Abstract The costs of maintaining an urban tree over its lifecycle have been considered in several models. However, are these models typical of larger urban street trees growing under Australian conditions? The costs of maintaining an urban street tree under Australian management regimes, including purchase and planting costs of a common street tree species, herbicide …
For decades we have been listening to ordinary Australians saying that there is nothing that they can do about climate change. They argue that Australia with its small population is not really significant in the grand scale of global climate change and politics…
WILDFIRE, TREE MANAGEMENT AND THE ARBORIST 3 Tree Management and Wildfire G M Moore Burnley College, University of Melbourne 500 Yarra Boulevard RICHMOND, Victoria, Australia, 3021 INTRODUCTION As a consequence of the Black Saturday fires in Victoria, Australia, there have been questions asked about the role of vegetation in peri-urban and urban parts …
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WILDFIRE TREE, MANAGEMENT AND THE ARBORIST 2 The Role of Arborists after Wildfire G M Moore Burnley College, University of Melbourne 500 Yarra Boulevard RICHMOND, Victoria, Australia, 3021 INTRODUCTION With changing weather patterns resulting in more extreme fire weather danger days, more intense fires and fires occurring in urban and peri-urban areas of …
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1 Wildfire and Urban Trees G M Moore Burnley College, University of Melbourne 500 Yarra Boulevard RICHMOND, Victoria, Australia, 3021 INTRODUCTION Wildfires, called bushfires in Australia, have been a common occurrence in many parts of Australia over the past 150-200 years. The ‘Black Saturday’ fires in the State of Victoria in February 2009 destroyed …
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Greg Moore and Judy Fakes recap on the Day One experience for delegates…
After 20 years of TREENET symposia, there is a much better understanding of what makes a street tree planting successful. Proper tree selection and using the highest quality stock are a great start…
It is a little surprising that all of the Australian Standards related to arboriculture have been controversial, so it is no great revelation that the Protection of Trees on Development Sites…
Tree Disputes – Managing Expectations by Judy Fakes, David Galwey, and Greg Moore…
Practical Indicators to Help Determine the Level of Street Tree Establishment Success by Dr Greg Moore…
TREENET acknowledges the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia and recognises their continuing connection to land, waters and culture.
We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.
