Join our next tree planting event for wild elephants
Kanchanaburi, July 5, 2011
Please join our next tree planting event inside Salakpra wildlife sanctuary! Our ambition is to plant about 12,000 - 15,000 native tree seedlings, so we need many volunteers to help us. This project helps to improve the habitat of wild elephants and to solve human elephant conflicts around the sanctuary.
Date: Tuesday 5 July 2011, 9:30 - 3:45 P.M
Program: Saturday 5/7/2011
9.00 A.M: Arrival of all volunteers. Welcome by chief of rangers, ECN / BTEH and tree planting instructions. (Note: all volunteers are requested to get to Salakpra Wildlife Sanctuary by themselves).
9.30 A.M: Volunteers get to the planting plots inside the jungle by trucks or walking.
10.00 A.M: Start tree planting for 12,000 - 15,000 trees, with water / fruit break.
12.00 A.M: Packed lunch in the jungle
1.00 P.M: Continue tree planting until all plots finished.
3.30 P.M: Finish trees planting. Collect all garbage / plastic bags.
3.45 P.M: Drive out of Salakpra Wildlife Sanctuary.
Good to bring:
- Rain coat
- Sun block
- Cap or hat
- Comfortable closed shoes that can get dirty
- Gloves
- Water bottle
- Insect repellent
- Long sleeved shirt & trousers
- Dry cloths
Transportation
By own car: It’s about 40 minute from Kanchanaburi city. Use the highway no. 323 from the city and then switch to highway no. 3199 (road to Erawan waterfall). After you pass Tha Thungna dam about 5 km., you will see Tha Thung Na ranger station on the left hand side (KM 33.). Click to see the map here.
By public bus:
Minibuses to Kanchanaburi leave from 1.Royal Hotel at Sanam Luang or 2.Morchit Mai bus station, Bangkok for 150 baht. It takes about 2 hours to Kanchanaburi city. From the Kanchanaburi bus station or Lad Ya minibus station, volunteer can take the public bus (Kachanaburi – Erawan water fall route) for 30 Baht, leaving every hour to Salakpra Wildlife Sanctuary. It takes about 45 mins to the ranger station.
Cost:
To cover some of the cost of the seedlings, food, drinks, fertilizer, planting tools and materials, we kindly ask for 250 Baht/person to participate in this event.
Please contact us for more and to confirm your participation: Khun Dutsadee (Tik): dutsadee.nilubol@bring-the-elephant-home.org or Tel (083) 566 - 5223 Please confirm before the 30th of June.
Join us to save the world for Thai elephants, make new friends, learn about wildlife conservation and have a great weekend. Hopefully we will have the support from many volunteers, like in the previous years.
This event is a partnership between Bring the Elephant Home, the Elephant Conservation Network and the forest rangers, with funding of WWF Netherlands. This is the 4th year we plant trees inside Salakpra Wildlife Sanctuary.
