Sri Lanka Cricket Team Supports Rotary Sri Lanka

Kumar Sangakkara, Vice Captain of the SriLanka Cricket is extending his support towards Rotary Sri Lanka, RI 3220's "Rotary Green Cover" 10 Million Trees Project by planting a sapling at the Asgiriya International Cricket Stadium in Kandy.

English Cricket Team Planting Trees

Michael Vaughn, Captain of the English Cricket Team accepting a sapling from a Rotarian of the Rotary Club of Kandy to be planted in their effort to show support to Rotary Sri Lanka, RI District 3220's "Rotary Green Cover" 10 Million Trees Project.

Paul Collingwood of the English Cricket Team sharing a joke while accepting a sampling to be planted, in their effort to show support to "Rotary Green Cover" 10 million trees project.

Michael Vaughn watering the newly planted sapling across from the Asgiriya Cricket Stadium in Kandy.

Manager of the English Cricket Team having a chat with Rotarians while the tree planting is in progress.

Sri Lanka Tourism Minister & Students Planting Trees in KANDY

Hon. Deputy Minister of Tourism Faize Mustapha & Students together with the Rotarians of the Rotary Club of Kandy planting trees in a forest patch.

What will be Achieved

• 10 million trees will reduce 250,000MTof carbon annually in the atmosphere.

• 10 million trees will provide oxygen to sustain up to 40 million people annually.

• The nation will regain its green cover dramatically.

The Numbers

• The cost of planting and nurturing a tree for 5 years is US$2 per tree.

• So planting and nurturing 10 million trees will amount to US$20 million over a 5 year period.

Making the Objectives Real

• Setting up a Project Office, and dedicating Full Time Project Resources

• Appointing Community Based Field Officers to guide, monitor and communicate progress,
replacements & status

• Allocating Funds for Seedlings, Fertilizer and other expenses to be disbursed through the local
Rotary Clubs

• Creating a database of trees endemic to the areas.

• Providing regular updates to Donors & Stakeholders via Blogs and Email.

A Closer Look

Empowering Rural Women

Home Gardens - Providing rural women with seedlings to create their own home gardens, which will sustain them with income, food, firewood and fodder.Community Nurseries - Setting these up for rural women groups and in turn making them a source of seedlings for the project.Community Orchards - Partnering with rural women groupsto set up orchards which will prove to be income earners for them through the sale of fruit.


Forest Conservation & De-forestation

Employing rural people, mainly women, to plant trees in degraded natural forests, and rain forestsLobbying policy makers to strengthen the law against illicit logging and enforce the lawLobbying the Government to seek payment from overseas funding agencies for maintaining forestsInvolving volunteer groups to plant trees in forests.Encouraging people to have forest gardens by supplying them with seedlings and fertilizer


Coast Conservation

• Building a wind cover with trees along the coast.

• Employing rural women and also through volunteers.

• Maintaining the trees through volunteer groups.

• Preventing the logging of coastal trees and clearing of vegetation through coastal protection
groups.

• Carrying out awareness on coast conservation.


Awareness & Education on Global Warming

•Carrying out awareness campaigns through the media and group discussions.

•Spreading knowledge through seminars.

•Distributing educational kits to school childrenInvolving school children in planting trees.

•Organizing art competitions on global warming in schools


Positioning Sri Lanka as a Tourism Earth Lung

•Guilt free travel for tourists through carbon offsetting

•Enabling tourists to purchase and plant trees, visit in village households and understand the
local culture.

•The seedlings will be made available at resort hotels.

•Tourists will be encouraged to plant trees while nature trails and camping sites will also be set
up for them to enjoy the bio diversity.

•Tourists who cannot plant trees will be able to buy tree vouchers, available in city & resort
hotels and with tour operators.