A National project which aims to honour with a tree the memory of every individual who has made the supreme sacrifice on behalf of all Australians, by documenting, preserving and reinstating the original and establishing new Avenues of Honour by the Centenary of Anzac in 2015…
The Avenues of Honour Project has been under way for two years. During the 2004 Treenet Conference, a large undertaking commenced…
The development of an Australian Standard is a lengthy and detailed process involving representatives from relevant groups and organisations, an officer from Standards Australia and extensive public comment and consultation. The development and current review of AS4373 Pruning of Amenity Trees is no exception…
Dr G M Moore Head of the School of Resource Management and Burnley Campus, University of Melbourne, Burnley Gardens, 500 Yarra Boulevard, Richmond, 3121 INTRODUCTION The processes for developing an Australian Standard for amenity tree evaluation have been difficult, with the first attempts occurring over thirty years ago. An initial draft was released for comment …
The National Trust of South Australia is an independent membership organisation established in 1955 and is committed to the conservation of our Natural and Cultural Heritage…
Chris Lawry Issues include: THE DAWN OF TREE REPORTS Planners with tree reports demonstrating big is not best. Tree assessment is a relatively new boom industry due to changing trends and legislation around the country. The tree report is a very important document. The planner uses recommendations from the report to determine conditions of development …
Who has not had a sinking feeling on discovering that the highly hazardous, structurally poor, uneven-canopied, failing or senescent tree in a local street or park is listed as being of heritage significance…
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…
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…
Trees fill Canberra’s suburbs, streets, parks and places, bringing life and colour to the city and earning its reputation as a ‘garden city’ and the ‘bush capital’…
