for the trees.
INTRODUCING
A new ear of cooperative canopy research in greater Africa
Rwanda canopy access training 2026
This is phase two of a vision to help young African scientists explore research opportunities that were previously unavailable to them.
RWANDA X GHANA
In 2024 and 2025, The Tree Projects led training expeditions to Ghana. The goal was to provide equipment and expertise to enthusiastic young scientists, helping them shape the future of conservation in Ghana and across West Africa.
This year, The Tree Projects is expanding the initiative to Rwanda to establish an independent East African canopy research hub.
“I can now safely ascend trees to deploy and maintain camera traps, ensuring optimal coverage of primate habitats. This not only enhances the quality of data collected but also minimises disturbance to the animals being studied”.
Daniel Yawson, Senior Laboratory Technician & Primate Ecologist
PHOTOGRAPHING THE WORLD’S GREATEST TREES
15 projects over 10 years.
Photographing an 80-metre-tall tree in a dense forest is one challenge, but the real task is waiting for the perfect weather. Every project brings moments of excitement, hard work, and sheer exhilaration, as weather and subject align in a fleeting moment of perfection.
THE HUON VALLEY GROVE OF GIANTS
Home of Lathamus Keep, the largest blue gum in the world.
Essential visitor information, walking maps, and driving directions. Maps and directions are continually being updated, last update March 2025.
Lathamus Keep is the world’s largest blue gum. This “super giant” is located in the Huon Valley Grove of Giants and was scheduled to be logged. It took dozens of volunters several years to not only protect it but also every other tree like it in Tasmania.
*The ongoing funding for this project is achieved with the assistance of our supporters via donations through this website.
BIG TREE STATE
Your guide to Tasmania’s giant trees
*Funding for this project was achieved with the assistance of our supporters via a crowdfunding campaign.
Measuring
NEW SOUTH WALES TALLEST TREES
The Tree Projects set out to remeasure all of New South Wales’s tallest trees using one definitive methodology. It was so much fun to organise and collaborate with amazing individuals on this scientific expedition. We also broke the tall tree record by 11 metres.
Steve Pearce preparing to measure Big Spotty, Photo Oliver Risi
Exploring frontiers
FACILITATING ADVANCED
CANOPY ACCESS
The Tree Projects provides professional assistance to scientific research, film and tv and other disciplines that require access to the tree tops. The Tree Projects dose this by working with teams to find the most suitable individual tree or forest to best suit their project parameters and access requirements.
The Tree Projects has worked and climbed amongst the biggest trees in USA, Taiwan, China, New Zealand and Panama as well as every state in Australia.
The Tree Projects is funded by supporters like you. The Tree Projects is not a charity, but gets things done.
The easiest way to help is to donate a little each month. Set up a monthly donation below.
