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New Approaches to Protecting Biodiversity Urban Environments
Landscaping
Thursday March 18 2021

New Approaches to Protecting Biodiversity Urban Environments

The built world revolves around people, but the growing question is — what if it didn’t?

NSW Pumps Millions to Huge Urban Conservation Plan
Green
Monday August 31 2020

NSW Pumps Millions to Huge Urban Conservation Plan

Up to 100,000 trees will be planted over five years whilst 120 kilometres worth of koala fencing will be installed in critical parts of Western Sydney...

How to Bring Nature Back Onto Your Next Project
Landscaping
Tuesday October 15 2019

How to Bring Nature Back Onto Your Next Project

When you remake a 480-hectare inner-urban area to cater for up to 80,000 residents and workers, delivering warm and cold pools for certain species of frog...

Why We Need to Bring Nature Back Into Aussie Cities
Landscaping
Friday October 11 2019

Why We Need to Bring Nature Back Into Aussie Cities

In the early 1980s, Chalmers University of Technology researcher Roger S Ulrich compared records on recovery after cholecystectomy of 46 patients in a suburban Pennsylvania hospital...

Australia Must Enhance Biodiversity in our Urban Environment
Green
Friday September 13 2019

Australia Must Enhance Biodiversity in our Urban Environment

In 1996, an aerial view of three standard residential blocks in the City of Whitehorse in Melbourne’s middle-eastern suburbs showed about 20 different trees each reaching...

Melbourne Gets a Plan for Urban Forest Greening
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Thursday June 6 2019

Melbourne Gets a Plan for Urban Forest Greening

Melbourne’s greater metropolitan area could achieve tree coverage of between 20 and 30 percent and overall tree and shrub coverage of 30 percent by 2050 if...

The Revolution of Open Source Science – Urban Forest Citizen Science
Landscaping
Thursday October 12 2017

The Revolution of Open Source Science – Urban Forest Citizen Science

The "War on Science" is a relatively new term caused by recent international governments undermining, devaluing, and defunding scientific institutions.

NSW Gets New Rules for Greenfield Housing Development
Residential
Friday May 5 2017

NSW Gets New Rules for Greenfield Housing Development

Approval times in Western Sydney could be slashed from an average 71 days to just 20 whilst home owners would be given trees in order to...

Living Infrastructure Gains Momentum With New RICS Guide
Green
Tuesday September 13 2016

Living Infrastructure Gains Momentum With New RICS Guide

Last month, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) launched a new living infrastructure guide.