Does Your Belconnen Suburb Need More Trees?
- kikkert
- May 29, 2019
- 1 min read
Updated: Jun 5, 2019

Canberra needs more trees. Our city is currently losing 3,000 trees annually, but last financial year the ACT Government planted only 1,450 replacements. As a result of this neglect, Canberra actually lost 10.9 per cent of its tree canopy cover between 2009 and 2016 – one of the worst outcomes in all of Australia.
We need to stop and then reverse this decline. A healthy tree canopy significantly cools our neighbourhoods, shelters our homes and beautifies our streets.
In its most recent budget, the ACT Government made a four-year commitment to plant at least 17, 000 more urban trees in Canberra. If you know where some of these trees should go, please let me know, and I will ask the government to consider your suggestion. Just click here to share your feedback.
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