Urban trees directly influence the lives of the 87% of Australian people that live in urban areas. Hence, urban trees are valuable community resources, and much literature has focused on this from both societal value…
Clark and Matheny published a model of urban forests sustainability in 1997 1 – I recall reading the article and thinking how far removed we were in Australia from such holistic tree management thinking – that was 1997 yet now 8 years on things look very different…
It wasn’t too long ago (and more importantly it wasn’t the first time) that many Council officers like myself were asking whether the current ‘Significant Tree’ legislation has been an effective piece of state law in reducing the frequency of uncontrolled removal of trees within our urban environment…
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.
