Melbourne's Urban Forest Strategy | City of Melbourne

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The City of Melbourne's first draft Urban Forest Strategy sets out how we will protect and preserve Melbourne's trees and urban forests over the next 20 years.

[@mightymellow01]

this is just awesome.

[@shivamtripathi247]

We are also with you

[@safdaramini123]

I am with you. Can go to any level to be a part of your organisation

[@MelbourneCityCouncil]

Glad to hear it!

[@trshankuuknasrt8604]

lovely..

[@nbell63]

... which is great - no, really - because Melbourne is the only city in Australia which is seriously planning for the future... having studied environmental biology, everything that was said was excellent - correct... however -

[@nbell63]

but if the land surrounding that town can't grow crops, if the water irrigating that land is laced with carcinogenic benzene and toluene, and if the coastline next to that town has been sterilised with, trawling, dredging, and poisoned with industrial run off so that there will be no more fishing - then what is the point of 'town' planning? what point is there to allow planning of the microcosm when the macrocosm is repeatedly abused to the point of permanent collapse?

[@FireRupee]

Nigel Bell Have to start somewhere, right?

[@nbell63]

@nbell63
- we have unsustainable population growth across Australia;
- we have a limited resource in regards to water availability;
- we have politicians who consistently 'give away' water to industry;
- we have layers of bureaucracy that deliberately impede each other;
- we have mineral ownership laws that allow mining interests carte blanche over landowners, farmers, graziers, Aboriginals, and all environmental laws - and pollute water with impunity...

[@jordtube]

it is mentioned, its due to drought and aging trees.