e. JMiller@cva.org.au
w. cva.org.au

DEW’s Blue Carbon Strategy for South Australia, released in November 2019, is accelerating action to protect and restore coastal ecosystems. Blue carbon reduces greenhouse gas emissions and facilitates social, economic and environmental co-benefits along the coast.

In collaboration with Flinders University and the South Australian Research and Development Institute, DEW is making progress to restore seagrass meadows off the Adelaide coast.

Work is currently underway to deploy some 50,000 hessian bags of sand into the ocean of the South Australian coastline to restore around 10 hectares of seagrass on the ocean floor.

For more information contact Director Climate Change, Coasts and Marine Neil McFarlane.

https://www.environment.sa.gov.au/the-weekly/articles/seagrass-restoration-work-recognised?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Weekly%20%20Edition%20417&utm_content=The%20Weekly%20%20Edition%20417+CID_fb6c2b0940262dad27bd31a900d6f7aa&utm_source=dewnrcommscreatesendcom%20DEWNR&utm_term=Underwater%20work%20recognised%20by%20famous%20broadsheet

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This week, our state was confronted with another summer bushfire. With last year’s bushfires still fresh in our minds, the Cherry Gardens bushfire made us hold a collective breath.

Thankfully, the fires were controlled with a huge effort from emergency services and volunteers, as well as much needed heavy rain. No lives were lost in these fires, though some homes and buildings were destroyed as well as around 3,000 hectares of scrub and grassland, critical habitat for our precious wildlife.

As with the Kangaroo Island bushfires, a planned and methodical environmental restoration at a landscape-scale will be required to give our native species a chance to survive and thrive again.

And you can help. The Wildlife Recovery Fund was established as a partnership between National Parks and Wildlife Service and Nature Foundation SA to directly fund local landholders, Landcare, Friends and community groups in fire affected regions to undertake native plantings, feral animal and weed control, and fencing – this will give both threatened animal and plant life the best chance of recovery.