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

[Alex Leith]

Thanks for the update Adam, really appreciate the work you’ve put in on the
tree planting initiative.

On Fri, 28 Aug 2020 at 3:56 pm, Edoardo Neerhut <ed at mapillary.com> wrote:

> 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
>>
>> --
>> Dr. Adam Steer
>> https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adam_Steer
>> http://au.linkedin.com/in/adamsteer
>> http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0046-7236
>> +61 427 091 712 ::  @adamdsteer
>>
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