2011 is the International Year of Forests.

This gives us reason to learn about and encourage the sustainable development of forests the world over. Be A Detective... Can you spot the people in each months illustration who are trying to preserve the forests and wildlife? The answers are on the final page of the calendar.

Illustrated and Designed by Alice Fraser

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International Decades United Nations Literacy Decade 2003-2012 Second International Decade of the Worlds Indigenous People 2005-2015 United Nations International Decade for Water Action: Water for Life 2005-2015 United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification 2010-2020 United Nations Decade for Education for Sustainable Development 2005-2014 United Nations Decade of Recovery and Sustainable Development of the Affected Regions 2006-2016 Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty 2008-2017 Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020

International Years International Year of Forests 2011 Year of the Solar System 2010-2011 International Year of Chemistry 2011 International Year of Youth 2010-2011 World Veterinary Year 2011 Year of the Bat 2011 International Year for People of African Descent 2011 1. New Years Day 1. Public Domain Day 3. New Years Day Publilc Holiday 15. Wikipedia Day 16. World Religion Day 23. Australias Healthy Weight Week 24. Term One starts - QLD, NT 26. Yabun 2011 26. Australia Day 27. International Holocaust Remembrance Day 28. Data Protection Day 28. Term One starts - NSW 31. Term One starts - SA, WA 31. Term One starts - NZ 31. Premiers Be Active Challenge starts - SA 31. Premiers Reading Challenge starts - SA

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1. Premiers Reading Challenge starts - NSW 1. Term One starts - VIC 1. Premiers Reading Challenge starts - VIC 2. World Wetlands Day 3. Chinese New Year: Year of the Rabbit 2011 4. Term One starts - ACT 6. Waitangi Day - NZ

7. Premiers Summer Reading Challenge finishes - WA 8. Vasant Panchami (Hinduism) 8. Nirvana Day (Buddhism) 8. Safer Internet Day 14. Random Acts of Kindness Week 14. Library Lovers Day 14. St. Valentines Day

15. Term One starts - TAS 15. Galileos Birthday 21. International Mother Language Day 28. Last Day of Summer

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1. Australian Womens History Month 1. First Day of Autumn 2. World Maths Day 3. Girls Day - Japan 4. World Day of Prayer 4. Schools Clean Up Day 6. International Childrens Day of Broadcasting 6. Clean Up Australia Day 6. World Glaucoma Week 6. National Seaweek 7. Labour Day - WA 8. Shrove Tuesday/ Pancake Tuesday 8. International Womens Day 9. Ash Wednesday 10. Childrens Vision Day

15. Catholic Education Week - VIC 15. Ides of March 16. Ride2School Day 17. St. Patricks Day 18. Holi Mahotsav 19. Cultural Diversity Week - VIC 20. Autumn Equinox

22. World Water Day 23. World Meteorological Day 24. World TB Day 24. National Close the Gap Day 26. Earth Hour 2011 27. World Theatre Day

20. National Playgroup Week 20. Sun-Earth Day 20. World Storytelling Day

13. Coeliac Awareness Week 21. World Poetry Day 21. World Down 14. Adelaide Cup Public Syndrome Day Holiday - SA 14. Commonwealth Day 14. Labour Day (8 hour day) - TAS 14. International Pi Day 14. International Brain Awareness Week 14. Canberra Day - ACT 21. World Forestry Day 21. World Home Economics Day 21. Harmony Day 21. International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

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1. April Fools Day 1. National Youth Week 1. Term One ends - NT 2. International Childrens Book Day 2. National Trust Heritage Festival - NSW 3. Daylight Savings ends ACT, NSW, SA, TAS, VIC 4. International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action 7. World Health Day 8. Term One ends NSW, VIC 11. Term Two starts - NT 15. Global Youth Service Day 15. Term One ends New Zealand 15. Term One ends ACT, QLD, SA

15. Creativity and Innovation Week 18. World Heritage Day 19. Term One ends WA 19. Pesach (Passover) 22. Good Friday 22. Orthodox Holy Friday

22. Earth Day 23. World Book and Copyright Day 24. Orthodox Easter Sunday 24. Easter Sunday 25. Easter Monday 26. Anzac Day

27. Term Two starts VIC, NSW, QLD 27. International Guide Dog Day 28. Pay It Forward Day 29. International Dance Day

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1. RSS Awareness Day 1. About Time 2011 1. Fit4fun Month - QLD 1. Jelly Baby Month 1. Information Awareness Month 1. Mother Goose Day 1. Australian Dance Week 1. May Day 2. Labour Day - QLD 2. May Day - NT 2. Term Two starts ACT, SA 2. Term Two starts - NZ 3. World Asthma Day 3. World Press Freedom Day 5. Term two starts - WA 5. Boys Day - Japan 7. Fair Trade Fortnight 8. World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day

8. Mothers Day 9. National Volunteer Week 10. Vesak/Wesak Buddha Day 10. National Literacy and Numeracy Testing 2011 12. International Nurses Day 15. International Day of Families 16. Food Allergy Awareness Week 16. Black and White Day 16. National Career Development Week 17. World Information Society Day 18. International Museum Day 20. Walk Safely To School Day 20. National Mathematics Day 21. Loud Shirt Day 21. World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development

