Our urban forest

Ku-ring-gai's urban forests create a healthy, liveable community. These include our trees, plants, soil and waterways as well as natural and built plant and tree systems. 

What does an urban forest do?

  • Reduces urban heat and energy consumption.
  • Reduces air pollution.
  • Increases land and property values.
  • Increases social health and wellbeing.
  • Stores and sequesters carbon emissions
  • Stabilises land and reduces erosion.
  • Reduces stormwater flows and nutrient loads.
  • Increases habitat for wildlife therefore improves biodiversity.

Visit The Liveable Street from Inner West Council for a great video summary of how trees help us on a daily basis. 

Explore Ku-ring-gai's urban forest. Video runs for 9 mins.

How does it help our Net Zero target?

Forests improve air quality and remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. If we nurture and grow our forests we can help offset greenhouse gas emissions as well as lower heating and cooling costs and energy consumption in our buildings.

Visit the Net Zero Ku-ring-gai website and discover actions you can take to save the planet and your wallet.

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