The Monarto Zoological Park (now known as Monarto Zoo) Revegetation Project began in 2002, and was Trees For Life’s first dedicated carbon offset planting site. More than 150,000 local provenance trees, shrubs and ground covers have been established over 120 hectares and plantings are continuing each year. The project has been a spectacular success thanks to Trees For Life and Monarto Zoo staff and the efforts of hundreds of local school children and adult volunteers.
Located on the Old Princes Highway 11km west of Murray Bridge, Monarto Zoo is a 1,000 hectare reserve for native Australian fauna and flora as well as an open range zoo and breeding facility for exotic and Australian animals. There are some large disconnected areas of remnant bush as well as plantations of Australian trees and shrubs created in the 70’s under the Monarto Commission. Whilst there are a number of different species associations, the general term for the vegetation of the area is mallee scrub. It is typified by large tracts of the multi-stemmed Eucalyptus mallee trees with associations of other species making up the upper, mid and lower storeys. These eucalypts have large lignotubers (mallee stumps) that store significant amounts of carbon underground and readily re-establish after fire events, making them an ideal species for dedicated carbon sequestration
Planting Date:
120 hectares plus planted over a period of time from 2002 onwards
Planting density target
2007 5,747 trees
2008 14,000 trees
2009 3,598 trees
2010 5,000 trees
Carbon Offset subscriptions status:
2007 season: 5.7 ha
K Roesler, C Mattner, J Bayly, B Loevschall, Nadia and Andrew’s wedding, B Roestenburg, Julian & Andrea, R Vanstone, L Cortis, A Dutkiewicz, S Michael, E Ely, Keren & Sean, Kevin & Julia, Nicky & Nathan, M Griffiths, J Welsh, F Scott, A Dall, Clyde & Xesce, Phil, Alison, Rebecca & Jonathan, Lim Bee Lean and Angela & Barry, M Gerkens, T Weber, S Kalucy, T Allen, , J Tanner, A Gerkens, S Edwards, V Owen, M Congedi, A K Reynolds, N Davis, P Myers, B Taylor, R Adlam, T Teoh, D Clifton, R Taylor, J Phillips, V Muller, J Northcote, N Zeleny, D Walker, N Morcom, S Edwards, F James, M Wood, P Manson, D Haysman, M Harper, H Phillips, E Best, A Heitmann, R Harper, K Palmer, Y Smith, A Roodhouse, M Amey, HJ Fraser, Carthew Corporation, TFL donors, D Morcom, Hahndorf Hill winery, R Neild, CH Neo and Granite Transformations
2008 season: 16 ha
Trees For Life Donors, M Adams, A MacGregor, J M Carr, D Reynolds, B Schlotfeldt, C Auricht, N Dobie, G Winson, Flinders University, B Holmes, A Dutkiewicz, B Williams, K Read, W Hilton, N Butler, P Rowe, T Styles, M Getts, M K McInerney, K Duffy, I Phillips, L Brady, Royal Automobile Association of SA, Women of the Well, B Phillips, S Griffiths, B Lim, Melrose Primary School, M Prosser, F MacLeod, C Goulding, D O'Reilly, K Kokkinn, ASSITEJ Congress, S Pratt, K Riegert, H Buchanan, S Seeary, C Lambert, P Smith, A Kilsby, Tribe FM, S Fisher, S Miles, Earth Greetings, Rock Against Warming, I Phillips, L Anderson, A Searle, Kearney Financial Services, R Ardill, Dean Picken Designs, E Ely, Department of Trade and Economic Development, SA, S Brown, L Rozman-Jones, A Platt, S Turner, Bataba Communications, C Connors, I Bourne, Alias and the Jams, S Fisher, C Kenner, Students of International School of Tianjin, China, T Weber, B Williams, A Heitmann, N Aston, J Dahlitz, D Haysman, Streamline Environmental Consultants, M Kidner, Granite Transformations, S McDonald, Newberry, J Pfitzner, V Owen, T Withers, S Chapley, Swanbury Penglase Social Club, Tonkin Consulting, Urban Magic, K Warhurst, Complete Removals, H Levinson, R Aldam, The Adelaide Tree Surgery, Sorensen Architects, M Menadue, A Templer, Adelaide Fringe Inc, Mount Horrocks Winery, J Northcote, G Schaedel, Consistent Pork, Solar Cities Congress 2008, Green Motor Company Pty Ltd, JR Bobcat Hire (SA) Pty Ltd, TAFE SA, E-dayz conference, T Zappia MP, G Dayman, N Zeleny, S Toole, Trees for Life, J Cowie, Nadia & Andrew’s wedding , R Brown, D Jordan, S Fisher, N Osterstock, A Dickson, S Fisher, D Owens, V Cullen, R Skinner, J Holt, E Winter.
2009 season planting: 4 ha
(NPO) Japan-Australia Cultural Exchange Association, Trees For Life Donors
