Planting Trees Around the World With AstraZeneca

The project aims to establish 25 million biodiverse and locally appropriate trees across southern Australia by 2025. Partnering with Greening Australia, the project works to support threatened species and improve habitat connectivity, supporting Australia’s recovery following the devastation of the Black Summer bushfires. The project has established AZ sites across West Australia’s Wheatbelt and Gondwana Link, Habitat 141 program area (Victoria and South Australia), Gippsland Plains in Victoria, South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula and the Tasmanian Midlands. 

Our on the ground partner, Greening Australia, partnered with 29 landholders, Traditional Owners and local businesses to design and deliver biodiverse plantings that were appropriate to the regions, using diverse seed mixes and seedlings from 263 plant species. Some of the species that benefited from the increased vegetation connectivity and habitat restoration are the Endangered Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo and Greater Gliders. 

To date, the project has planted 4,045,937 trees, reforesting over 3,400 hectares while providing socio-economic benefits to local communities. In addition, two sites in South Australia and two in Western Australia are registered carbon sites, which are estimated to generate approximately 183,889 Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) gross over a 25-year period.

The project aims to plant 10 million trees by 2025 in the Citarum River watershed in West Java, Indonesia. This project supports the rehabilitation of the polluted watershed while working with local farmers to transition to more sustainable livelihoods through agroforestry. 

Trees4Trees, One Tree Planted’s local planting partner, takes a holistic approach to reforesting the area in partnership with local communities, providing materials and consultation on agroforestry methods to maximize the benefits to the individual farmers. 

To date, 4,318,717 trees have been planted and a total of 12,700 local farmers are engaged in tree planting partnerships, bringing the total farmer participation to over 20,000. In addition, just in 2022 the project employed 927 people and trained over 4000 people in management, technical skills, community engagement, organic fertilizer and bio-pesticide production. 

Some of the ecological benefits expected from this project are soil stabilization, improved water and soil quality, and increased habitat and food for local wildlife. Ongoing monitoring will assist in identifying how the project activities are benefitting the Critically Endangered Slow Loris and the Endangered Javan Leopard.

This project focuses on native woodland restoration, planting trees within two of our on the ground partner, Borders Forest Trust’s, Wild Heart sites: Corehead & the Devil’s Beef Tub and Talla & Gameshope.