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EPR AR3Tree Canopy Replacement
Meg CaffinPrincipal
Benefits of the urban
forest
Sources: Livesley et al, 2018 and City of Greater Geelong, 2014
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Current Tree Canopy Cover = 15% (Living Melbourne, 2019)
Eastern Suburbs = 25% Northern = 12% Inner Metro = 12% Western = 4.2%
Target Tree Canopy Cover 2050 = 20-30%
DELWP/RMIT mapping shows Metro Melbourne lost 5% of its tree cover from 2014-2018
Source: Living Melbourne 2019
Tree Canopy Cover Change by Melbourne region 2014 - 2018
Source: RMIT, 2019. https://nespurban.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/urban-vegetation-cover-change.pdf
Western Northern SouthernInner
South EastInnermetro
Eastern
Series1 0.60% 0.10% -0.80% -1% 0.70% -2.80%
-3.00%
-2.50%
-2.00%
-1.50%
-1.00%
-0.50%
0.00%
0.50%
1.00%
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>10% loss
3-10% loss
+/- 2% change
Source: DELWP, 2019 http://mapshare.maps.vic.gov.au/coolinggreening/
Tree Canopy Cover Change 2014-2018
Eastern Freeway
M80
Greensborough Rd
NELP Estimated Tree Canopy Impact
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Estimated tree canopy and landscape opportunities within Project Boundary
Source: NELP, 2019
• City of Yarra Urban Forest Strategy 2017
• Boroondara Tree Strategy 2017
• Banyule City Council Urban Forest Strategic Plan 2014
• City of Whitehorse Urban Forest Strategy 2018
• Streetscape Character Study: Manningham City Council 2009
• Living Melbourne 2019, Resilient Melbourne
• Plan Melbourne 2017
• Melbourne Metro Rail, Living Infrastructure Plan
Rationale for Tree Canopy
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How best to deliver the EPR
Source: Tree and Design Action Group, UK
Response to EvidenceIssues1. Graeme Lorimer Issues:
• EES to compensate for loss of all types of vegetation (understory and grasses) from “amenity planting” areas
• TCRP should include plants other than trees• TCRP does not compensate for loss of 25-300 year old trees• Contracts should specify size of area to be planted and density of all plant types
at 5 or 10 years after planting• EPR date of 2045 seems unenforceable
2. Robert Galbraith Issues:• Uncertain about how whether replacement plantings in Manningham will lead
to replacement of canopy that will be lost due to NELP.
3. Sarah Bekessey Issues: • Makes value statements regarding the benefits of the urban forest and the
impacts on it by NELP.
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EPR AR3 as exhibited