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Author(s): Cooney, David
Year Published: 2011
Local Government recognises the importance of trees in the urban and rural landscape. Trees are an important community asset, providing a number of benefits…
Author(s): Moore, Greg
Year Published: 2011
The tangible and visible history of our State, in the form of man-made monuments will take us back no more than 150 years, but trees are living monuments capable of transporting us 400 years into the past’…
Author(s): Watson, Scott
Year Published: 2007
In a crude sense, the VicRoads Roadside Management Strategy (VicRoads, undated) has four broad objectives. This may be over-simplifying, but VicRoads roadsides should be safe, ‘environmentally friendly’, attractive and affordable to maintain…
Author(s): Moore, Greg
Year Published: 2014
The removal of senescing trees or those which pose a genuine risk to health or property is part of professional urban tree management. However, there are many requests for tree removals that are not based on a genuine likelihood of injury or property damage, but rather on an unfounded fear of what might happen or where the tree is considered to be in the way of some other activity…
Author(s): Morton, Andrew
Year Published: 2006
The planning for any new development requires consideration of many different constraints, but by and large the preservation of trees on development sites is rarely considered from the initial planning stages…
Author(s): McManus, Phil
Year Published: 2007
Imagine having to travel just to see trees – not because you want to, but because it is the only way that you can get to see real, live, growing trees. It sounds like an absurd idea you might think…
Author(s): Kenyon, Ben
Year Published: 2006
The Avenues of Honour Project has been under way for two years. During the 2004 Treenet Conference, a large undertaking commenced…
Author(s): Johnstone, Heather
Year Published: 2019
The delivery of the Urban Forest Strategy in collaboration with the Town of Victoria Park
(https://www.victoriapark.wa.gov.au/Home) directly involved a number or organisations…
Author(s): Kersten, W. | Schwarze, F.W.M.R.
Year Published: 2004
The effects of drilling holes with the IML‑Resistograph and an increment borer were examined in London plane and ash trees naturally infected with Inonotus hispidus. Eight months after inflicting the wounds on the lower stem, trees were felled and dissected…
Author(s): Summers, Jason
Year Published: 2007
Developing an inventory of trees for a whole city seems daunting; the reality is that it takes a lot of hard work. In this paper I plan to outline the processes and outcomes that have changed the way we manage trees in the City of Hume…
Author(s): Titheradge, Samantha
Year Published: 2002
Claret Ash, Fraxinus oxycarpa Raywood is a popular ornamental tree widely planted in Canberra for its exquisite red autumn foliage…
Year Published: 2013
The Eucalypts (genera Eucalyptus,Corymbia and Angophora) contain unique flora with over 700 species found throughout Australia (and its closest northern neighbours) and represent one of Australia’s greatest floral icons…
Author(s): Lawry, Chris
Year Published: 2018
‘Don’t Buy It Don’t Plant It’ is a journey into realisation of the highs and lows of establishing treescapes today…
Author(s): Galwey, David
Year Published: 2006
Contrary to popular opinion, standards are not forced upon us by a governing body. Rather, they are developed by industry when there is a need for uniform national guidelines for the industry and for the wellbeing of the broader community…
Author(s): Kilpatrick, Adam Dale
Year Published: 2017
Drone Technology – Options for Aerial Tree Inspections from Adam Dale Kilpatrick…
Author(s): Marwick, Anjanette
Year Published: 2002
In the past, the improved selection of Australian native trees by means of vegetative propagation has been limited to high value forestry trees, with…
Author(s): McKenzie, Ian
Year Published: 2005
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world…
Author(s): Cameron, Donald | O’Malley, Aaron
Year Published: 2001
This paper discusses research currently being undertaken by the University of South Australia…
Author(s): Fakes, Judy
Year Published: 2003
The electrical distribution industry is a highly regulated, safety-driven industry responsible for delivering…
Author(s): Livesley, Stephen J.
Year Published: 2010
Increasing the number of urban trees, and appropriately positioning those trees in relation to buildings and impervious surfaces, is a simple but effective strategy for…
Author(s): Plant, Lyndal
Year Published: 2018
As part of the Project goals to encourage the uptake of innovative engineered spaces for growing healthy, longlived trees in paved urban areas, TREENET now offers…