[FOSS4G-Oceania] FOSS4G SotM Oceania 2019 carbon mitigation forest update

[Edoardo Neerhut]

Thanks for the update Adam and for coordinating this on the other side of
the world with Tony. I won't be around next year, but really hope this can
go ahead as planned.

On Fri, 28 Aug 2020 at 14:15, Adam Steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi FOSS4G SotM Oceania community
>
> A year ago we worked out a community-led project to plant 250 trees in a
> peri-urban forest canopy / ecosystem restoration project to draw down our
> conference carbon emissions (and a lot more).
>
> Because of covid19, this has not been done yet - the area intended for
> planting is in a part of Victoria affected by very strict travel and
> activity limitations.
>
> As a consequence, the project has been delayed - and by the end of
> restrictions it will be too late to establish the seedlings properly this
> year. Our on-the-ground coordinator (Tony Forster, Friends of Lysterfield)
> has walked through several options, all of which have been made impossible
> by travel restrictions.
>
> ...so now, we need to delay until next year. The nursery growing our
> seedlings will get new ones started for us (the ones we were going to use
> will not go to waste); and we can reset for a year.
>
> I think this is the right thing to do given the circumstances - we will
> work on getting the FOSS4G SotM Oceania community involved in the project
> again next winter...
>
> Regards
>
> Adam
>
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