22. Kidney Health Awareness Week 23. World Turtle Day 23. Australian Library and Information Week 24. Escargot Day 25. National Simultaneous Storytime 25. African Liberation Day 26. Australian Schools National Sorry Day 26. National Sorry Day

26. Australias Biggest Morning Tea 27. National Reconciliation Week 28. National Day of Thanksgiving 29. International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers 31. Last Day of Autumn 31. World No Tobacco Day

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1. Foundation Day - WA 1. First Day of Winter 3. Term One ends - TAS 3. Mabo Day 5. World Environment Day 6. Foundation Day Public Holiday - WA 6. Queensland Day 8. World Oceans Day 10. Barunga Festival - NT 12. World Day Against Child Labour 13. Queens Birthday Holiday (exc WA)

13. International Mens Health Week 14. World Blood Donor Day 17. World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought 19. Drug Action Week 20. World Refugee Day 20. Term Two starts - TAS 21. Winter Solstice (Southern Hemisphere) 21. World Music Day 23. United Nations Public Service Day 24. Term Two ends - NT, QLD

24. Red Nose Day 26. International Day in Support of Victims of Torture 26. International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

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1. Tartan Day - Australia 1. Coming of the Light Festival 1. Territory Day - NT 1. Term Two ends NSW, VIC 2. International Day of Cooperatives 3. NAIDOC Week 8. Term Two ends ACT, SA, WA 9. Constitution Day 11. World Population Day 11. Term Three starts - QLD 14. Bastille Day 15. Term Two ends - NZ 18. Term Three starts NSW, VIC 18. Wee Week 18. National Farm Safety Week 24. National Stress Down Day 25. Term Three starts - ACT, NT, SA, WA 28. Australian National Chemistry Quiz 28. World Hepatitis Day 29. System Adminstrator Appreciation Day 29. Family History Week 29. Schools Tree Day 31. National Tree Day

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1. National Healthy Bones Week 1. Beginning of Ramadan 1. Horses Birthday 1. World Breast Feeding Week 1. Term Three starts - NZ 1. Picnic Day - NT 1. National Homeless Persons Week 1. Bank Holiday - NSW 1. Education Week - NSW 4. National Aboriginal and Islander Childrens Day 5. Garma Festival 5. Jeans for Genes Day 6. Hiroshima Day 7. International Friendship Day 8. Mary MacKillops Day 9. International Day of the Worlds Indigenous People 12. International Youth Day 13. International Left-Handers Day 13. National Science Week 15. RSPCA Cupcake Day 15. Brain Injury Awareness Week 15. Australian Science Olympiads: National Qualifying Exam for Physics 17. Australian Science Olympiads: National Qualifying Exam for Chemistry

18. Australian Science Olympiads: National Qualifying Exam for Biology 18. Vietnam Veterans Day 19. Childrens Book of the Year Awards Announcement 19. 40 Hour Famine 20. International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend 20. Childrens Book Week 21. Hearing Awareness Week 22. Keep Australia Beautiful Week 22. Freedom Day - NT 26. Daffodil Day 28. National Literacy and Numeracy Week 31. Last Day of Winter

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1. Wattle Day 1. National Biodiversity Month 1. Premiers Reading Challenge ends - NSW 1. First day of Spring 2. Premiers Reading Challenge ends - VIC 2. Term Two ends - TAS 3. History Week - NSW 3. Fred Hollows Foundation Day 3. Australian National Flag Day 4. National Child Protection Week

4. Fathers Day 5. Landcare Week 7. Indigenous Literacy Day 7. National Threatened Species Day 8. International Literacy Day 9. Premiers Reading Challenge ends - SA 11. National Bilby Day 13. Roald Dahl Day 15. International Day of Democracy

16. Clean Up the World Weekend 16. International Day for the Protection of the Ozone Layer 16. Term Three ends - QLD 17. Software Freedom Day 17. Australian Citizenship Day 18. World Water Monitoring Day 19. Talk Like a Pirate Day 19. Term Three starts - TAS 21. ENO Tree Planting Day

21. International Day of Peace 22. World Car Free day 23. Spring Equinox 23. Term Three ends NSW, VIC 25. World Heart Day 27. World Tourism Day 28. Queens Birthday - WA 28. World School Milk Day 30. Premiers Be Active Challenge ends - SA 30. Term Three ends ACT, NT, SA. WA

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20. World Stastistics Day 22. Childrens Week Australia 23. World Mission Day 24. United Nations Day 24. International School Library Day 12. International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction 13. World Sight Day 15. Blog Action Day 3. Labour Day ACT, NSW, SA 3. World Habitat Day 4. World Space Week 1. Zootober 1. International Walk to School Month 1. International School Library Month 2. International Day of Non-Violence 2. Daylight Saving starts ACT, NSW, SA, TAS, VIC 3. Term Four starts - QLD 4. World Animal Day 5. World Teachers Day 6. Melbourne International Arts Festival 7. Term Three ends - NZ 9. International English Spelling Day 9. World Post Day 10. World Mental Health Day 10. Term Four starts NSW, NT, VIC 15. World Rural Womens Day 16. National Nutrition Week 16. World Food Day 16. Anti Poverty Week 17. Open Access Week 17. Term Four starts ACT, SA, WA 17. Sock It To Suicide Week 17. International Day for Eradication of Poverty 25. Term Four starts - NZ 26. UNICEF Day for Change 26. Diwali Hindu Festival 26. Universal Childrens Day 28. World Teachers Day (Australia) 31. Halloween

