Today on National Tree Day, Australians across the country will have the opportunity to connect with their community and nature by planting a tree.
An annual event since 1996, National Tree Day has grown into Australia's largest community tree planting and nature care event.
During this time, about five million Australians have planted 28 million trees and volunteered 10 million hours of their time to give back to their community.
"National Tree Day is a great reminder for people that you can do something very simple like plant a native tree to help protect and enhance the environment," Minister for the Environment and Water Murray Watt said.
"Getting involved in National Tree Day helps raise awareness about the importance of trees and the role they play in our environment, from cooling our urban areas to providing shelter and food for native species. This includes homes for threatened animals like koalas, spectacled flying-foxes, and swift parrots.
"All of us can make a difference in our local communities."
The Albanese Government, through the Natural Heritage Trust and Saving Native Species program, is investing in tree plantings across the country to create habitat for threatened animals, as well as planting threatened trees like the bulberin nut, to help secure their long-term survival in the wild.
