Trees For Life Achievements in 2011

For the past 30 years TFL has been delivering real outcomes to improve our natural environment

2,852 volunteers …946,820 seedlings grown…3,747 hectares of bushland under management

The Tree Scheme

Landholder orders requiring volunteers 725
Landholder 'grow your own' (GYO) orders 555
Seedlings for landholders 643,550

Direct Seeding

Kilometres sown 555
Hectares sown 222
Approximate Number of plants 177,520
DS (Direct Seeding) seed collection volunteers 8
DS seed collection volunteer hours 572
Kilograms of seed required 300
Volunteer Seed processing hours 70

Seed Collection and Processing

Seed collected (kg) (tree scheme direct seeding) 5,958
Seed used (kg) (tree scheme only) 141
Seed used (kg) (direct seeding only) 500
TS (Tree Scheme) seed collection volunteers 52
TS seed collection volunteer hours 350
Seedbank seed processing volunteers 8
Seedbank seed processing volunteer hours 1,200

Bush For Life

Number of hectares under BFL management 3,747
Number of Bush For Life sites 317
Number of BFL volunteers 718
Number of BFL volunteer on BFL sites hours 28,428
BFL Organised Group Activities ( financial year )
Number of BAT (Bush Action Team) volunteer days 562
Number of BAT on site activities (inc. extended BATs) 79
Number of BAT volunteer hours 5,322
Number of Bush Management Days 62

TFL Carbon

Tonnes CO2 offset 19,660
No. of trees grown 98,300
Hectares carbon pool established 77
Volunteer Planting Teams activity
Number of member sites planted 8
Number of tubestock planted 3,180
Number of volunteers commitments over season 74

Public Relations

PR Volunteers 12
PR volunteer hours 740