Natural Resource Management Facilitator Network
Australian Government, March 2005
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From little things, big things grow
That’s certainly been the case with TREAT – Trees for the Evelyn and Atherton Tablelands.
It all began with a local meeting on the Atherton Tableland in 1982 and the formation of a group to encourage people to plant native rainforest trees. Today, TREAT has more than 500 members and an ambitious agenda aimed at enhancing the landscape and conserving biodiversity.
TREAT’s activities now range from tree planting to information and education. Its tree planting efforts have included establishing a one kilometre corridor to reconnect an isolated fragment of remnant rainforest within the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, as well as revegetating seven hectares of land on the foreshores of Lake Tinaroo.
A major focus is to rehabilitate and revegetate areas of Mabi rainforest. This is a critically endangered plant community, specified under the Commonwealth Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, which now covers less than two per cent of its original area. The complex semi-evergreen Mabi vine forests are home to many animals including 114 bird species such as the Lesser Sooty Owl, the Tooth-billed Bowerbird and Victoria’s Riflebird and rare or threatened mammals such as Lumholtz Tree-kangaroo, Green Ringtail Possum and Large-eared Horseshoe Bat.
The group’s communication efforts have resulted in an information and education program with a quarterly newsletter and a website www.treat.net.au linking to other tree planting rehabilitation initiatives in the Wet Tropics.
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