Carbon Offset Program
College has teamed up with Reforest again to offer you the opportunity to offset your carbon footprint and contribute to tree planting at Wimmera Biodiversity Hotspot. When you register for this year’s ASM, you can contribute $6.20 to fully remove your ASM CO₂ emissions.
At the foothills of Gariwerd (Grampians National Park) the temperate montane forest and woodlands give way to the Wimmera plains to the north and the grassy woodlands and wetlands of the south-west. The region is the geographical and biological transition between temperate and arid Australia.
The Traditional Owners of this land are the Wotjobaluk, Jaadwa, Jadawadjali, Wergaia and Jupagulk Peoples.
About Reforest
Reforest is a Brisbane-based social enterprise helping businesses and events take authentic climate and nature-positive action by planting trees in high-quality, local reforestation projects, and delivering that tangible impact to their audience through campaigns that are engaging and personalised.
To view the Reforest website and read more on what they do, please click on the below button.
Wimmera Biodiversity Hotspot
The Wimmera region in western Victoria is a biodiversity hotspot, supporting a wide range of native habitats and species. Today, only 3% of the original open woodland habitat remains due to extensive clearing for agriculture.
This reforestation effort aims to restore the stunning natural habitat, sequester CO2 and improve water quality while promoting the integration of ecosystem restoration with existing agricultural practices to raise awareness among landholders.
For more information including a virtual tour please click on the below button.
Location
At the foothills of Gariwerd (Grampians National Park) the temperate montane forest and woodlands give way to the Wimmera plains to the north and the grassy woodlands and wetlands of the south-west. The region is the geographical and biological transition between temperate and arid Australia.
The line of the 141st longitude connects a series of bio-regions that is home to 3,974 recorded species, including 3,169 plants, 61 invertebrates and 744 species of vertebrate fauna. As well as extensive woodland and grassland ecosystems, The Wimmera grasslands supports internationally significant wetlands and habitat for the critically endangered south-eastern red-tailed black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii graptogyne).
Restoration
Over 429,000 trees will be planted across the 447.9 hectare site, removing 54,555 tonnes of CO₂.
This project will reforest many sites in this important region with native tree species, including along the Wimmera river that was once cleared due to extensive farming. Seed is sourced locally so that the landscape can be restored to as close to its original condition as possible.
Ready to Offset your Carbon Footprint?
Contact Us
If you have queries regarding the ACD ASM 2026 meeting, please contact the Conference Office.
Think Business Events
Level 1, 4 Anderson Street
Port Melbourne VIC 3207
T: +61 (0)3 9417 1350
acdasm@thinkbusinessevents.com.au
www.thinkbusinessevents.com.au
Acknowledgement of Country
Built on the banks of the Birrarung (Yarra River), College acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Narrm, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation where the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) now stands. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and to Elders of all First Nations communities that visit MCEC. We recognise the ongoing significance of the Birrarung to Traditional Owners as a life source and a meeting place for millennia and seek to honour this long-standing tradition of building community and exchanging ideas on these lands.