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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