{"id":1741,"date":"2023-03-29T11:50:57","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T00:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frenchislandcottage.com\/?page_id=1741"},"modified":"2024-08-13T15:57:05","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T05:57:05","slug":"5000-trees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/frenchislandcottage.com\/?page_id=1741","title":{"rendered":"5000 Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frenchislandcottage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Banner-shot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchislandcottage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Banner-shot-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frenchislandcottage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Banner-shot-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/frenchislandcottage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Banner-shot-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/frenchislandcottage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Banner-shot-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/frenchislandcottage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Banner-shot-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/frenchislandcottage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Banner-shot.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020, after a season of devastating bushfires, we decided to do what we could to help our environment and the climate. The plan was to plant thousands of trees &#8211; revegetating landscape and capturing carbon. We had recently purchased 30 hectares of degraded farmland on French Island. The goal was to: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>create a beautiful heathy woodland, resembling its original state<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>capture a lot of carbon &#8211; in trees, plants and the soil <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>provide habitat for native wildlife, creating a wildlife corridor connecting two separated areas of national park<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It became obvious that a lot of people shared our frustrations on climate change and environmental degradation, and were also looking for a way to do something. Many were happy to support our project, so <strong>French Island 5000 Trees<\/strong> was born \u2013 a team effort. We also hooked up with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Landcare <\/strong>(French Island) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Friends of French Island<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Land for Wildlife<\/strong> &#8211; DWELP<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frenchislandcottage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2022-plantings.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchislandcottage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2022-plantings-1024x585.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frenchislandcottage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2022-plantings-1024x585.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/frenchislandcottage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2022-plantings-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/frenchislandcottage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2022-plantings-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\/\/frenchislandcottage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2022-plantings.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>One planting day 2022<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frenchislandcottage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Landscape-changing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"558\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchislandcottage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Landscape-changing-1024x558.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frenchislandcottage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Landscape-changing-1024x558.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/frenchislandcottage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Landscape-changing-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/frenchislandcottage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Landscape-changing-768x419.jpg 768w, https:\/\/frenchislandcottage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Landscape-changing.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Changing landscape<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>French Island proved to be an ideal place for environmental restoration.&nbsp; Due to limited vehicle access it has remained under-developed for decades. Seventy percent of the island is National Park. It is fox free, feral cats are being eradicated, and the island has one of Australia\u2019s healthiest koala populations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Working with <strong>Trust for Nature<\/strong>, we have now put a covenant on this land, to ensure all this good work remains protected for future generations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2020, after a season of devastating bushfires, we<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1741","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frenchislandcottage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frenchislandcottage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frenchislandcottage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frenchislandcottage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frenchislandcottage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1741"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/frenchislandcottage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1852,"href":"https:\/\/frenchislandcottage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1741\/revisions\/1852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frenchislandcottage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}