City 'tree strategy' could see Cork's tree cover double

Average person should be able to see three trees from their window and be no more than 300m from the nearest park under long-term strategy, councillors told

Cork City has a tree canopy cover of 13%, made up of more than 310,000 trees. Picture: Larry Cummins

A new ‘tree strategy’ for Cork city could lay the foundations for a more than doubling of the city’s tree cover to 30%.

The high-level objective is set out in the draft strategy which will be presented to the city council’s environment strategic policy committee (SPC) later this month, where pending agreement, it will then be published for public consultation. Pending feedback, the strategy could be adopted by full council in March.