This school break enjoy the Eucalypt Walk @ANBG Canberra and the fantastic collection of Australian flora. Keep an eye out for the variety of fauna that utilise this bush setting.

Primary Connections are preparing a Year level 4 curriculum package on ‘Living things have life cycles’ based on the iconic River Red Gum. Will be available soon for teachers and community educators – stay tuned

In an attempt to reach more people interested in eucalypts, we have now initiated a Bjarne K Dahl Trust Facebook page. Like us to keep informed.

The Bjarne K Dahl Trust 2015 Small Grant Program application documents and instructions have been released. Please see Instructions for grantseekers for further information.

The Kimberley to Cape (KtC)  initiative aims to safeguard the unique, multiple and globally important values of Northern Australia by supporting appropriate development and conservation.

Kimberley to Cape is collating perspectives on what success could look like for agriculture in Northern Australia and identifying questions that, when resolved, should help increase policy certainty for communities and investors. The idea is that in developing and refining such a shared story we will generate a clear and more consistent narrative to shape a successful future for the North.

The Dahl Trust has provided a multi-year grant for research into the eucalypt values of the tropical savanna.

A 30 Second video of the program can be found here 

Further information on the program be be found at the Kimberley to Cape web site

It has been an exciting time for the Trust since progressing to a full time Chief Executive Officer in March 2015. Efforts on our programs and planning have doubled. This has cleared space for us to start thinking strategically about our future.

We have developed a 10 question survey to tailor our future philanthropic efforts, programs and communication techniques. Answers to these questions will guide our next five year strategic plan.

Link to Survey

We would be delighted and appreciative if you would take the time (about 5 minutes) to follow the link and fill in the survey. Answers are all anonymous. The Survey will be open until the end of September 2015.

Thank you for your support and we look forward to engaging with you in the near future.

Eucalypt Symposium 2016

On 18th March 2016 the Bjarne K Dahl Trust and The Royal Society of Victoria will hold a special event to celebrate the second National Eucalypt Day.

A specialised eucalypt symposium titled ‘Conserving Eucalypts – the why and the how’ will be held with leading scientists from around Australia. Presentations will include themes of eucalypt evolution and climate change response, insights to the future of Australian forests, woodlands and biota.

More information to follow shortly.

National Eucalypt Day 2015

National Eucalypt Day is an initiative of the Bjarne K Dahl Trust, which aims to further raise awareness of eucalypts and celebrate the important place that they hold in the hearts and lives of Australians. The Bjarne K Dahl Trust held the inaugural National Eucalypt Day on the 23^rd of March 2014. This date was chosen as it is the birthday of the Trust’s namesake and it is intended that National Eucalypt Day becomes an annual event.

On 23rd March 2015 the Bjarne K Dahl Trust in partnership with Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne celebrated National Eucalypt Day 2015.  In 2015, the Bjarne K. Dahl Trust instituted a Medal to recognise a significant, sustained contribution in one or more of the fields of: forestry, scientific research, conservation, community projects or education associated with eucalypts and with demonstrated benefit to Australia.

The awarding of the Medal is based on demonstration of the candidate’s excellent contribution in one or more of the above fields and carried out in Australia.  The medal will be awarded from time to time and presented in association with the Trust’s celebration of National Eucalypt Day.