“Scientists are baffled by a mysterious disease that is threatening some historic trees [planted in 1989] at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens in Cape Town. Several trees in Camphor Avenue are showing symptoms of an unknown sickness.” Five of the 45 Camphor Trees (Cinnamomum Camphora) had been affected. […]
ArborCarbon’s Dr Paul Barber, was asked to comment on last night’s Today Tonight; “Trees keep us cooler and are good for our health, so why are we chopping so many down?”
Image: Linkoping University’s laboratory of organic electronics has already proven it is possible to build a functioning electronic circuit within a rose bush. (supplied/Eliot Gomez) Excellent article and podcast by Antony Funnell on Radio National’s, Future Tense about the underestimated power of plants. Funnell “ventures to the frontiers of plant science to meet researchers who believe the power […]
ArborCarbon’s Managing Director and Chief Scientist, Dr Paul Barber was asked by the Western Suburbs Weekly, to comment and provide data on the canopy cover of the suburb of Swanbourne, amid fears that the area is losing too much canopy cover. “CALCULATIONS show that redeveloping the SAS’s Seaward Village in Swanbourne could mean the loss of 25,000sq m […]
The federal government has announced it will establish goals for increasing the urban tree canopy cover in Australia’s cities, in an effort to reduce the heat island effect.Read this article on ArchitectureAU For more Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt’s website – Long-Term Planning And Cities For The Next Century – Sydney Business Chamber (points 4 and 4.2 in particular). Sydney Morning […]