Buying our tees helps plant trees

In order to stay aligned with one part our mission - to protect and conserve the amazingly beautiful Planet Earth that is our home, we have partnered up with Carbon Neutral. We are so excited to work with Australia's major biodiverse reforestation developer who are an environmentally aware organisation. Everything they do works towards minimising the impacts individuals and groups have on the environment.

What do Carbon Neutral do?

How are we involved with Carbon Neutral?

Plant-A-Tree Program

For every item purchased from Troopy Travellers a native tree will be planted in Australia. As well as enhancing biodiversity and sequestering greenhouse gas emissions, the trees that you help plant bring many valuable benefits to the environment including:

• Sequestering carbon
• reducing soil salinity
• saving and restoring water quality
• helping combat wind and water erosion
• restoring habitat for native animals

Planting trees also provides local employment, supports local business and may contribute to annual rainfall.

Where are the trees planted?

The Yarra Yarra Biodiversity Corridor in South West Australia is globally recognised by Conservation International (a world authority on biodiversity conservation) as one of only 35 globally significant Hotspots. These areas have an exceptionally high number of plant and animal species found nowhere else in the world and having the hotspot label recognises that these plants, animals and ecosystems are at extreme risk of destruction. 

European Settlers since the 1900's have cleared over 90% of the northern wheatbelt of Southwest Australia for agriculture. This has lead to plant and animal species becoming locally or regionally extinct due to the removal of natural habitat. Some species, however, have hung on in shrub-land and woodland remnants. Carbon Neutrals vision is to connect these important vegetation sites, linking 12 nature reserves across 10,000 square kilometres. 

Biodiversity is important as it helps native plants and animals thrive through well connected high quality habitat that meets all their needs like food, shelter and reproduction. Planting a diverse mix of species makes the habitat more resilient and increases ecological function. By Carbon Neutral reconnecting the drier inland habitats to the coast, the Yarra Yarra Biodiversity corridor will help protect and recover species such as the Malleefowl, Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo, Crested Bellbird, Western Yellow Robin and Western Spiny-tailed Skink.

Learn more about the project to diversify the Yarra Yarra in this quick video below

DELIVERING FOR THE GLOBAL GOALS

Our Plant-a-Tree Program directly contributes to the following United Nations’ Sustainable Development Global Goals criteria

8.Promote sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.

13.Take urgent action to combat climate change and all its impacts.

15.Protect, restore and promote sustainably managed forests combat desertification, halt and reverse land degredation and biodiversity loss.

It's pretty safe to say that these guys are LEGENDS!!! Check out their website here to see how you or your business can become involved today!

Every 6 months we will update the number of trees planted right here so you can check in to see our progress!!