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1. Melbourne Cup Day 3. Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels Day 5. Guy Fawkes Day (Bonfire Night) 6. Australias Kindness Day 6. Grandparents Day - QLD 6. National Adoption Awareness Week 7. National Recycling Week 10. World Usability Day 11. Remembrance Day

13. National Psychology Week 14. World Diabetes Day 16. International Day for Tolerance 19. World Toilet Day 20. Social Inclusion Week 21. World Hello Day 25. Buy Nothing Day 25. International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 26. A-Hijra/Muharram (Islamic New Year) 30. Computer Security Day 30. Last Day of Spring

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1. First Day of Summer 1. World AIDS Day 2. International Day for the Abolition of Slavery 3. Eureka Day 3. International Day of Persons with Disability 5. International Volunteer Day 5. Ashura (Islam) 5. National Coastcare Week 6. St. Nicholas Day 7. Civil Aviation Day 9. School Year ends - QLD 10. International Human Rights Day 13. St Lucia Day 16. School Year ends NT, SA, WA 18. International Migrants Day

20. International Human Solidarity Day 20. School Year ends - NSW 20. School Year ends - NZ 21. School Year ends ACT, TAS 22. School Year ends - VIC 22. Summer Solstice (Southern Hemisphere) 25. Christmas Day 26. Boxing Day All states except SA 28. Proclamation Day - SA

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Here are the answers to what the people are doing in each months illustration to help protect and preserve our forests and wildlife.

January
Palm Tree forests in Borneo are being cut down to produce Palm Oil. These forests are home to the Orangutans who face extinction if this continues. The little boy is using Olive Oil as an alternative to Palm Oil in his cooking. The girl is protesting against Palm Oil to help her Orangutan friends in their plight for survival.

May
The man at the front of the boat is snapping his companions fishing rod, stopping him from catching any fish. Fishing can deplete marine life, destroying aquatic eco-systems. This in turn impacts negatively on forests, as their water sources can become tarnished, or even destroyed all together.

September
The rock-climbers are being very respectful to the forest and animals by simply looking and not disturbing.

October

The tradesman and politician are happily agreeing on the closure Butterflies are bright little contrib- The people here are complying of the factory. Factories create utors to the ecosystem; playing a with the Keep Out signs of the and emit pollution into the envivital role in a forests wellbeing. Wildlife Sanctuary. This is imronment, contributing to harmA healthy butterfly presence can portant in preserving the forests ful green-house gas production. increase the number of plant and wildlife within Sanctuaries, Trees take in their surroundings species in a forest, which enriches as some are specifically designed and if there is pollution among diversity and vegetation growth. to help re-introduce animals and them then they get sick and die. Butterflies pollinate flowers and plants of threatened species bred The animals and girl are protesthold essential nutritious value in in captivity into the wild. These ing in support of the closure of the food-chain. The boy in the species of plants animals will then the factory and celebrating in upper left corner is snapping his have a greater chance of increas- jubilation of their win for the net and setting the butterflies ing numbers in a healthy, poacher environment. free to be happy and help the and tree logger free environment. November forest. July In India, they celebrate life and March The people (and the snake!) are forests positive contribution to Insects are the glue that hold clearing the rubbish and litter the environment and their susforests together. They aerate from the forest. This will make for tainability with the Vanamahotthe soil and their droppings act a cleaner and healthier environsava Festival (the festival of the as fertilizer to help trees and ment, allowing the forest and trees). Here the school children other plants grow. They burrow wildlife to thrive. Human litter are planting a tree to signify the through the soil to provide water strangles the environment, makcreation of life and continuation channels to plants to again help ing animals and plants sick, often of forest life. The other people them grow. They are the cleankilling them. Always put your are celebrating and joyous. ers of the environment; feeding rubbish in the bin - its easy! on almost everything, to ensure December August the decomposition of materials Here two young kids are planting that are harmful to the environTree loggers devastate forests a tree. It grows with sun and rain. ment if left. The boy is simply by cutting down trees for their The large tree on the far right looking at all the insects here, wood and other extracts. This shows the layers of a trees bark so as not to harm or disturb the destroys animal habitats, often and the important jobs it does insects hard at work to help the killing them. This contributes to for the tree to help it survive. forest. the creation of threatened and You can plant a tree and watch it extinct animal and plant species. April grow too! Here, the birds are protecting Here, the man is alerting hunttheir homes by protesting and ers not to set traps that harm disrupting the loggers. animals. The animals are helping too! Traps hurt and kill animals, which is cruel and inhumane. Poachers devastate animal species and forests, as forests need animals to help maintain their wellbeing. www.schools.edna.edu.au

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