Urban Forest Strategy

The City has developed an Urban Forest Strategy (UFS) to help guide design, manage, grow and improve  our urban forest canopy over future decades. The plan will set a clear direction for the City and the community to follow, ensuring greener neighbourhoods into the future.

Our Vision for the City of Kalamunda's Urban Forest:

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The City's diverse urban forest is valued as an intrinsic feature of our evolving City and will be managed an enhanced to provide a resilient place for people, enterprise and ecosystems to flourish.

The term ‘Urban Forest’ is an important asset for the City and includes trees on private and public land.  The services that the urban forest provides  to our community are vast and varied.

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To maintain and enhance these benefits to the community, economy and environment, the City aspires to achieve a target overall urban canopy of 30% (at tree maturity) by 2043, across the City. This target aligns with international best practice targets for canopy cover.

Broadly, the goals of the UFS are to: 

 

The City released its Draft UFS to the public in March 2023 and received valuable comment and input from the community and the Kalamunda Environment and Sustainability Advisory Committee, which has been taken onboard with the final design and strategy. 

Download the Urban Forest Strategy 2023-2043 - Part 1 - Summary

Download the Urban Forest Strategy 2023-2043 - Part 2 - Technical Document

 

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Coming Soon

Monitoring, Reporting and Adaptive Management

Frequently asked questions

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