Rachael Dawes, Carma Sweet, Sam Ning and Jo Wallner ‘Canberra’s trees: the plans, the problems, and the progress'
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Thursday, 2 May 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Rachael, Carma, Sam and Jo from ACT Government, will present the background, objectives and implementation of these documents and the progress made in keeping Canberra's monikers of the Bush and Garden City Capital.
Abstract
The ACT presents a unique landscape for tree management issues including: protecting woodland corridors and remnant eucalypts; managing the complex interactions between human habitation and trees as critical green infrastructure and habitat; and growing and maintaining the significant planned urban forest. Across multiple directorates, the ACT Government has developed a range of documents to guide management of these issues including the Urban Forest Act 2023, the Urban Forest Strategy 2021 - 2045 and the Loss of Mature Native Trees Action Plan. This talk from a few of the Government representatives presents the background, objectives and implementation of these documents and the progress made in keeping Canberra's monikers of the Bush and Garden City Capital.
Biography
Rachael, Carma, Sam and Jo are all tree lovers with backgrounds in Forestry, Landscape Architecture, Environmental Science and Arboriculture who fortunately get to work professionally in the tree field! Rachael, Carma and Sam lead the Urban Treescapes branch of Transport Canberra and City Services dealing with diverse urban forest issues including managing operations to deliver the renewal of a forest of over 820,000 public trees and implementing the new Urban Forest Act 2023. Jo is currently working in the Biodiversity Policy unit of the Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development directorate focusing on urban ecology issues.
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