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Cumberland Plain Conservation Plan – what we need to ask for & how!

The Cumberland Plain Conservation Plan (CPCP) is a plan to replace the standard rules which require developers to set aside land for conservation and instead to replace these rules with a new ‘strategic’ approval.

It would approve all the largest development proposals in Sydney’s west including the Gilead-to-Appin housing estates, M9 Orbital freeway and the corporate agriculture precinct surrounding Western Sydney Airport.

The developments included in the CPCP will clear 10,470 hectares of land and destroy more than 10% of the entire Cumberland Plain Woodland ecosystem.

They will also permanently isolate koalas from much of SouthWest Sydney, destroy Aboriginal burial grounds, and force more than 50 residents from their homes.

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Creating Canopies kicks off!

Greater Sydney Landcare Network had our first Creating Canopies planting day on Saturday 22nd August 2020. Robyn Preston Member for Hawkesbury, Landcare NSW CEO Adrian Zammit, and seventeen volunteers gathered to plant 130 trees, which will contribute to an important local habitat corridor for koalas.

The planting site in on the property of a local landholder in Kurrajong, who is working with his neighbours to restore vegetation along Little Wheeny Creek. The trees planted are native to the area and are food species for koalas.

This is the first event, which will contribute to planting 100,000 trees across Greater Sydney in partnership between Greater Sydney Landcare Network and Landcare NSW.

GSLN to plant thousands of trees across Greater Sydney

Greater Sydney Landcare Network is partnering with Landcare NSW and Department of Planning, Industry and Environment to plant thousands of trees to expand the city’s green canopy.

The NSW Government has signed contract with Landcare NSW for 100,000 trees to be planted across Greater Sydney, with a focus on Western Sydney.

The trees with provide relief from urban heat, increase biodiversity and contribute to habitat for wildlife.

The new partnership will contribute to the NSW Government’s target to plant one million trees by 2022.

Landcare NSW CEO Dr Adrian Zammit said the project will help support the development of green spaces across Greater Sydney.

“With the support of the Greater Sydney Landcare Network we will help grow native canopy to cool our city with Landcarers helping landowners and community members participate in tree planting activities.

“Our shared challenge is not only to get the trees in the ground but to monitor and provide education to ensure they survive.”

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