Local Government – ArborCarbon https://arborcarbon.com.au ArborCarbon are experts in sustainable vegetation management solutions and urban forest monitoring Sat, 26 Oct 2019 02:57:46 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6.1 ArborCarbon at the WALGA Expo 2016 arborcarbon-at-the-walga-expo-2016/ Wed, 27 Jul 2016 23:27:32 +0000 http://arborcarbon.com.au/blog/?p=1155 The team at ArborCarbon are looking forward participating for the first time at the  2016 WA Local Government Convention & Trade Exhibition , which will be held Wednesday, 3 August – Friday, 5 August 2016 at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre.

We welcome all Mayors, Councillors and Local Government staff to come over to our booth (95) and say hello and find out more about how we help Local Governments better manage urban trees and naturals areas, with cost saving technologies and expert scientific advice and services.

 

 

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Greens launch Urban Forest Plan greens-launch-urban-forest-plan-perth/ Wed, 18 May 2016 17:51:26 +0000 http://arborcarbon.com.au/blog/?p=966  

On Monday night the WA Greens launched their new Urban Forest Plan for Perth,  at the WA State Library.

The event was a huge success, filling the 207 seat lecture theater to capacity and forcing some late comers to have to watch from the entrance.

Urban trees and green spaces look destine to be an important election issue this year, as communities across Perth are becoming increasingly concerned about increasing tree removal and bushland clearing, which is causing rising urban temperatures, the loss of biodiversity and amenity.

The Greens plan is exactly what Perth needs with our scorching summer temperatures. However, as Senator Scott Ludlam pointed out, achieving it will require work in other areas, such as improving public transport and cycling infrastructure to reduce the need for more and more roads.

It will also require  Local Governments to take measures to educate residents about the many important benefits that trees and natural areas provide and take measures to protect them.  Many will also need to embrace new technologies that are available to better monitor and analyse their urban canopies and improve the ways in which the manage them.

The State Government (WAPC) determines our planning laws and must give approval for much of what Local Governments do, so their role will as be crucial, as their current planning laws enable developers to build and pave over virtually every thing.

Change must come from the people themselves, as most trees and vegetation are being lost from privately owned land, due to urban infill and redevelopment.  Councils can only do so much, street trees and parks will not be enough.  We wont have a leafy city if we don’t stop removing existing trees and start leaving room to plant new ones.  In the past people retained a lot more trees and built around them, these days blocks are completely cleared and leveled.  It seems builders have forgotten how to build on the natural contours of the land?

Greens urban forest plan

Image: Battery Park, New York - Greens Urban Forest Plan

Image: Battery Park, New York – Greens Urban Forest Plan

 

 

 

 

 

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