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To: Cork City Council
Trees Policy for Cork City
We ask that Cork City Council adopt a 5 year Tree Policy.
By adopting a Tree Policy, the City Council will be enabled to:
-communicate why and how some trees need to be managed;
-commit to carrying out tree maintenance works in line with best practice (British Standard BS 3998: 2010);
-highlight the importance of trees and the many eco-systems services they provide (cleaner air, lower noise pollution, ecological habitats, emotional well-being, etc);
-outline a tree planting action plan; and
-record trees and woodlands of importance in the city.
Examples of Tree Policies adopted by local authorities in Ireland include:
(i) Dublin City Council: http://www.dublincity.ie/sites/default/files/content/RecreationandCulture/DublinCityParks/Documents/Dublin%20City%20Tree%20Strategy%202016-2020.pdf
(ii) South Dublin County Council:
https://www.sdcc.ie/en/services/environment/tree-management/tree-management-policy/living-with-trees.pdf
By adopting a Tree Policy, the City Council will be enabled to:
-communicate why and how some trees need to be managed;
-commit to carrying out tree maintenance works in line with best practice (British Standard BS 3998: 2010);
-highlight the importance of trees and the many eco-systems services they provide (cleaner air, lower noise pollution, ecological habitats, emotional well-being, etc);
-outline a tree planting action plan; and
-record trees and woodlands of importance in the city.
Examples of Tree Policies adopted by local authorities in Ireland include:
(i) Dublin City Council: http://www.dublincity.ie/sites/default/files/content/RecreationandCulture/DublinCityParks/Documents/Dublin%20City%20Tree%20Strategy%202016-2020.pdf
(ii) South Dublin County Council:
https://www.sdcc.ie/en/services/environment/tree-management/tree-management-policy/living-with-trees.pdf
Why is this important?
Over the past few years, there has been a sense of worry and shock among people living and visiting Cork who wish to protect the natural heritage of this city. The following events have caused irreversible and profound damage to trees in the city:
-Storm Ophelia: Over 500 trees blown down. No replanting schemes.
-Pruning works to mature trees at the Lee Fields and The Lough
-The removal of trees in the city centre on the grounds of 'health and safety'
-The removal of mature trees in the St. Lukes area
-The paving of paths along Centre Park road where historic Lime trees were blown down during Storms Ophelia and Ali.
With significant development planed for Cork over the next 20 years it is important that the City Council have a strategy for how we protect existing trees in the city and introduce new trees.
-Storm Ophelia: Over 500 trees blown down. No replanting schemes.
-Pruning works to mature trees at the Lee Fields and The Lough
-The removal of trees in the city centre on the grounds of 'health and safety'
-The removal of mature trees in the St. Lukes area
-The paving of paths along Centre Park road where historic Lime trees were blown down during Storms Ophelia and Ali.
With significant development planed for Cork over the next 20 years it is important that the City Council have a strategy for how we protect existing trees in the city and introduce new trees.