South Perth Tree Canopy Advocates

30/05/2026

If you ever see tree removals in your vicinity within the City Of South Perth, the best thing you can do is to:

• Get the address;

• Call the City of South Perth on 08 9474 0777 and

◦ ask if there has been Development Approval given for tree removal at that address; and if not

◦ ask for a message to be passed to City Planners about the tree removal.

You may also receive a notice from the City if a neighbour has asked for a tree to be removed. ALWAYS check the application by following the steps in the correspondence and going to the City's planning website.

Last time we did this we saw the owner was justifying the tree removal on the basis that neighbours complained about limb and leaf drop. Not only had neighbours never complained, they were very upset over the prospect of losing the tree! We see that following feedback from neighbours the application was REFUSED! We can make a difference.

28/05/2026

This podcast sounds good!

https://www.facebook.com/share/1AY71zRVT8/?mibextid=wwXIfr

🌳 What if the trees on your street were worth more than your car and someone was about to cut them down for $500?

That's the reality Dr. Greg Moore has been fighting against for nearly sixty years. And in our latest episode, he's got a lot to say about it.

Greg is one of Australia's leading arborists and urban ecologists and he is done being polite about how badly we are treating our urban trees.

In this episode he reveals:
🪵 Why losing one big tree can mean losing up to 200 other species along with it

🌡️ The difference between shade and cooling and why it matters on a 40-degree day

📏 The 3-30-300 rule: the simple planning formula that could transform where you live

💌 How Melbourne residents wrote love letters to trees and why it actually worked

🦜 Why cockatoos are secret arborists and how you can help document their work

And the big one: how to check your neighbourhood's canopy cover right now, with nothing more than your own two eyes at midday.

🎧 Listen now
https://shows.acast.com/citizen-science-show/episodes/167-roots-of-the-matter-why-australias-urban-trees-are-fight

Australian Citizen Science Association
SciStarter

23/05/2026

14/05/2026

A tree retention local planning policy at work. Two suburban blocks, side-by-side, being cleared for new homes. Whereas once every piece of vegetation would go, all the trees you can see have been saved due to the Local Planning Policy 3.2 -Tree Retention, enacted in 2025. Sure, they’re not endemic species, or even natural to Western Australia. You might not even like this type of tree. But they are there, and they are grown. They will shade the backyards of these homes and provide privacy between the houses.

13/05/2026

The flowering stages of the - Hakea laurina - a shrub or small tree endemic to Western Australia. The Noongar name for the plant is kodjet or kojet. Flowering now for the next few months. Seen at Olives Reserve Dog Park in the . Dog parks aren’t just for dogs - Olive’s Reserve (the next door playground preserves some that the park is named after) boasts a range of and bushes, plus groundcovers, a vital habitat for birdlife in the suburbs.

13/05/2026

It’s all connected.

10/05/2026

“In the United States, lower-income areas average 15% fewer trees than wealthier areas – and are 1.5°C hotter. This means the people who need free cooling from trees the most are often the least likely to receive it.”

Perth is similar. Is this fair?

https://theconversation.com/urban-trees-cool-the-worlds-cities-more-than-we-thought-but-we-cant-rely-on-them-alone-281866?fbclid=IwdGRleARpRJZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEefA_tLjF2ooE8tMnQLmulVSffBT1daQfBwgzolRsvl9RS50BWfPNdy1z4FYA_aem_IJMDLlIVhphs9Ehngr-OiA

Cities around the world rely on trees to keep temperatures lower. New research shows trees are remarkably effective – but can’t do it all

10/05/2026

The evidence - environmental, financial - doesn’t stack up. So why are we still logging native forests?

10/05/2026

Happy Mother’s Day to all the fabulous maternal figures that we see and know, and who are out there working for “Mother Earth”.

Like the Earth, you are not an inexhaustible source, so take the time to care for yourself as well.