Cookies help us to understand how you use our website so that we can provide you with the best experience when you are on our site. To find out more, read our privacy policy and cookie policy.
Manage Cookies
A cookie is information stored on your computer by a website you visit. Cookies often store your settings for a website, such as your preferred language or location. This allows the site to present you with information customized to fit your needs. As per the GDPR law, companies need to get your explicit approval to collect your data. Some of these cookies are ‘strictly necessary’ to provide the basic functions of the website and can not be turned off, while others if present, have the option of being turned off. Learn more about our Privacy and Cookie policies. These can be managed also from our cookie policy page.
Strictly necessary cookies(always on):
Necessary for enabling core functionality. The website cannot function properly without these cookies. This cannot be turned off. e.g. Sign in, Language
Analytics cookies:
Analytical cookies help us to analyse user behaviour, mainly to see if the users are able to find and act on things that they are looking for. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. Tools used: Google Analytics
Social media cookies:
We use social media cookies from Facebook, Twitter and Google to run Widgets, Embed Videos, Posts, Comments and to fetch profile information.
Thanks to everyone who provided feedback. The City aims to have all of your feedback reviewed and the draft strategy finalised towards the end of 2019.
The Street Tree Strategy was approved by Council at the meeting held on Monday 24 July. As a result of the endorsement for the document, we are now going to move forward and commence its implementation.
The engagement period for this project has now closed. The City is currently reviewing all feedback and a report detailing the results of this consultation will be presented to the City Parks and Recreation Committee in July 2017.
The Council has prepared a strategy for establishing and caring for street trees throughout Hobart.
The purposes of the strategy is to:
build an understanding and appreciation of the value street trees can bring to the City (Section 2);
evaluate the current condition of existing street trees (Section 3);
champion a vision and principles for moving towards a greener city with an expansive tree canopy to take full advantage of potential benefits to the community (Section 4);
institute policies to guide decision makers (Section 5);
highlight the mechanisms to ensure these policies can be enacted to provide the best return on investment from their implementation (Section 6); and
recommend a 5 year implementation plan to progress the aspirations of the strategy (Section 7).
The preparation of the City's Draft Street Tree Strategy has involved a comprehensive review of previous studies and relevant strategies, as well as a community engagement program involving City officers, individuals, community groups and private stakeholders.
In developing this strategy, Hobart joins cities around the world that are discovering the need to give greater attention to the establishment and care for urban forests, and in particular street trees. Like Hobart, these places recognise the value of thriving street trees and the need to link these benefits to their specific contexts and the types of challenges those local governments face. While focusing on the next 5 years, the strategy will have benefits that will mature for 50-100 years as the trees planted now come of age.
Thanks to everyone who provided feedback. The City aims to have all of your feedback reviewed and the draft strategy finalised towards the end of 2019.
The Street Tree Strategy was approved by Council at the meeting held on Monday 24 July. As a result of the endorsement for the document, we are now going to move forward and commence its implementation.
The engagement period for this project has now closed. The City is currently reviewing all feedback and a report detailing the results of this consultation will be presented to the City Parks and Recreation Committee in July 2017.
The Council has prepared a strategy for establishing and caring for street trees throughout Hobart.
The purposes of the strategy is to:
build an understanding and appreciation of the value street trees can bring to the City (Section 2);
evaluate the current condition of existing street trees (Section 3);
champion a vision and principles for moving towards a greener city with an expansive tree canopy to take full advantage of potential benefits to the community (Section 4);
institute policies to guide decision makers (Section 5);
highlight the mechanisms to ensure these policies can be enacted to provide the best return on investment from their implementation (Section 6); and
recommend a 5 year implementation plan to progress the aspirations of the strategy (Section 7).
The preparation of the City's Draft Street Tree Strategy has involved a comprehensive review of previous studies and relevant strategies, as well as a community engagement program involving City officers, individuals, community groups and private stakeholders.
In developing this strategy, Hobart joins cities around the world that are discovering the need to give greater attention to the establishment and care for urban forests, and in particular street trees. Like Hobart, these places recognise the value of thriving street trees and the need to link these benefits to their specific contexts and the types of challenges those local governments face. While focusing on the next 5 years, the strategy will have benefits that will mature for 50-100 years as the trees planted now come of age.
