Page 92 - Climate Compliance

Before the tree planting action, the CCC built a tree nursery at RVA and set
all the seedlings. Inside the nursery, tables were built out of local materials, like
92 Bamboo and Gliricidia.

In October, participants went to identify community groups in North-and South
Leeward. The community groups were successfully mobilised and took part in
the planting actions. 10.000 trees were planted at many locations such as private
lands, backyards, common areas, road and riverbanks.

The majority of the trees planted were Moringa trees along with 300 other trees
provided by the Forestry Department like: Breadfruit, Mahogany, Sweetsop,
Carambola (Five Finger) and Tamarind.

External links Videos in Richmond Vale Academy’s

YouTube Channel:

• Mustique Charitable Trust
2014 Tree Planting

Treelympics 2014 and 2015

The Ministry of Health, Wellness and Environment invited the CCC to take
part in a meeting where, with other stakeholders, they analyzed how St. Vincent
could participate (and possibly win) “The Olympic Games in Tree Planting”.

This tree planting olympiade was created by an NGO called ENO Environment
Online. The NGO aims to engage schools around the world in a global tree
planting competition. It was funded by the Finnish Government and was
initiated at the RIO+20 conference in 2012.

There are three categories in this annual competition. One category aims to plant
the most trees while another aims to do so with the most schools. However, since

SVG is a small country, at the meeting everyone decided to go for winning