Urban Forest Strategy

One of the best things about our local area is our big and beautiful trees. They provide shade to cool our streets and homes, they clean the air, provide habitat for wildlife, and make our streets and parks look spectacular.

We’ve already lost around 16 Sydney Cricket Grounds worth of trees and we're rapidly losing the space to plant more trees, which is why we need to take action.

To address the impacts of climate change and ensure our community continues to benefit from tree canopy cover, we adopted our Urban Forest Strategy in November 2023 which aims to increase tree canopy cover from 27.4% to 30% by 2050. View the final strategy.(PDF, 9MB)

There is not enough available space on public land for us to plant enough trees to achieve 30% tree canopy cover. We’re calling on you to plant trees too, at your home, your business, and school. Please see the section on how you can get involved. We need to work together to turn this decline around and create a greener, cooler and healthier environment for generations to come.